Except maybe for the Aulacese (Vietnamese) refugees, I hate to be in debt. For them I would do anything. that I don't like to do. But otherwise, we’re not desperate for money. We don’t have the money, we don’t have to buy the place, that’s all. If we have it, we buy it; if we don’t, then we don’t. Why make trouble for yourself? Buying things that you cannot afford. Right? We’re very simple. If we have a big place, then we are together. If not, we rent a theater or something, be together one, two, three days, and afterward each goes back to his home and meditates at home. Why make trouble? Of course, it’s more convenient for me, I guess, to have a stable place for people to come every week to meditate. It’s good for them. […]
(How long you’ve known Master?) Four years now? (Three and a half.) Three and a half. She was running all over the places to look for . […]
