[Budapest]
Initiates in Hungary recently attained notable progress in their spiritual
growth and in the conveying of Master's teachings, as two video seminars
were held and the local group meditation schedule was rearranged.
Truth-sharing
Seminars
In
mid-October, 2001, a Truth-sharing video seminar, held on the suggestion
of a local disciple, was smoothly convened in Kaposvar, a major town
in Hungary about 200 km from Budapest. The attendees joined fellow practitioners
in an enthusiastic discussion, and about half learned the Convenient
Method.
Earlier,
during the summer, we had held a video seminar in Bucharest, the capital
of neighboring Romania, where there is currently no center. At that
time, we met a vegetarian woman in Cluj-Napoca, another major town in
Romania. She invited us for a lecture, and it turned out that she was
the leader of a meditation group and knew many vegetarians. She was
very excited to hear that Supreme Master Ching Hai promises eternal
liberation in one lifetime through practice of the Quan Yin Method,
and immediately invited us to hold a video seminar in her area. She
reserved a lecture hall and arranged to spread the news, so that we
simply had to go and give the seminar on November 11, in a relaxed and
friendly atmosphere. Afterwards, more than half the guests decided to
learn the Convenient Method and expressed immense interest in Master
and Her teachings.
Extended
Meditation Session
The
Budapest Center held group meditation sessions three days per week before
the September 11 disaster. Then, after receiving Master's request to
try to attend group meditation more often, we decided to let local initiates
come to group meditation every evening, and to "sleep over"
at the Center so that we could meditate together early the next morning
as well. This new schedule turned out to be quite popular. In addition
to these meditation sessions, on the last Saturday of the month, we
now have a whole day of meditation, so that disciples can even come
on Friday evening, and stay at the Center until Sunday afternoon for
a weekend retreat. The news of this unofficial retreat somehow spread
abroad, and for the last one we even had a sister from Austria join
us. We sincerely hope that there is no further war in the world, but
we now plan to maintain the new meditation schedule permanently.
