After Chao's lecture in Houston was over, he immediately took a plane to Los Angeles and went to Hsi Lai Temple, which was just being built. There he sought out Master Hsingyun and declared his conversion to Buddhism, and since then he has never touched a drop of alcohol.
休士頓演講完畢，趙寧搭機直奔洛杉磯西來寺，就在整建中的工地內皈依了星雲大師，從此滴酒不沾。