See how many disasters and how much suffering there is in this world.
Every day, we should be more mindful and look at the world around us closely.
On November 7, a school there collapsed.
Since
As soon as someone touched the walls, sand would flake off.
Think about how unstable such a building would be.
However, because more classrooms were needed at the school, they wanted to add another floor to it.
But how could such an unstable building withstand having another floor added to it?
So, it collapsed completely.
Over 90 people were killed and over 150 injured.
The situation was too devastation for words.
(With
Many NGO's had already entered the country at the UN's request (to conduct aid distributions) but order was unable to be maintained.
Sometimes when the supplies arrived people fought one another, almost like a riot.
So, this national assembly member hoped that with Tzu Chi's experience in providing aid.
(we would be able to bring love and comfort)
(to the people in
So, though I'm traveling around
Our volunteer, Mr. Huang, recently led a team to
He was invited to the presidential hall as the president was very curious about Tzu Chi and wanted to know more about Tzu Chi.
So, our volunteers shared with the president how Tzu Chi began over 40 years ago with 30 housewives saving a coin every day.
The president then took a bamboo bank from Mr.Huang and began soliciting a donation from Mr. Huang (who immediately donated money)
Holding the bamboo bank, the president then bowed to his aides one by one to solicit donations from them.
Later, Mr. Huang said to me on the phone:
"The president was asking"
"If he can become a donating member of Tzu Chi"
I said, "Why not invite him to attend training"
"to be a Tzu Cheng member"
The president (sincerely wants to help his people)
However, no matter how hard he tries, he is helpless to do anything about the plight of his country.
So, he hopes that Tzu Chi volunteers can think of a way to lift the citizens of
Indeed, to understand why it is that people in
We truly must believe in the karmic law of cause and effect.
How come we in
We truly must be grateful for that and know to count our blessings.
When we are safe and well, we must be on guard and work to sow more blessings and pray for a world free of disasters.
We must be prudent and sincerely pious and sow blessings every day.
We must also believe in the law of cause & effect.
The Dharma is like water that can cleanse our mind of delusion & ignorance.
The Water Repentance text was composed by Master Wu Da.
In a previous lifetime, he was the Tang dynasty official, Yuan Ang, who had the politician Chao Cuo beheaded in order to protect the empire.
(Chao Cuo vowed vengeance against Yuan Ang)
But, after Yuan Ang had Chao Cuo executed, Yuan Ang gave up his government post and renounced the lay life become a monk.
For the next ten lifetimes, he was a monk who strictly adhered to the precepts in the tenth lifetime as a young monk, he traveled about to study.
One time, he stayed at a monastery where another monk staying there was seriously ill.
The monk's body festered & (emitted a foul odor)
There was no one to care for him
Master Wu Da took it upon himself to care for him until he completely recovered.
(Filled with gratitude,) the monk said to him:
"You have taken such good care of me,"
"and I'm fully recovered now"
"If you are ever in trouble one day"
"come find me on Mt.Jiulong"
"at the place where tow pine trees stand"
"I will help you"
As the years passed, Master Wu Da became a very well-cultivated monk
So, he emperor made him the empire's Dharma teacher.
The emperor made him a seat made of precious sandalwood and personally invited Master Wu Da to ascent to the seat to give a lecture.
Master Wu Da thought to himself:
"I am teacher even to the emperor"
"who is the most supreme in the land"
In that moment, as he gave rise to pride and conceit he bumped his knee on the seat just as he was about to take the seat.
It started out only as a minor bruise.
But later, it worsened and kept festering until it became (a rather large sore)
The sore was excruciatingly painful and couldn't be cured.
At this time, Maser Wu Da suddenly remembered.
The sick monk he encountered decades ago and he felt that perhaps this monk could help him.
So, he went to search for this monk.
It turned out that this monk was Ven. Kanaka.
When Master Wu Da was about to wash his sore with the water that Ven. Kanaka asked him to use.
He heard a voice telling him that this sore was Chao Cuo who had been waiting to work his revenge for then lifetimes.
(But now, having learned the Dharma)
(from Ven. Kanaka, he was letting go of his hate)
That was the story of why Master Wu Da started composing the Water Repentance text.
Everyone, no one can escape his karmic retribution when it comes to bear
So, we must always have love for others.
When we give, we should not ask anything in return.
On top of that, we must further be grateful.
We must keep an open and broad heart at all times.
No matter who we meet, let us see them as an incarnation of a Buddha or bodhisattva.
If we can give of ourselves with a grateful heart and love and respect others---
Our Dharma path is about following the way of Truth, and walking the Tzu Chi path in this world.
Our cultivation ground is right here in society among people.
So, let us dedicate ourselves to this mindfully.
May everyone pray with sincere piety for a world free of disasters, and for the weather to be favorable We must further pray for peace and harmony in society so that every family can be safe and well.
We must also work to eliminate greed, hatred, and ignorance with the water of Dharma so that we can have a pure and peaceful mind.
Only then can we further share this Dharma with others in society and use it to help transform people's lives and inspire them to become living bodhisattvas.
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邊地之困多煎熬
籌量伸援慎於行
入群廣度法入心
滌心去垢還清淨
2008/12/01
Regards, Jenny
Today's Jing Si Aphorisms: Let not criticism dampen our motivation.
今日靜思語:莫讓批評的話, 讓我們失去熱心
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