In Seoul, recently there was a report in the paper

That after the celebration of the New Year 1996

A man got so drunk that he fell

Through an opened manhole into the sewer

He fell deep asleep and when he woke up

There was great darkness and stinking smell

He walked several kilometers for eight days

Before he was rescued

He described his nightmare of the darkness and the stinking smell

Which was exactly the same as one of the punishments

Described in the book, Journey to the Underworld

Total darkness and stinking smell of urine and dung

A sinful soul has to eat and drink

In order to survive

‘Don’t drink and drive’

Certainly carries the right message

Many accidents are caused by drunken drivers

Who see the lamp pole as the road

And not aware of the danger

Buddha says

It is better not to be involved

In the business of intoxication

And, Not to drink

It is the poison between Heaven and Earth

That man certainly woke up to a nightmare

A reality for eight days

Which could be for thousand of years for a sinful soul

Day in day out swimming in a pool of

Urine and dung as drink and food in the underworld

May we drink the fresh milk of a cow

And not eat her dung

If we are good, we deserve to drink her fresh milk

If we are bad, maybe we have to eat her dung

JiGong said,

"Philanthropists are not Tao, yet Tao includes them

Evangelists are not Tao, yet Tao includes them"

Tao includes and embraces everyone

Regardless of colour, religion, race, rich or poor

As a baby needs fresh milk to grow

An adult needs wisdom to grow

Success is not measured by wealth

It is measured by virtue

Philanthropists and evangelists are good people

Good people deserve fresh milk and not dung.