Dear Dharma Protectors and Friends,

Happy New Year to you all!

Ever since I announced the scaling down of my public appearances, I have not stopped my progress in propagating the Dharma. I have nevertheless continued to promote education, kept writing, restored my ancestral temple and propagated Humanistic Buddhism. I have single-mindedly devoted myself to the endeavor for a purer, better and more beautiful earth without ever slacking off. Time passes by quickly, and the end-of-the-year plum blossom fragrance has once again arrived. In time of a new year, I sincerely wish and pray: may all our Dharma protectors and devotees be blessed with "Prosperous Future Generations," and "Harmonious Conditions in All."