Introducing Master’s Teachings through Delicious Vegetarian Food

By the Japan News Group (Originally in Chinese)

[Tokyo] On September 3 and 4, 2005, initiates from the Tokyo Center and other centers in Japan participated for the first time in the annual Tokyo Vegetarian Week Festival held at United Nations University and adjacent venues. The event was sponsored by the Japan Vegetarian Society, a member of the International Vegetarian Union (IVU) that has been actively promoting vegetarianism throughout Japan for two years.

The Festival featured a variety of interesting activities, including seminars, vegetarian cooking classes and lectures by specialists in various areas of food preparation and nutrition. The Tokyo initiates chose the theme “Vegetarianism and Peace” for their display at the event, hoping to spread Master’s message to the public by preparing delicious vegetarian food, which they believe is the best means to propagate the Quan Yin Method in Japan. During the Festival the initiates served a sumptuous feast of vegetarian delicacies, which attracted numerous guests. And on the second day, many more people visited the Quan Yin booth on the recommendation of their friends who had come the first day.

Everyone could feel Master’s grace and blessings in the venue’s warm, harmonious atmosphere as many guests and exhibitors enquired about Master’s teachings and requested sample books and information on vegetarianism. Among the numerous young visitors and foreign guests, many of whom were either vegetarian or health-conscious and delighted to receive Master’s publications, were two Americans who already knew about Master. One had seen Her several years earlier at the Los Angeles Airport and became filled with joy as he described the experience. He was also delighted to have another chance to obtain information about Master. The second American, a speaker invited by the Festival organizers, was happily surprised when she saw Master’s photo at the Quan Yin booth and said, “I came to know of Master through a friend and have watched Her videotaped lectures. I find Master’s teachings to be very convincing.”

Before the Tokyo Vegetarian Week Festival drew to a close, the organizers invited the exhibitors to introduce the groups they represented. And after a fellow initiate gave a brief introduction to Master and the Quan Yin Method, the host suggested that anyone interested in meditation should contact our group. All the fellow practitioners who worked at the Festival were touched by this earnest support and felt deeply grateful to Master for giving them the opportunity to learn and grow during the event. They also promise to practice more diligently and continue to share Master’s teachings in appreciation of Her guidance, support and care.