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Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai, Group Meditation, Kaohsiung, Formosa
April 14, 1989. (Originally In Chinese)

Once there was a child who had lived to be seven without ever having spoken one word. His parents thought he was dumb. They took him to a doctor, but were unable to find out the reason why he wouldn't speak. No matter what they tried, he did not say anything.

One day, as the child was eating soup, in the middle of the meal he suddenly exclaimed, "Ayah! Too much salt!" (Master and everyone laugh.)

Everyone was startled, "Ah! Aren't you dumb?"

"What!" he replied. "Who is dumb? I think you're dumb!"

His family wondered and asked, "Why didn't you say anything for the past seven years, and now all of a sudden you begin to talk?"

He replied, "There had never been anything to complain about! But whoever cooked the food today, put so much salt in it. How can anyone swallow something like this!?"