You didn’t answer my question. Why do you want to meet Master? Why do you want to see me? (We miss You, Master. We miss You, Master.) (It feels like at home when I see You.) Yeah. You feel like you’re at home when you see me. (Yes.) OK. What kind of home? Is that the same when you want to see a movie star and things like that? (No.) Some people think I’m a movie star. Unjust, huh? But no, a movie star makes tens of millions of dollars a year. Living in a luxury home, driving a limousine, huh? A journalist, he said what? That the way you advertise me is like Michael, Michael Jack... (Michael Jackson.) Jackson Michael. Michael someone. Who is that? (Michael Jackson.)
I don’t even know him. Is he OK? He’s famous here, right? (He’s a singer.) Right. He’s very famous. I’m not. Right. He said every time I go anywhere... He said you guys advertise me like Michael Jackson, Jackson Michael, right? OK. Well, that’s quite an honor for me. He’s really famous, huh? (Yes.) Wow, he must have made a lot of money, huh? (Yes.) Oh my God! If I could make that much, it’d be better, right? (Yes.) Being famous without the money isn’t any good. Being a movie star, they make money, right? Very happy. But I have to pay for you all.
And they say every time I go anywhere, I have to have a limousine. There were two times. Since then, in over ten years, I’ve ridden in a limousine twice. Some journalist, (an Aulacese [Vietnamese] journalist), or someone. I don’t know. He said that. But did I ride in a limousine? Yes, once in a while, right? Once, I went to some place… What was it? (Hawaii.) No, not Hawaii. There is no limousine in Hawaii. (United Nations.) No, not that. United Nations? I took a taxi, mama! Once. Oh, I went to visit the Hare Krishna group, you know? (Yes.) Yeah, their leader... their guru, what’s his name? The leader of Hare Krishna in Virginia had a limousine. He let his disciples borrow it to take me to their headquarters. That was the first time I got to ride in a limousine in my life.
The second time, I remember, was in Houston. I went to Houston. Houston, to visit some initiates in Houston, remember? Last year? (Yes.) That time I had just recovered from surgery, so I needed to bring a lot of stuff, so they got a limousine to fit everything. Because in the morning, I had to attend a funeral. In the afternoon, I had to watch a disciple performing an opera, so I had to wear two different outfits. And I had to wear a mask to cover the surgical scars, and all that. So I had a lot of things in the car, and that’s why they brought in a limousine. Those were the two times that I rode in a limousine in my life.
But what’s the big deal about riding in a limousine? Someone asked, “Does Master ride in a limousine?” I said, “No, I fly.” What’s the big deal about a limousine? Whenever I go somewhere, do I fly? (Yes.) Flying is more impressive, right? Riding in a limousine is nothing. Flying in jets, and all that, I got involved with all kinds of airlines. I have flown with every airline. I can go anywhere. I’ve sat on every type of plane. Small planes, big planes, rich planes, poor planes. What’s the big deal? Whatever airline, I have been on all of them. That’s how impressive I am! I am that cool, right? A limousine is nothing. So, if you hear any rumors, make sure to correct them, so that people do not spread falsehoods. As practitioners, we should speak the truth, right? If we fly, we say we fly, no need to hide anything.
Oh dear, talking about flying. My disciples kept suggesting that I should buy a private plane to take disciples to group meditations. I said, “If that’s the case, I’d have to buy all the planes in the world.” I have to buy all the planes in the world to be enough, right? Today, we’d fly everyone from Taiwan (Formosa) to the US for group meditation. Then tomorrow, we’d fly everyone from the US and Taiwan (Formosa) to Costa Rica for group meditation. Each time, carrying people like that. And they are silly for suggesting, “If Master doesn’t buy a big plane for disciples, then at least get one for Herself to travel to group meditations.” Oh, I said, “There’s no money for that.”
