Master Jianyin - Cucumber cloth, Wife cake, Teapot, Chime, Summer Camp 菜瓜布 老婆餅 茶壺 引磬 夏令營

(English subtitles) Master Jianyin, 鑑因法師 born in 1937 Taiwan, Talks Dharma.
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Sometimes I feel. It's not we are greedy. But sometimes, just as I finish the words, After a while, things show up. For example, when I said cucumber cloth, others came and offered cucumber cloth. By saying that. I've said told you about it before. Before Master Bright left home, he came to our Lotus Society. Back then, we didn't asked laywomen to cook for us. It was Master Benxian who was cooking. He helps with cooking, washing dishes, cleaning tables. We Lotus Society use cucumber cloth to wash dishes. She said, We Lotus Society washes dishes very clean with cucumber cloths.
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I said, Not only can it clean the dishes, but you can also use it to take a bath and it will be very clean. This is why American cucumber cloth was invented. Without our Taiwan cucumber cloth, so you use American cucumber cloth while living in the US. Everyone was chatting and joking. It was Tuesday, and that night we went to another town to study with them. When I finished lecturing and asked them if they had any questions, a layman named Jiang said: Master, I brought some cucumber cloth to offer to you. Hearing that, I was stunned. I just mentioned this morning that cucumber cloths can be used for dishes and baths. Then someone wanted to offer cucumber cloth, saying it was useful for washing dishes and bathing, and he had cut it into pieces. Looks like he overheard what we said this morning.
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we said that in Yuanlin, but he was far away and couldn't hear me. People usually offer red envelop or delicious food to the masters. How can anyone offer cucumber cloths to the masters? So we talked in the morning, and it realized in the afternoon really. When Master Bright lived in our Lotus Society, on Mid-Autumn Festival, people would come here to worship with moon cakes, and then offer them to us. When lotus friends offered moon cakes, Master Bright whispered to me, Master, you don't like moon cakes, but you like wife cakes. Why doesn't anyone worship with wife cakes and offer them? Soon after saying that, a laywoman came and offered us wife cakes. Just saying that, and someone offer wife cakes immediately.
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There are many unimaginable things. Once a certain temple called me, Master, we have a question for you. Can you come over? How can I go there? You are too far away. I said, I will go to Kaohsiung on Thursday. I will stop by Tainan and you come to train station to pick me up. They really came to train station and pick me. When reaching there, he offered to make tea. It was near lunar New Year. Then we were having tea. His tea pot is bigger than ours in Yuanlin. I told Master Benxian, How about we buy two bigger pots when we get back.
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Then we don't have to add water frequently when lotus fellows come. He said, Sure, we will buy two when going home. In several minutes, a layman came with two teapots and said, Master, I offer you these two teapots. Took a closer look, they were the same size as the two, and said he had raised these two pots, probably meant he had made tea with these pots. In addition, he tied threads between the pots and the lids. As soon as I said so, people offered me 2 teapots right away.
Laywoman Shuwei just told me that she has been seriously helping with chanting lately. She often followed Master Jingchan to help chanting. Master Jingchan has a small chime that makes beautiful sound.
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She wonders if there are any chimes like Master Jingchan’s for sale? Because she didn't have a small chime, and it's in need when helping with chanting. She was thinking like this one afternoon as she went out to help with chanting. I happened to buy several small chimes but didn't know she was in need. I told Master Benxian, You and sisters often go help with chanting, would you take one to Shuwei? That night, when we practiced together, Master Benxian gave Shuwei the chime to make an affinity with her.
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She said, I just thought I would buy one in the afternoon. I wonder what kind it is. I prefer a small one. It's packed in a bag. She opened it, Oh, it is exactly the one I want to buy. She desired it in the afternoon and got it in the evening. It's so incredible, having it just by thoughts.
Further, once we Lotus Society planned to establish the Buddhist Help Chanting Association, and was holding a member assembly. Shuwei thought she was teaching in Chaoyang. When she was teaching, there were some students from the Buddhist club who were led by her. When we Lotus Society held the Children Summer Camp,
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she always invited her students as assistant instructors. If it's held for 7 days, she will live with them for 7 days and instruct them.
At that time, we Lotus Society would establish the Buddhist Help Chanting Association. She figured to call somebody for assistance. It's just a thought. After a while, the student she was thinking called her.