At an International gathering in 2008, Supreme Master Ching Hai told stories about the Wise Mullah Nasrudin and parables from the poems of Rumi. During her talk she answered the following questions: "Why did Mullah Nasrudin choose money over wisdom in the face of the king?" and "Why did such a great Master have to endure his wife’s sarcastic criticism?"

The Supreme Master also explained the meaning of “The Story of Kharraqani” in a delicate way: “One day when you get old, think of all the upheavals in your life, all the retribution that has been thrown on your path; you will feel ‘How lucky I have been trained with the merciful hand of Heaven so that I have become humble.’ Because you become nothing, you become great, you become your true Self.”