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Supreme Master Ching Hai and some Thai friends enjoying
a charming night on the Chao Phraya River.

 


An Evening's Chat
On The Chao Phraya River

Recorded By Brother Wu Pei Yuen,
Bangkok, Thailand

In order to repay the warm and sincere reception by Master last time, Lieutenant Boonchai, a pilot from Chiang Mai, and his friend Mr. Min and his girlfriend had jointly invited Master to come for dinner. Before the food was served, Master presented some New Year gifts to the host and hostess. They had also prepared a special gift for Master -- a first class pilot's badge -- the badge that could only be worn by the top level pilot. Lieutenant Boonchai personally put it on for Master.

This restaurant belonged to Mr. Min's girlfriend, Miss Done. She personally prepared and served several Thai vegetarian dishes which had their own unique sour and spicy taste. Master praised that the Thai vegetarian dishes were very special. The hostess served the rice, soup and drinks and treated Master like the most honored guest. Master was very touched by their sincere, courteous and conscientious reception.

During their conversation, they mentioned the road that Master had passed by that day was well known for traffic jams, but it had traffic jams on two days only! Everyone was very surprised: "Why? It has traffic jams every day!" Mr. Min revealed his answer: "One is on rainy days, the other is on non-rainy days." Then everyone all at once burst into laughter at his wit. Master said that She thought the answer was "working days" and "non-working days". Everyone burst into laughter again.

As it was the weekend and there was no need to go to work the next day, everyone went to the Oriental Restaurant next to the Chao Phraya River to have a cup of tea after dinner. As Lieutenant Boonchai and Mr. Min were both pilots, they asked Master for advice on the meaning of dreams. Master answered: "It's better to be unable to recall what you see in dreams." Mr. Min said that sometimes he would dream that the aeroplane that he was flying fell down from the sky. But because it was the duty of work then he still had to fly. He could not stop flying just because of the dreams. Master said straight away: "Right! One should not stop flying just because of this..."

It was easy for times of happiness to pass by quickly. Everyone bid each other good-bye in merriment. The friends hope that they could have the chance to see Master again.

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An Evening's Chat On The Chao Phraya River