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人間菩提--新芽助學暖嚴冬
Life is truly impermanent.
I saw on the news that a fire broke out from inside an operating room on the 4th floor at the NTU hospital yesterday.
When the fire occurred, there were surgeries still going on.
So, they had to evacuate over 800 patients in a very short time including those in surgery or with serious conditions.
Truly, we can imagine how serious the situation was and how difficult the evacuation must have been I truly hope that everyone is safe and well and the damage caused by the fire can be minimal.
It's winter now, so when we use heaters or other electric heating devices,
We truly should be very careful.
Only when all is safe and well in society can everyone live a blessed life.
Even in a nation with good social welfare benefits civic charity organizations are still needed and when the nation has good social welfare benefits, the quality of the charity work being done should be even higher.
Over the last 40 or so years, Tzu Chi's charity mission (has improved the well-being of many people)
Beginning from charity work, we later developed our mission of Medicine as well as the missions of Education and Culture.
(which am to provide education to the people) as education is very important to the future of our society because the education and development of a person is important for society to have peace & harmony.
The footage we see was taken in
I am very grateful to our volunteers in
In these past two or so years, they have been (promoting the practice of keeping a coin bank) which is to re-emphasize the spirit of charity. (of helping others even when we do not have much)
Because of the recent economic downturn, more people have become impoverished.
So, our volunteers in
After visiting 4,850 students' families to understand their circumstances, our volunteers found that nearly 4,000 students truly need our help.
Among these nearly 4,000 students, we registered the families of 405 of the students as Tzu Chi's regular care recipients to receive regular aid from Tzu Chi.
This is how Tzu Chi volunteers in
(For the sake of these children's education,) our volunteers held 13 gatherings in November to distribute the tuition aid.
For each gathering, our volunteers would speak to the students, their parents and the teachers respectfully and sincerely and tell them about how Tzu Chi began in
They would speak of this during each gathering and then very respectfully get everyone to sing along to the song "We are One Family"
The lyrics of "We are One Family"---
Because we give out the tuition aid to all in need, no matter their ethnicity, there was one school that only had Malaysian Indian students.
So, our volunteers translated the lyrics of "We are One Family" into Tamil and even found a singer to record the song.
They have also translated Jing Si Aphorisms.
This is truly give with utmost sincerity.
Indeed, love is very important and we need to keep spreading the seeds of love in every corner of the world let alone schools where children are educated.
We also need to nurture"gardeners"---
Aren't the teachers and principal guiding children like gardeners nurturing seeds?
We must spread the seeds of love to the field of every person's heart so that everyone's love can be inspired (to work together for the same common good)
How can we inspire everyone to do this?
We must educate with love.
Such a way of education truly lets us see the light of hope.
When our volunteers were visiting the families, they came across a family with a grandmother and five grandchildren.
Originally, this family was supported by the children's mother.
(The father isn't around most of the time)
(and he doesn't have a regular job,) so he cannot provide for his family.
Every time he did come home, he would ask his wife for money.
So, the mother had to deal with the father, raise her six children can care for her own mother.
The mother truly had a heavy load to shoulder.
But, she resolved that no matter what hardship she would have to endure, she would let all her kids receive an education and even put them all through college.
Such was this heroic mother's wish.
But, not long ago, when the mother and her two-year-old son went out, they were both killed in a care accident.
Without the mother, the family fell into a crisis
From that time onward, the father never came home.
Fortunately, the eldest child, Nanthini, is a very good girl.
Keeping her mother's wish in mind, she not only wants to go to college herself but she also wants her four brothers and sisters to go to college as well.
She also has to support her grandma.
So, at one point, she thought of working part-time.
Seeing the heavy burden she had to shoulder, her school referred her case to Tzu Chi.
Tzu Chi volunteers went to visit the family and found that two of their neighbors were
also caring for them.
Nanthini's family is Malaysian Indian. One of the neighbors caring for them is Malay.
This Malay woman is not very well-to-do herself but she cares about Nanthini's family.
She provides dishes for the family twice a day so that the kids' nutritional needs can be met.
(Race isn't an issue for me)
Although she is Indian and I am Malay, I have known her since she was little, so her family is like my family. She is like my family so I can't bear to see her suffering.
(It's really a tragedy)
That's why I help them.
Another woman of Indian ethnicity also helps care for the family.
After Tzu Chi volunteers went to the family's aid, Nanthini felt that Tzu Chi volunteers have given them a sense of self-respect and much encouragement.
She felt very comforted that now they have this big family caring for them.
Indeed, many families need such heartwarming love and care.
There are still many people in other countries in need of help, because it is now winter and some are affected by natural disasters or the economic downturn.
But, every day we can see hope in the world because living bodhisattvas appear in every corner of the world. (to provide aid to those in need around the world)
Indeed, this gives hope and we see the promise of a bright future all because of love and kindness.
Although we live in a time where there are many disasters, there is still hope out there like the sun bringing warmth in the cold winter.
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慈濟基金會的慈善志業是貧苦人的依靠，醫療志業是病苦人的希望，而教育志業讓孩子有光明的未來，這份用心從台灣傳到全球。馬來西亞慈濟人，發放新芽助學金給三千多位貧困家庭的學生。證嚴上人今天在志工早會中感恩慈濟人，真誠的用行動將愛散播到全球。
一場車禍帶走蘭蒂妮的母親與兩歲的弟弟，身為家中長女的她，原本已經決定放棄升大學的機會，要找工作來照顧家裡的祖母與四個弟弟妹妹；在最失意的時候，馬來西亞慈濟志工帶著希望來到了她家，而志工的關懷也引發了鄰居的愛心。
證嚴上人開示：「這兩個家庭彼此來關心，不同種族在關心，發現到了人間也是有愛，不過慈濟人投入了這個家庭，這一位蘭蒂妮她就感覺到說，慈濟人來關心，給他們的自尊，給他們的勉勵，感覺到說有這麼大的家庭，她很安慰。」
為了幫助更多像蘭蒂妮這樣家境清寒的孩子，馬來西亞慈濟人在11月、舉行了13場新芽助學金頒發典禮。動用了2000人次的志工，主動走入社區做訪視，要圓滿孩子們的讀書夢，還有四百多個家庭，將轉介成為慈濟長期照顧的個案。
證嚴上人開示：「現在開始又多了四百多個家庭，每一個家庭都是很需要這樣溫暖的愛，總而言之，每一天都可以看到人間的希望，因為人間菩薩一一都出現在這樣的地球上。」
人文教育能為社會帶來希望，慈濟志工恆持善念，要讓愛心，就如同冬天的陽光一般，溫暖每個社會角落。
2008/12/18
Regards, Jenny
Today's Jing Si Aphorisms: If we have the will to do something, we need not fear, for with conviction, time can be found, and strength will surely come.
今日靜思語: 只要有心, 一定可以撥出時間;只要有願, 不怕沒有力量.
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