Preface xi The Venerable Master Hsuan Hua xv Keep the Wheel Turning U.S.A. Day 1 : San Francisco, U.S.A 1 Thatíªs our last meal 8 Day 2 : Manila / Kuala Lumpur 9 Are you sure there will be an airplane? 9 Malaysia Hoeh Beng Temple íV Kuala Lumpur 11 Day 3 : Brickfields / Petaling Jaya 18 Full of a special, holy energy 20 Hot, crowded and tight 21 Day 4 : Meditate before speaking the Dharma 34 Day 5 : The cheapest, most expensive item on earth 35 Thereíªs still a lot that turns you 35 Lighting up like a Christmas tree 38 Day 6 : It is for certain, but nothing is fixed 39 The problem is inside, not in Kuala Lumpur 41 Day 7 : Buddhist Society íV Port Klang, Basang 43 The heavenly demon takes refuge 46 Day 8 : Brickfields / University Malaya íV Kuala Lumpur 47 I always feel I have enough of it 49 Day 9 : Ching Yun Tíªing Monastery íV Malacca 54 You are on my radar! 55 Day 10 : A chance to disappear completely 56 Day 11 : Hsing Liang School / Shakyan Temple 56 Bowing is all Iíªve done 57 Day 12 : Guan Yin is now certifying all of you 57 Sleepy, heavy, no concentration 71 Day 13 : Pure Karma Temple íV Muar, Johor 71 The sugar and milk disease 72 Day 14 : Tangkak / Miao Ying Ssu íV Seremban 74 Only their bodies have left home 75 Flatsville! 76 Day 15 : The treasures are right at home 77 If you can put down women 84 Day 16 : Are people afraid of ghosts? 84 But they still want to try it out anyway 85 Day 17 : Triple Gem Temple íV Cameron Highlands 87 The first step is to learn to be a person 88 These Americans areníªt dumb cookies 90 Day 18 : Purple Bamboo Grove temple íV Ipoh, Perak 90 Your 112 is no problem 92 The inner trip through Asia 93 Day 19 : Tung Lien Siao Tzu 94 Five-and-ten-cent special 94 Day 20 : Roam playfully in the world 94 Opening my mouth is not okay 95 Sacrificed peanuts 95 Day 21 : Setiawan, Perak 96 Suffering and impermanence 96 Day 22 : Taiping 97 Internal purging and smelting 99 Day 23 : It used to be my parents and teachers 99 Your merit and virtue ran away 100 Day 24 : Buddhist Association íV Penang 101 Still hungry with too many bananas 103 Day 25 : Do you think they are easy to subdue? 103 Taking refuge with lunch 104 Where are the young Bhikshus? 105 Day 26 : Attacked by mad yins 108 Day 27 : Butterworth, Penang 108 Who am I íV talking in Chinese? 109 The old sickness that I caníªt put down 110 Day 28 : Penang Buddhist Association 111 Just like a Chinese 115 Day 29 : Bukit Mertajam íV Penang 116 When Chíªan sitting is good 118 The more the better 118 Day 30 : Alor Setar 120 Bitter lettuce 122 Break precepts, there woníªt be a response 123 Day 31 : Sungei Patani, Kedah 126 Oh well, itíªs only rice and tofu 128 It took nearly dying to wake up 129 Day 32 : Khota Bharu, Kelantan 131 Rice water fields and jungles 138 Day 33 : All is number one, there is no number two 140 Like bees to honey 142 It will not snow 143 Day 34 : Terengganu 145 You doníªt have to talk to women at all 145 Day 35 : From being angry to being stupid 146 Tell them to go right, they go left 147 If a person can sit still for a moment 147 Day 36 : Pahang Buddhist Association íV Kuantan 150 It fills you full of desire 151 Not just storybook tales 154 Day 37 : Living beings need patience 155 Exactly what I didníªt want to do 160 Day 38 : To be truly free 161 All kinds of weird creatures right outside the door 164 Day 39 : Hoeh Beng Temple íV Kuala Lumpur 164 I woníªt let anyone else praise you 166 The four borrowed elements must return 166 Day 40 : Your master must be a demon king! 167 There are those who know my sound 170 The dangers of food 171 Day 41 : Malaysian vs American Buddhism 172 The future belongs to young people 173 Singapore
