Master Tells Jokes

Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Hsihu, Formosa Dec. 23, 1995 (Originally In English)

After a person died, he went to a beautiful place. The person at the gate looked at his ID card and then brought him to a very beautiful villa with lakes, flowers and everything surrounding it, a big garden, birds singing, dogs barking, ducks quacking. Everything was perfect.

After a while, someone else took him to another place so that he could have more enjoyment with delicacies like cakes, candies, blessed food, and all the beautiful international cooking for him to sample. After that, they took him out to maybe a night club, so that he could see the dancing or dance himself.

After a while, they took him to another place for just enjoyment -- listening to music, watching theater, and things like that. Many days went by and on and on like this -- always eating, sleeping, making merry, and nothing else.

So the man began to feel a little bit "itchy". He said, "Well, can you give me some work to do? I'd like to do something."

The attendant was very sad and said, "I am sorry. We have no work for you here. With this I cannot help you."

So the man said, "My God! If I have nothing to do, this could be like in hell."

So the attendant said, "Where do you think you are now?"