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Since this doctor was already very famous, having revived a dead person, the duke still didn’t believe him. That’s why it’s troublesome. Therefore, sometimes you ask me, “How is it that Master is so wonderful, yet people don’t believe it no matter what? Those people go back to advertise that they don’t believe.” That’s how their destiny was; they were destined to die. Just waiting to die. It’s no use telling them anything. This is a physical illness, sometimes it can still be felt, yet at other times it cannot be felt. Let alone the karmic illness, how could we possibly feel it? […]

Likewise, sometimes you go to a place to spread the Dharma (True Teaching) several times, spreading my teachings. You run around that place several times, and that person is standing there, but not responding. And I have lived here probably for ten years, our neighbors also don’t respond. Amazing. Both of us are amazing. I just keep on saying what I have to say, and they just keep on doing whatever they’re doing. Both of us… waiting to see who is more amazing. It’s not that the Buddha had supernatural power, and could just force people to be liberated. It’s not because a doctor has the ability that he can force the patients to be healed. So, it depends on whether we want to be saved or not. […]

It’s not that Duke Huan of Tian Qi was very arrogant, but because he really didn’t know. He didn’t know that he was sick. Mostly we sentient beings are like that, don’t know what illness we have. That’s why we must wear masks in the kitchen too. We have to pull the masks up over our noses. […] We wear masks to block some of our bacteria. In case we are ill but not aware of it, we can protect thousands of people from getting the same disease. […] Because when we breathe, bacteria can sometimes come out. Also, when we talk, our saliva can spray out, or come out when we breathe out. Even if we do not intend to spread anything, we still could infect others. […]