Vegetarian Era

 

 

 

[Pusan] The Pusan event held on December 9 drew a warm response from about 400 guests, who fully packed the venue and listened attentively to a talk by a Quan Yin messenger and afterwards watched the video that was specially prepared for the activity.
The visitors particularly enjoyed a speech by a fellow initiate who is a physician, and who explained vegetarianism in terms of health, environmental protection, and respect for animal life. In addition, the Convenient Method was granted to those who requested it.

[Andong] Although we have only a small number of fellow practitioners at the Andong Center, we were determined to participate in the vegetarianism promotional activity this time, and were delighted that as many as 120 people came to the event on December 10, for the city of Andong has a very small population. In the tranquil atmosphere of the venue, the audience showed earnest interest in vegetarianism and meditation, and were surprised at the quality and variety of the vegetarian foods we presented.

The event turned out to be a great success, and many participants asked to learn the Convenient Method. The activity helped local disciples progress in their spiritual practice. We deeply thank Master for arranging everything for us.

<<A sister from Formosa demonstrates vegetarian cooking.

 

[Sangiu] Sangju City, where the Youngdong Center is located, held its vegetarian promotional activity at the Sangju Women's Center. Although there are few fellow disciples in the area, we tried our best to put forth a sincere effort, distributing flyers on the streets and issuing invitations to the heads of relevant government organizations.
As the event began, over 200 people arrived at the same time. First, we had a vegetarian cooking demonstration, followed by a talk entitled "Why We Should Be Vegetarians." Foods for sampling and display prepared by initiates were quickly consumed, as people showed great interest in our eggless cakes and meat-like vegetarian foods.
The mayor of Sangju City sent us a card of congratulations, while the leaders of several public organizations and women's associations, as well as city councilors and professors, attended the event, where we took the opportunity to share Master's teachings and concepts about vegetarianism.

^^The vegetarian promotional activity held at the Sangju Woman's Center>>


 

We believe that the seeds of the Quan Yin Method were deeply planted in the hearts of local residents, as the participants were very impressed by our group's devotion. While the event was under way, many guests said that they were beginning to have a much more profound understanding of our Association. The head of the Women's Center assured us that they would be more than happy to lend us the venue again, should we plan to hold similar programs in the future. After the event, we presented all the surplus food and vegetarian ingredients to members of the Women's Center for their use during a visit to an elderly home the following day.

The government officials with jurisdiction over the region where the Youngdong Center is located deeply regretted not having been able to attend the event and asked that a similar event be held especially for them. So, another small vegetarian promotional activity was held at the Youngdong Center on December 27. Despite the small number of guests, we prepared several delicious vegetarian dishes, played Master's video, and gave them sample booklets and vegetarian pamphlets.


[Chonju] The vegetarian activity in Chonju was held at the Healthy Vegetarian House run by the husband of a Convenient Method practitioner. Since he is chairman of the Jeonbuk Province Vegetarian Union, the leaders of many vegetarian-related organizations participated in the event. The mayor of Chonju City, Mr. Kim Wan Ju, also attended the event and joined in the discussion on vegetarianism. He showed personal interest in the vegetarian diet, and was very pleased to see such an event held in his city.

After watching the video on vegetarianism, representatives of the above-mentioned organizations introduced themselves before we proceeded to conduct a cooking demonstration and food sampling session. The guests enjoyed the pleasant atmosphere and praised the delicious vegetarian foods prepared by fellow practitioners.


Chonju City Mayor Kim Wan Ju attended the event and joined in the discussion on vegetarianism.>>



<<Members of vegetarian groups in the Chonju area support the vegetarian promotional activity held by local fellow practitioners. v v


You are welcome to visit the following URL to enjoy a spectacular videotape, especially produced by Korean fellow practitioners, featuring vegetarian food.
http://www.godsdirectcontact.or.kr/vege/vegevideo.htm (Korean)


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