A Good Example Of Self-Reliance

<Palawan> Ever since the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ended the aid program to refugees living in Palawan camp, fellow practitioners in the Palawan Center have become self-reliant. Around the meditation hall, many types of seasonable vegetables are grown.

Thanks to fellow practitioners' meticulous care, newly planted vegetables grow incredibly fast and in great abundance, so that there is not only enough for living but also for exchanging of daily necessity.

Besides gardening, sister initiates also utilize their free time to make Chinese-style garments for exporting to overseas countries as a way to earn a supplementary income to help defray other living costs incurred at the Center. They practice Master's teachings in daily life, and set a good example of self-reliance.

To meet the growing demands in spirituality and vegetarianism, many restaurants have emerged to provide delicious and exotic vegetarian delicacies. Since the Center is known as the main place that produces vegetarian food, the restaurants send their employees there to be trained in preparing a variety of vegetarian dishes in order to serve and meet their customer's needs. They offer those vegetarian dishes that have transformed the meat based ones into the purer delicacies by simply and easily replacing them with tofu and wheat gluten.

Workers at the Palawan City radio station have come to know Supreme Master Ching Hai through the programs at their station made possible by fellow practitioners. They have also helped to broadcast Master's teachings via television. Since then a flood of earnest response has occurred. People who long for the Truth were given the opportunity to come and inquire more about Her teachings. Encouraged by their enthusiasm, fellow practitioners entertained them and let them try the vegetarian dishes, making them feel at home. Indeed, stepping into the big Quan Yin family, everyone felt like brothers and sisters who had come back to their sweet hometown.

Despite their busy schedules, the teachers and students of Manila's "Pity University took the opportunity to visit the Center which they had heard a lot about. With open hearts, they were extremely happy upon arriving at the Center; they felt relaxed and uplifted. They also received Master's books and magazines, and all praised that this visit was a bountiful one.