We’re almost to the year 2002, can you imagine? Jesus Christ. Remember when we were in retreat in Thailand? (Yes.) That’s the year 2000, right? (Yes.) […] Everybody worried that we’re going to die. Yeah, and the world would come to an end, and… And we’re still here. I told you in London that I’d be around […]
It’s so easy to see it on retreat. (Yes.) Easier than at home. (Yes.) And at the group meditation, is it also easy or not? (Yes.) Easier than here, or here is easier? (Here is easier.) […] I think a retreat is better. Because you know you just have to sit. Everybody else does. Nobody else to play with. So you have to come here and play with your wisdom. […]
Some of the people who come into our group, they’re not for meditation or not for Buddha or anything. Or else they wouldn’t ask the same question for ten years. […] Similarly, even any disciple, who has very little sincerity at all and does sit a little bit at home, does get something. There’s no such thing as “I sit every day and get nothing.” Or, “I keep a vegan diet and still have problems.” No, no such thing. […]
If we have a problem or something, we should check the diet. Sometimes, even my attendants, they make mistakes. For example, they see, like, pickled vegetables, and he just buys it and brings it home. And I almost ate it. But I read it (the ingredients) again, and there was some fish(-people) sauce in it. […] So you have to always be careful. Sometimes, the cookie looks harmless, but there are a thousand things in there. […] Sometimes I read a lot, I read the whole thing. I didn’t see anything that says, “eggs.” But when I read carefully again, there’s “egg whites.” […] We’re limited to look for the “egg” and the “white.” But then, I’m surprised, it’s “E-G-G yolk.” […]
