◆Korean brothers, who had never done any cooking before, could also prepare delicious vegetarian meals which were colorful, aromatic and great tasting.

    Wow! It's so delicious!

    Such exclamations could be heard all over the Center.

    In Pusan Center, many fellow initiates gathered to celebrate the Korean's Fourth Anniversary. One of the programs was the brother practitioners' cooking competition.

    Traditionally, Koreans are used to thinking that cooking is a woman's duty. However, under Master's influence and teaching, our Korean brother initiates have broken their old concept and come to the understanding that men can also cook. When the idea of the cooking competition was first brought up, most of the brothers immediately supported it. However, later they lacked the confidence and worried that they might not be able to do a good job. However, after the anniversary ended, they knew their worries had been unnecessary.

    During the competition, each brother initiate prepared one fabulous dish, and not one was the same as the others. When they displayed their work on the table, the dishes were splendid in flavors, looks and aroma. It made the whole competition look like a grand feast. All the winners received prizes from the judges. The first prize winner's dish was so good that it tasted and looked like it had been prepared by a professional chef. It was said that he had been practicing his culinary skill and cutting so much that he even got blisters on his hand. Nevertheless, in the end, the fruit of his practice was a beautiful and delicious dish. He truly deserved the award.

    The second prize was given to five brother initiates who worked as a team to joined the competition. The third prize winner mentioned that he had learned that women should deserve more appreciation and respect for their cooking everyday at home. He promised that he would provide more help to the sister initiates in the kitchen from now on. There was even a special prize for the oldest brother initiate who participated in the competition.

    As a result of this competition, all the brother initiates who had participated were full of self-confidence. They even mentioned that in the future they are going to cook more creative and delicious dishes, so that at the next vegetarian feast they could show off their newly discovered talent. They exclaimed, We can do everything!

    Later, some initiates got together and talked about their feelings and experiences. Not until then did they recalled that during the Formosan international retreats, there were a lot of brother initiates working in the kitchen. Why had they always thought cooking was not suppose to be a man's job? After the cooking competition, they learned that: it does not matter if we are men or women, as long as we want to do something sincerely, through hard work and practice, we will definitely succeed. Our Korean fellow practitioners really appreciated the Fourth Anniversary Celebration. Master had given them a chance to surpass their old concept.

    It has been four years since Master's first visit to Korea to teach us the Quan Yin Method. Since then, we have set this date as our most important anniversary to celebrate our rebirth. Consequently, each anniversary has become a special learning experience for all of us. There are no suitable words that can describe how much love and appreciation we feel toward Master. The only thing we can say is, Thank You, our dear Master!

◆It's the awards ceremony！ The Korean brothers are thoroughly enjoying themselves.

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