(Is there a burning smell?) Huh? Burning? (It’s burning.) Turn it off, turn it off for a bit. It’s starting to get “in trouble” now. (It’s fine.) (Let’s turn it off.) No problem? (Could you move forward a little?) (No, it’s nothing.) It smells bad, the smell is...
Oh, there was one time when I went to the Bahamas, intending to speak with the Prime Minister there to see if they could take in Aulacese (Vietnamese) refugees. At first, he agreed, but then after all kinds of troubles, it was canceled. There were proper letters and official documents. Poor prime ministers and presidents, they’re tied up in so many restrictions. Sometimes they want to do good, but it’s not easy, right? (Yes.) There’s the House of Representatives, the Senate, all sorts of complications, it’s not easy. I went to Bahamas to meet the Prime Minister to discuss that. He wrote a formal letter saying he would accept them. Later, when he was no longer in office, Hong Kong told me to go talk to the new Prime Minister. So I had to write another letter. But the new Prime Minister didn’t reply. Then Hong Kong said, “Forget it!” It was very difficult!
What I meant about going there, because we were talking about airplanes, not about the Aulacese (Vietnamese) refugees. The old stories are in the past, no need to keep talking about them. I will talk about it when we succeed; if we fail, I don’t like to discuss much. If it’s a failure, just consider it as if it never happened, no need to bring it up. Why present evidence for something that didn’t work, right? (Right.) Why talk about things that didn’t succeed? It’s like falling in love with some girl but can’t marry her, then forget about it, why keep talking about it? If you get married, everyone knows, but if you don’t, then forget it. Better to keep it hidden, or else people will laugh at you.
I went to Bahamas which is near Florida, you know? (Yes.) It’s about an hour or half an hour flight from Florida to there. When I went to see him, he agreed. He had an airline, or maybe he and his family had a small private jet. I think it was a jet, or some kind of jet. It was small, could hold about 20 to 30 people. Yeah, yeah, I don’t know. It was a small plane, holding about 20 or 30 people, something like that. It was probably their family business, bringing in their income. So they put me on that plane, flying to different islands to check out locations where they might take in the Aulacese (Vietnamese) refugees. He said, “Go check out those islands, I’ve reserved land for the Aulacese (Vietnamese) refugees there,” so I had to go and take a look, maybe even scoop up some soil to test. I had to put on a serious face, scooping up soil and bringing it back, even though I didn’t know anything!
(…) knows this story. Who else am I forgetting? Who else was with me? Many people, not only me alone. The whole crew. It’s good that we have so many people. Otherwise, I would have died on that airplane. Oh, the airplanes. I never went on such a small one. I went on a helicopter before in Âu Lạc (Vietnam) when I was a translator for the American doctor, going to different villages sometimes to help the Aulacese (Vietnamese) people in the war. I went on a helicopter. But not such a small so-called jet. Is it a jet? Oh, he really “jetted” me around. Oh, terrible. He really “jetted” me on the floor and we had so many people already. The whole group, we had about eight or nine people. And also their people, or over ten people and still, it goes like this.
Oh, ah, oh! I don’t know where my stomach goes. Sometimes it goes to my head and sometimes the head goes to my feet and sometimes my feet go to my hair. Oh, my God. I wasn’t sick but I felt terrible. I wasn’t vomiting, I didn’t throw up. But he throw up, and did you throw up? No. You’re a pilot. You shouldn’t be. Who else was sick? They were sick. The whole airplane was covered with their yesterday’s vegan milk or something. It was terrible. And he continued to be sick for three days to make sure that he was really sick. And so after that I said, “No, no, no, no. No airplane. Maybe limousine.” Oh, it was terrible. So hot here. It was cold, and now it’s hot. Gave it to some elderly lady. Oh, sweating now.
