Luckily, after marriage, I got to meet this type of people, the kind of people who are more enlightened, who didn’t like to go to temples. […] Then she introduced to me some other spiritual paths, those methods of “transmission outside of written teachings,” which were not to be found in temples or in Buddhist scriptures, or in Catholicism or any other religion. […] Therefore, you see, even there’s… From the viewpoint of the world, I suddenly gave up the ideal of becoming a nun in order to get married. It didn’t look so good, but it was good. If I didn’t get married, I wouldn’t have taught people to cook vegetarian food, and then I wouldn’t have encountered that lady. I wouldn’t have gone to India to look for an enlightened Master. I wouldn’t have become enlightened and then teach you. Understand? (Understand.)
Therefore, sometimes I believe in destiny. I’m destined to become an enlightened Master; nothing can stop me. Many times I tried to run away, but was caught and came back to teach. It’s similar to the destiny of an emperor. You cannot run away from it. […] We don’t know the mandate of Heaven, and that’s why we complain. There are situations bad for us, but the situation that is bad for us might, in fact, be good for us. […] Like when I was learning to drive. I failed the test twice. […]
If sometimes things don’t go as we wish, that is not necessarily bad for us. Perhaps, God will grant us something greater in the future, or give us greater responsibilities, or a higher position. Hes is not going to pull us down or punish us or whatever. Not necessarily so. Like the story you heard earlier today. The child was born into a rich family and was badly spoiled. His parents had prayed for a long time to have him. But not long after he was born, he fell into the river and was swallowed by some kind of fish(-person). It sounds very serious, doesn’t it? Eventually, he got another treasure and became twice as rich. […]
