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[Colombo] A very famous translator, after helping us to proofread the Sri Lankan sample booklet, agreed very much with Master's teachings, especially concerning vegetarianism. She also admired Master's work and efforts as a lady Master towards helping humankind. She then wrote an article in a very popular local newspaper about Master.
After the article was published, more people came to know about this famous Lady Master. With the help of local Convenient Method practitioners, we participated in two TV interviews. On July 13, our first TV interview was broadcast on a very popular local channel, Rupahavini 2. The program was mainly in the local language, but the interviewer made it bilingual with both English and Sinhalese. We had about 15 minutes' time. The second TV program was broadcast by ITN on July 28, Full Moon Day in the Buddhist calendar. Full Moon Day is a very important holiday to Sri Lankans. On that day, all shops and offices are closed, and people go to the temple to worship. It is a very sacred holiday because Shakyamuni Buddha attained full enlightenment on that day.
It has been really meaningful for us to introduce Master and the Quan Yin Method on TV to the local people. For both programs, the program editor inserted some of Master's pictures from Her short video film "Walk the Way of Love". Moreover, we provided our contact number at the end of both the programs. And after both of them, we received many calls from people who were really interested in Master's teachings.
Also, the ways in which these people wrote down our telephone number while watching the TV program were very interesting, and showed their sincerity. There was one gentleman who was watching TV and choosing different channels. He came across the program and was attracted by Master's picture. He was sure that we would give our contact number at the end, so he prepared paper and pen. That was why he called us. There was also a couple who came for information saying that they could hardly get the contact number because it was read out too quickly for them. However, they still tried and it was the Quan Yin messenger who got their call.
Caption: The local Quan Yin messenger participating in a TV interview.
Once I heard about a woman who had been searching for the Truth. I came to know about Her through a foreign guest who came to ask me to translate the woman's lecture at the U.N. It happened by accident, but I felt joy while I was reading that lecture because She was a woman. Her followers called Her Supreme Master Ching Hai. I felt joy because the question of whether a woman could be enlightened had been answered for me.
I do not know whether any religious leader likes to see a woman becoming a Master and getting enlightened. It is clear what kind of place has been given to woman in every religion. Though we are told that in Buddhism and Christianity a woman has all the rights of a man, it is clear that she gets only second place. And it is doubtful whether a woman has ever even been as high as second place among many Muslims.
We cannot imagine that even in Christianity a Sister can reach the rank of Pope. Though Mother Teresa was respected by the whole world and was a saint, she received no rank in the Catholic Church. The situation is the same in Buddhism. If the idea that woman cannot be a Buddha is dispelled by a future Buddha, it will be the noblest spiritual gift. But we remember the heated argument about establishing a women's monastic order among Sri Lankan Buddhists. ` Today if a Buddhist nun reaches not only the level of Arhat but even the fruits of Sotapatti (entry into the inner sound stream), our monastic order is well equipped to stamp her as a heretic. Woman has inherited not spiritual fruits but worthless insurance. Nevertheless the above-mentioned Asian woman who early in life practiced both Buddhism and Christianity, ignored the myths in the teachings and became enlightened. Since then, She has guided others on the path, and this is really wonderful to hear because She is a woman. Her followers are not only women, however. Millions of Asian and Western men also listen to Her lectures and meditate using Her Method.
Her name is Ching Hai... Today many followers with different cultural and religious backgrounds have surrounded Her. She speaks in English, German, Chinese, French and Aulacese. She has delivered several lectures at the U.N. and Her answers to U.N. officials' questions clearly show Her spiritual power.
Anyway, we should admire Her spiritual power, because She is a woman. She is telling us that not only God but Buddha also live within us. She is ready to bring to life the Buddha or God in our hearts.... 
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