What else do I want to tell you? Yeah, we have been discussing. I don’t really need to speak English because the English people don’t do [it] like this. The English-speaking people don’t. So, I just speak in Aulacese (Vietnamese) what we have… in the meeting what we have spoken. Earlier, we had a meeting with those referred to as “core cadres.” Some people referred to them as “core cadres” of Madame Thanh Hải. They’re the working group. I asked for the people who are regularly involved, who are enthusiastic about helping with the ashram, or helping with things that benefit fellow disciples or the world. So about 20 of them gathered here. We also discussed a few issues relating to dividing the work. The first issue was... because (…) read the tasks of each group. The first group, I think, was for news. What was it about? (Newsletter.) Newsletter, right? Oh God, that’s truly “damaging” news. “Destructive” news.
You are enthusiastic and dedicated, and I am thankful if you want to promote the Master or the Quan Yin Method. But it must be done properly and correctly. If you want to do something, you need to consult the administrative team first. If you don’t know, ask Miaoli for advice. Don’t act recklessly, because sometimes the consequences are the opposite of what you intend. I rarely read Aulacese (Vietnamese) newspapers, but on the few occasions when I came to the US, I’ve read them. I don’t go to the US often, maybe once in a while, and I rarely read Aulacese (Vietnamese) newspapers, only a few times. Every time, there’s something like “paid submission,” with Master’s article in it. My writings are not trash that you have to pay to get them published. The books clearly state that anyone, any organization, who wants to publish my articles must ask for proper permission. Me! Ask me or ask the publisher. You have to follow rules when working. If you do it wrong, you could get sued. It’s lucky you’re publishing my articles, but if you did that with someone else’s article, they’d sue you as well as the newspaper. Newspapers should know these rules. You can’t just do whatever you want.
In any book, you’ll see it says that the publisher or author holds the copyright, do you see? If you want to publish anything, you have to ask the author’s permission. I am not narrow-minded. If you want to print it, that’s fine, but you need to consider the circumstances. Don’t “sell” it cheap like that. My God, so many publications want to print my lectures, but I don’t allow them because I have to look at what kind of newspaper they are. Take it slowly. We can’t do things cheaply. These aren’t cheap things. Those who are sincere will naturally pray, and in one way or another they will receive complimentary books, or they will come to know about us. Oh God, it’s written “paid submission” and have to pay for it, even. Even if you “pay for publishing” no need to have that written, right? For example, an initiate who is a bit naive brings the article to the newspaper and says, “Oh, you can publish my Master’s lecture. Please post Master’s article so that the public can benefit,” that shows their good intentions. But why have to pay to publish my lectures? They are not cheap like garbage in the market!
You need to know the law. Journalists should know the law better than disciples. But I’m not blaming the journalists; I’m blaming the disciples. You can’t do things like that, understand? People beg to publish my lectures, or my stories, and I still have to think carefully about it, and you go and pay to have them published. Oh God, why don’t you kneel down and beg them? Why don’t you just bow down to them? That’s not how you do things. Do you understand? Just because you have good intentions and money doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want. You have to do it properly. If you do that, people will look down on us. They’ll think I have no one willing to publish my lectures, so we have to pay to get them published. Usually, when I travel to give lectures or hold a gathering, then of course, you have to advertise in the newspaper so the public knows. That’s correct. But even then, we don’t label it as paid advertising. No one puts “paid submission” on an advertisement. Newspapers advertise all kinds of things. People pay to advertise, but do they label it as “paid submission” or “paid advertising”? Why make it special for me by putting “paid submission”? Why make it so cheap? You must not do that anymore, understand? (Yes.)
Photo Caption: Note from Supreme Master Ching Hai: “Photos taken two days apart, 1 set normal and 1 set special. The differences are made by the MOON itself, though both are the same Moon. 1st: Black background taken with the same camera on January 1, 2026. 2nd: Golden ring around the Moon, with the same camera as the 1st photos, on January 3, 2026 with good messages!! Thank you so much, kind Moon. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all, beautiful Moon people!” Photography and caption-notes by Supreme Master Ching Hai (vegan) ~ January 8, 2026
