When he (attendant) first came, he was even slower than a turtle(-person). He wasn’t used to anything. If there was a little bit rush, he would say, “Oh! My heart.” Sweating. “Oh! Pressure.” Stress. “I am not used to it.” Now when he sees others behaving like this; he can’t stand it. That’s how it is. He only realizes the difference now. He knows that he was also like that before, and now he’s completely different. Therefore, if you want to train yourselves, come here quickly. Come here to train yourself. You definitely will be trained. It’s best not to be near me. I don’t want to train new people again. Ask Tong (…) or someone else to train you. Tong (…) or the others.
He is also quite quick and clever. It’s just that each time he heard my voice, he became “mute.” He’s not a “dentist” (Chinese pun). He’s a Chinese medicine doctor. He is not a “dentist.” He is always uttering: “Ah… Oh… Oh… Yes… Yes… Master. Ah, yes, yes, yes…” Do I talk like him? Is it similar? Then I said, “I haven’t said anything yet. Why do you say ‘yes’?” He continued, “Ah, yes, yes. Yes, yes, yes.” He says “yes” if I talked, and he also says “yes” if I didn’t talk. Then he would say, “Oh, yes, yes… Ah, yes… Ah, I’m sorry… Ah… Ah… Ah…” “Ya-Ya” what, “Ai-ya!” That’s how he behaves. So I just cut him off. Afterward, I never talk to him again. Strange. Why is he like that?
And then some people… Because sometimes I often ask for a certain person. For example, some day I might ask for someone more often, suppose I look for Tong from morning till noon, because we happened to be doing something that was not finished and I had to keep changing it repeatedly. So, it was the same person. Later I called again and looked for the lady who answered the phone. Before I even opened my mouth to speak, I just said, “This is Master. Help me find….” She just hung up and ran to find Tong. I hadn’t even said who. I wanted to talk to someone else, not Tong. Because the whole morning I had been looking for Tong, she just assumed it had to be Tong I wanted to talk to. It’s always like that, causing me much trouble. After that person went off to find Tong I had to make another call. Another person answered the phone and said, “Ah, Master, she has gone to help You find Tong.” And she hung up as well. She just hung up on me. I was so furious. I’m telling you. Sometimes I was in such a hurry, very urgent, and they would play these kinds of games. Really not fun. Now as I tell you, you think it’s funny. At that time, I couldn’t cry or laugh.
Every day is the same. They just guess, speculate without having the patience to wait and listen to what I am going to say. It’s not like I’m looking for Tong every time. There’re so many people. Why do they assume I’m always looking for her? It’s not like every time I work with Tong. Because there’re a lot of things going on. But they all have preconceived notions. Sometimes it’s like that. Everyone is like that, all kinds of problems. I’m staying with over a hundred, two or three hundred people. Wow, every day it’s truly “Oof…” It’s quite good that I’m still sane. Or else I’ll go and see you doctors. It’d be worse if I went to her.
Therefore, working is good for us. Working is good for us. Or you might as well become a monk. In Cambodia, it’s very easy. You see, people respect monks very much. The King also bows to them. Why don’t you shave your head earlier? Come and wear a yellow robe and then “Ahem.” Just like today. Did you see that? Even people like the Princess respect them very much, more than you respect me. They have to bow to them, give offerings, flowers or something. People here respect monks very much. That’s why I’m telling you, if you truly want to be a monk, go to Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, the country of Laos. Go to those places to become a monk. Wow, it’s fantastic. You’ll be even higher than the king. Therefore, if you want to be a monk, do it strictly. “Don’t say that I didn’t tell you.” Don’t say that I didn’t tell you. I tell you all the secrets. I don’t say it for myself. It’s for your own good.
When I first went to those countries as a tourist, I saw them biting chicken(-people) legs. Oh… My eyes opened bigger than the leg; I couldn’t believe it. I’m sorry. You don’t understand anything? You want to translate? You want to translate for them? (I’m sorry.) Tired? (I only understand some English and Chinese.) OK. Forget it, forget it. But you like to come sit here and look at me, right? (Yes, yes.) Yes, I’m beautiful enough. (Yes.) That’s why I wear many beautiful clothes, at least you can look at them. Where were we? (Biting chicken[-people] legs.) Extracting the tooth? (Biting chicken[-people] legs.) Chicken(-people) legs? I talked about that already. No more biting. But suppose we are vegans, and in our country all the monks are vegans, but when you go to other countries and see monks there eating (animal-people) meat, you’ll be shocked the first time. You’ll feel very shocked and feel very… not used to it, feel very strange.
