In the past few months, the persistent efforts of the Formosan initiates in sharing the message of Alternative Living and promoting the vegetarian diet has received warm response from the multitude. The vegetarian ideal has become rooted deeply in people’s hearts.

A gentleman told our fellow initiates that, perhaps our fellow initiates’ continuous efforts in distributing flyers in the last five months have evoked the conscience of many people. As a result, the vegetarian population has obviously increased and thus the business of vegetarian outlets has also prospered. Recently, in the vicinity of his home, two vegetarian restaurants and one vegetarian café have emerged.

According to Mr. Zang, Qi-lu, program host of “Follow-up Across the Ocean” on Cheng Sheng Radio Station, he received an Alternative Living flyer on the street and was deeply moved by the sincere attitude of the fellow initiates. Convinced by the message of the flyer, he contacted the Taipei Center with the telephone number printed on the flyer to arrange an interview with the fellow initiates, hoping to explore deeper into the meaning behind this flyer distribution project. “Follow-up across the Ocean” is a program aired on Sundays reporting activities of the Chinese people on both sides of the Strait, targeting mainly the audience in northern Formosa. During the interview, the cordial host Mr. Zang highly valued the persistent endeavor by our Association in conducting this activity, which he said had practically benefited individuals and the society as a whole. As the interview was held on Mother’s Day, Mr. Zang made an appeal to all the mothers in the world to prepare more vegetarian food for their family, which is a healthy diet and the best choice. The three fellow initiates who attended the interview further expounded Master’s teachings and the vegetarian ideal. As the host was deeply concerned about the increasing depression symptoms suffered by modern people, fellow initiates therefore took the opportunity to mention that our Taipei Center provides free meditation teaching sessions, capable of easing the depression symptoms.

Working in a stock exchange cooperation, sister-initiate Xu once gave an Alternative Living flyer to her client Mr. Yang. Afterwards, Mr. Yang contacted her on the Internet expressing his wish to do something beneficial for the world, and the first thing he wanted to do was promote vegetarianism. He said he had no religious belief. His aged parents suffered from senile dementia, while his elder brother died of a stroke at a very young age. These traumatic experiences let Mr. Yang perceive the ephemeral nature of the world and thus he started to follow a vegetarian diet. He also shared his experience in how to prepare vegetarian meals while traveling abroad, and insisted to people that we shouldn’t have any problem following a vegetarian diet if we are persistent enough.

The lady boss of a trading company received an Alternative Living flyer. After reading it carefully, she felt that the vegetarian diet could help humankind to avoid the Bird Flu catastrophe and thus started eating vegetarian meals. Soon after, a teacher of the advanced commercial course that she was studying also gave her an Alternative Living folder, which encouraged her to eat vegetarian meals more often. She even bought dinner coupons from some famous vegetarian restaurants and gave them to her relatives, friends and teachers, hoping that they will also support the vegetarian ideal. Recently, she became a full vegetarian and has improved greatly both in health and complexion. In addition to being grateful to her teacher who advised the students to become vegetarians, she also introduced the benefit of the vegetarian diet to other students.

Mr. Lin is an employee in a stock exchange company. He received an Alternative Living flyer on a sightseeing trip then later received another flyer at the car park, and then his colleague, sister-initiate Xu, also gave him an Alternative Living document folder. It was quite obvious to him that it was a repeated message reminding him to be more compassionate and stop eating meat. The first time he read the flyer, he felt that the content was very good and free from religious characteristics. Later, when he received the folder from sister Xu, he was curious to know who designed the flyer. When told that it was Supreme Master Ching Hai, God’s message seemed to have touched his soul, and he immediately affixed the flyer on his desk as a constant reminder to follow the vegetarian diet.

Brother initiate Zheng is a salesman of textbooks and he often goes to schools to negotiate business. While doing his job, he takes the opportunity to distribute the Alternative Living flyers and folders to the schools. One day, a teacher in the Neihu High School told him that he had met our fellow initiates distributing the flyers at the traditional market, in the sales bazaar, and on the streets. That day, he further received the document folder from brother Zheng. The first time he received the flyer, he immediately felt that the design was distinctive from other advertisements, and thus read the content carefully. After having encountered the same message four times, he was very definite that the vegetarian diet was very good for the health and decided to try and be a vegetarian.

Lots of people have realized that vegetarianism is good for their health and the environment, and have thus adopted the diet. This transformation has made our Earth more radiant and more peaceful. We believe that the arrival of a heaven on earth has already begun!

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