Taiwan man invites 10, 000 people for free meal
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Taiwan man invites 10, 000 people for free meal
Jul 10, 2010 10:18 AM | By Sapa-dpa
A mysterious Taiwan man invited 10, 000 people to eat a free vegetarian meal, says a restaurant owner.
Hsu Min-long, of the Lotus Heart Vegetarian Restaurant in Chungho, near Taipei, claimed a young man arrived on a motorbike last week with a bag of money.
"He gave me 480,000 Taiwan dollars (15,000 US dollars) and asked me to use the money to cook vegetarian meals for the public," Hsu told reporters.
"The money is enough to cook vegetarian meals for 10,000 people. I have invited low-income families and children in orphanages to come and eat, but still it is far from 10,000 people," he said.
So Hsu phoned a newspaper, asking it to report the free-food invitation.
Hsu plans to start serve free meal from 11 am until 9 pm for eight consecutive Sundays.
The man who paid for the meals would did reveal his name or the purpose of his generosity, the restaurant owner said.
In Taiwan, people sometimes offer free vegetarian meals to strangers to thank Buddha for a wish granted, or to try to do good deeds to seek peace of mind or long life for oneself or one's parents.
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must pay for transport lah..........otherwise the people may end up paying more than the meal..........
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to 赎罪??
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nice one...
nice act of sharing...giving up his sins
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So generous.
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it could be money earned through illegial activities..
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Originally posted by Chester_Lim:
it could be money earned through illegial activities..
whatever it is, he is doing a good deed