Another one, what do you do? (Yes.) Are you also a doctor? (Yes.) A Chinese medicine doctor? You don’t look like one. (Western medicine, just graduated seven years ago.) Just graduated. No wonder. Look like a student. (Internal medicine and pediatrics. I only have half a translator. That’s why I’ve only seen one hundred or so patients.) One hundred or so. What do you mean by “half a translator”? (Two people share one.) Oh, really. Is there really such a thing? Next time, before you come, you should demand: “We won’t come if there’s no translator.” Let people know you’re valuable, so they respect and treasure you. You can’t be too casual about this. Since you’re fellow initiates, you have to do the work well. To work well, you need the tools. Request clearly. Don’t blame me. I can’t take care of everything. There’re so many things involved, and I thought they had arranged it all properly. Because they knew that you were coming; they arranged for you to come.
I’m very sorry that they were very disorganized today and not enough translators for you. But otherwise, if they had organized well, it would be better for each doctor to have one translator. But we cannot demand so much at the time, but at least two have one. But at the moment, we don’t have too many. So next time, you demand. You demand your equipment. It’s your problem, you know already. Do I have to do everything for you? Then what is the use? If I have to do everything for you, how would I have time for anything? And what’s the use? You are also very smart. You have to ask for it. But actually, we’ve just come and are not organized yet. It’s always like this. It’s not only because we have just come. If you don’t have this, you’ll have that.
Alright. Forget it. We’ll just turn a blind eye to it. Next time you see a doctor, just look at his eyes; if you see a patient, just look them in the eyes, and ask for the inner Master to help. If it’s like that, why are you coming here? No medicine, no human resources, no translators, just graduated. If I were a patient here, I don’t want to see you. It’s just like the funny story today. You go over there. There are translations behind there. Yes. For the Korean. You talk louder for everyone to hear. Remember the story I told you today? (Forgot.) That person. There’s a translator. The man. Is he gone? (No. He’s still here.) Is your translation alright? Is it better now? Because the other one may…. I don’t know if the other one is better than her or not. But it’s OK. Better than nothing. You make it simple.
Today I told a funny story, remember? I forgot what it was. (The first operation.) Yes, yes, yes. Yes, yes. You’re wonderful. Because the doctor was performing a surgery for the first time, he was very nervous. (The patient) said, “Oh, doctor, I’m so scared.” The doctor said, “I know. I know very well how you feel. This is also my first time.” Both are scared together.
OK, then I expect the next time when you come, you’ll organize things yourselves. Or hire one more translator and bring him here. Here there are many people who can translate for you. You can also hire outside people. It’s alright to pay a little bit, no? On Saturdays and Sundays, they come here to work extra to earn money; they’ll be very happy. Sometimes they will volunteer, because they’re working for their kin.
But we also don’t have to cause them trouble. We can also pay. You can have everything as long as you have money. It’s just that they didn’t know how to organize it. I thought that since they’ve come here for so long, with one or two hundred people, they would have liberated the whole Cambodia. Then I’d definitely have hundreds of translators. But she said no. You see, she didn’t do anything here. She just displayed my picture, hung it up. Hung it inside the temple, scaring people off and bringing me trouble. And she did nothing else. She did not even liberate one person. She’s good at putting my pictures and sample booklets here and there like that. Is it really that easy?
OK. That’s it. Have a safe journey. (Thank You, Master.) Come back again next time. (OK.) Are you all doing fine here? (We’re fine.) The mosquitoes didn’t bite you too much? (No.) Was it two or three mosquitoes per person? You can “request” them if you want more. Can even place an order for them. Or submit an application. We have a “mosquito hotel.” “The royal mosquito hotel.” Have you been there? You can apply for it. OK. That’s all for now. I still have other initiates to see. (OK.) So… (You still need to see one group.) May you be liberated soon. (Master’s blessing.) (Thank You, Master.) The Chinese may go, and the others may stay. It’s OK. Because there’s the English group coming up next. The Chinese can go and the others can stay. Thank you. (Thank You, Master.) No matter what… (Thank You, Master, for Your teaching.) You came especially for this? Just for two days? Some of you are staying longer. Some came yesterday especially for this. Everyone, go home happily. (Thank You, Master. Thanks.) (Thank You, Master.)
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