Report From Pusan, Korea

Korean Generals Loved The Vegetarian Food

The husband of a fellow initiate is a colonel in the army. Recently, he was assigned the task of arranging a grand banquet for the one and two star generals and other high ranking officials of Korea. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him. This fellow initiate asked me to cook for the banquet. Before I began cooking, I prayed and meditated for a while. I talked to Master and the Buddhas: "Please use me as Your tool, even though I am not a good cook." Then I saw the power of the Holy Names go into the food; I was so touched. When I cooked the twelve dishes and put them on the beautifully decorated long table, I was so grateful to Master for helping me to accomplish this task.

The generals greatly enjoyed the food. They were so surprised to find that there could be so many varieties of vegetarian food. One of the generals said to me, "I am going to tell the Korean monks and nuns that there is vegetarian meat to replace real meat. Thank you very much for helping me to understand vegetarianism, and please teach our wives how to cook vegetarian." He repeated many times, that if they were to have another banquet with the Korean President or other VIPs, they hoped that they could enjoy these delicious vegetarian dishes again.