Not just men, but women! They went onto the street to protest, to advocate for the poor animal-people who have no voice, and to advocate for the fetuses, the unborn children, risking being ridiculed and being looked down upon from the opposite direction, from the opposite group. But they don’t care because they really have love when they do that. They love these unborn children. They love these animal-people. And I’m not just talking about the vegan people – the non-vegan people also, because humans originally have a good heart. […]
And if you see some monks who are really virtuous and really diligent in practice, then you can give an offering, of course. But do not think that if you give an offering to this monk, that monk, or this nun, that nun, then you will have merit. Don’t think like that. You just offer because you love. You want to offer, because that monk or nun inspired you to go further in your spiritual practice. And also, he/she needs some material sustenance in order to go further in his or her own spiritual endeavor as a monk or nun, or as a hidden-away kind of lay practitioner. There are many who are not monks and nuns, but they’re truly sincere and high-level. […]
And please do not judge a monk just because he eats two meals or three meals a day. […] Everyone is different. As I told you, Maitreya Buddha incarnated into this world some many centuries ago. He was a big fat Buddha with a big stomach and very happily smiling all the time. That’s how they make the statues in His likeness, and we still see it nowadays in temples. People still worship Him like that. […]
