Aulacese (Vietnamese)? Chinese? From China? Yeah? Good. Good. Welcome to your home. (Thank You.) (Thank You, Master.) Your own home. OK. Very good. Very good. Wow. Look at that. Look at all this. You came here just to eat something. You came here just to eat? I think that’s why you came here. Wow, all the best. Yes. Ma’am. What’s this? (The song “Mid-Autumn Lantern Parade.”) A song. Mid-Autumn Festival. (Yes.) And what else? (Just a song.) Just a song? (Yes.) So, you’re not showing any pictures or anything? (Not yet.)
Oh, what now? (Hi, Beloved Master.) Hi. Hi, beloved master, herself. What’s going on? (We feel very privileged and honored to celebrate this Moon Festival with You.) Oh. (And then some of our brothers and sisters will be singing songs for You. And we are very grateful to be in Your presence today on this wonderful occasion, in this cozy place, divine.) Sounds good to me. (So, we will start with our Indonesian brothers and sisters.) Oh, different programs? Indeed. Yeah, indeed. (And we’ll be singing two songs, and “Full Moon” to start.) Ohh. Yeah. Wow. Everybody looks beautiful. You specially dress up for me today? (Yes.)
(Come on, friends, let’s play outside.) Wow. (The moonlight is as bright as the daytime. The Moon beckons, Reminding us not to sleep too soon. The Moon beckons, Reminding us to worship and devote ourselves to God. Come on, friends, let’s play outside. The moonlight is as bright as the daytime. The Moon beckons, Reminding us not to sleep too soon. The Moon beckons, Reminding us to worship and devote ourselves to God.) ...to God. (Mother’s Love for me, endless through all time. Only giving, expecting nothing in return, Like the Sun, that shines upon the world. Mother’s Love for me, endless through all time. Only giving, expecting nothing in return, Like the Sun, that shines upon the world.) (We love You, Master.) Love you.
Wow, Indonesia. Muslim? (No.) (Yes.) No? (Some are Muslim.) No Muslim? (Yes.) (Yes, there’s Muslim.) Some [are] Muslim. Because I just remember, last time... Anybody Muslim? Just raise hand, raise hand. (He’s Muslim.) Because I remember last time, long time ago, in Hsihu, one group of Muslims, they also sang a very, very united kind of song. Together, it was very nice, always looked united. I like it very much. Thank you. (Thank You, Master.) It was very, very loving kind of song. What does it all mean? Can you tell me a short [version]? (Actually, the song is about Full Moon.) A Full Moon also. (Yes, it’s about Full Moon. It’s about asking people to give thanks.) To what? (Give thanks.) Give thanks. (To the Moon, to God.) Yes. We do that. We give thanks to the Moon.
(And the second song is about our love to Master.) Well, you’re singing another one now. (Yes.) I see. First. (There were two songs, Master.) Already two songs. (Yes.) Nobody could tell. OK, we give thanks to the Moon. (Yes. The second song, the meaning is very beautiful.) I’m sure. (It’s about the Master’s Love to us is like the Sun that always shines to the world.) Oh… how nice. Very, very poetic and romantic. (We love You, Master.) Thank you, thank you. Thank you. (Thank You.) Thank you. I enjoyed. I enjoyed it very much.
We must give thanks to the Moon. (Yes.) Because of the Moon, our planet exists. Truly. No, what I mean is a combination. The Moon stays where it is, so that we have life here. (Yes.) Everything is balanced. (Yes.) Therefore, we have life on this planet. (Yes.) We truly must thank the Moon. I thank the Moon all the time for life-saving spirit, for life-saving energy. Look at that. You even decorated my house. It looks so beautiful. And how did you do this? You brought it with you? (Yes.) (Yes.) Beautiful. (It’s very supple.) Indonesian? (Yes.) OK. I remember in your country I ate all these. I remember. This is all for me. Don’t look. Don’t think. Don’t even dream about it. It’s not a lot. It’s only for me.
I remember I was in Indonesia, and they gave me all kinds of (vegan) food and then… Now I don’t remember. They even cooked with rau muống – water spinach, just simple but so nice, and all kinds of vegetables, and… oh, they’re beautiful. I don’t know what it’s called. And later, and after they gave me all this, this beautiful (vegan) dessert. Oopsie. This guy is “alive.” This, you know, this. (Ohh…) Just look only. Look. Can only look. And one look. Second look, I charge. Oh, the smell! Wow. Beautiful. Beautiful. We have similar thing also in Âu Lạc (Vietnam). But this is beautiful.
When I was in Indonesia, the Indonesian family, I stayed with them, and they treated me the best of the guests. I think that brother is not there [any]more. You know that...? Is he still there? (Yes.) Impossible! Really? (Really.) OK. Because he was already an elder when I met him, and that was 30-something years ago. And he’s very kind. He has a cinema. He owns a cinema and some other businesses. He has a lot of people who work for him, and they’re very, very, very effective, very respectful to him and effective to him. When the car that carries him back home, they run and open the gate and open the door for him. Wow. I felt like a king. it feels like a king. I don’t have that much luck. When I come home, nobody opens the door for me. Nobody opens the gate for me. I have to open the gate for me, and I open [the] door for the dog(-people). I “envy” his life. I’m “jealous, jealous.” Very “jealous.”
OK. Anymore songs? (So, the second number of our program today is our Indian brother that will tell some jokes for us.) (And make You laugh.) What brother? (From India.) India. You are from India? (Yes, we both are.) (Some jokes.) Both of you from India? (Not me, I’m Brazilian.) But you said, “we both.” (We two.) Oh. (We two.) Are you sure he’s Indian? He doesn’t look like Indian to me. No, hybrid Indian, right? (Yes.) You look more like Indian but already half, 50% Indian only. The Indian I met in India, they have a deeper color, (Yes.) (Yes.) almost like… (In ‘97, Pune.) Huh? (In ‘97, Pune.) Yeah. Almost like Shiva. Oh, no, no. Like Krishna. Krishna, you know, the blue Master. The blue-skinned Master. They call Him blue-skinned.
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