人間菩提--南美之光
The footage we saw now was of
I truly don't know why it is that there are so many people living in poverty in
Because there are only a few of them the Tzu Chi volunteers there are even more united in heart.
So, the Tzu Chi volunteers in
So, though the volunteers there are few, they are able to collaborate and join forces.
Because they are united in heart and work harmoniously together, the love they plant is able to be planted deeply, setting roots in the local area.
In
The members of our medical association (TIMA) and others who share the same mission to help people will join together to hold free clinics when disasters occur, or when there are people in need.
So, they often hold free clinics that may not be on a set schedule.
That's the situation in
Of course, our volunteers in
Dr. Gao's Dharma name is Ji Chuan and his wife's is Ci Cheng.
(Put together, their Dharma names mean "pass on")
They often go to different places together to help people in need.
They would even go to
Every time they do this, I'd ask them:
"Why do you go to such faraway places?"
They'd say, "Their suffering is heartbreaking"
"so we really want to help"
So, the love they have for people propels them to go and help so sometimes, they overwork themselves, and I often have to "step on the breaks" for them.
But I'm truly very moved by the love in their hearts.
Nonetheless, I also often worry about them.
The three countries with Tzu Chi volunteers span a very large area, but there are very few Tzu Chi volunteers (So, I am often worried about their safety)
(when they travel far distances to help)
So, when disasters happen in South Am
(they would go to give aid as well)
As of now, there are no locally-based Tzu Chi volunteers in
So, our volunteers from the three countries of
Now,
It all started because
In response, Tzu Chi volunteers and TIMA doctors in the
They made numerous trips there.
However, (due to the language barrier,)
(as
Tzu Chi volunteers from
(The way they carried out the relief work) touched the wife of the head of the department of
cared for their people with love and respect.
A group of local doctors from Hospital Municipal Frances in
Hearing it's a French hospital, (we may imagine it to be very state-of-the-art,) but because
So, though the doctors may be short on medical resources, they are full of love.
In joining forces with Tzu Chi volunteers, they see how Tzu Chi volunteers give with love and have also been touched by it.
This December, our local volunteers in
(That was the first time they did so on their own)
Whether it was manpower or medical resources, they handled everything themselves.
They went to
This village is considered as a garbage dump for the people of
(used to be the recycling station of
In this village, there are around 300 families (and they are all poor)
(They live among the garbage because) they rely on the garbage to survive.
So, this time, our volunteers chose to hold a free clinic.
In this most impoverished area where there are no doctors.
It is truly touching to see what they have done.
Moreover, our volunteer couple from
(and traveled all the way to
Because the volunteers from
As it was the first time these doctors in
She shared with them Tzu Chi's medical culture.
Despite passing on their knowledge and helping our volunteers in
Ci Cheng and her husband still cared so much that the two of them traveled 25 hours by bus to help at the free clinic.
Dr. Gao is a Chinese medicine doctor.
He even performed acupuncture and chiropractic-like adjustments.
See how he administered the acupuncture needles.
(and adjusted the patient's shoulders)
He even used both his arms and legs to do it.
It's truly very moving to see.
How they traveled such a long distance to help out fellow Tzu Chi volunteers in another country.
Before the free clinic started, they gathered the locals together and shared with them how Tzu Chi began with a group of housewives saving a coin a day.
At the free clinic site, our volunteers also held a prayer ceremony guiding all to pray sincerely.
So, before the free clinic started, they first gathered everyone together to pray with sincere piety and also shared (how Tzu Chi began)
(with people saving a coin daily to help others)
(So, though it's a fee clinic,)
(they also shared with the local people)
(our spirit of humanity)
(by leading them in prayer)
So, people of different religious beliefs prayed together sincerely and piously for a world free of disasters and for everyone to be safe and well.
This is the spirit of humanity.
They would guide the locals to a prayer and also shared with them how Tzu Chi started in
Seeing al this, I'm truly very moved.
My disciples in
They also walk the Tzu Chi path with sincere piety.
With sincere piety, gratitude, respect, and love, they go into the community to help those in need.
What they are doing is truly moving.
All in all, I'm truly grateful to this group of disciples living on the other side of the world.
(for all that they do). I'm truly very grateful.
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牽手天涯承師志
慈愛悲愍護孤雛
千里義診無醫村
迷你醫院膚苦難
慈濟志工愛的腳步，在十二年前來到南美洲的巴西，慈濟志工每個月舉辦一次下鄉義診！而在玻利維亞，原本義診都是由美國人醫會承擔 ，這次就由玻利維亞慈濟志工和法國醫院的醫護，全權策劃舉辦，義診的地點選在最需要醫療資源的貧民村，一共解救了270位貧苦的病患！
拉起布條，這次來到玻利維亞彌安納村的義診，意義特別重大，因為這次是玻利維亞慈濟人、參加2008年九月的全球人醫會營隊取經後，第一次全權策劃舉辦義診，不只膚慰病苦，還要傳達竹筒歲月的理念。
證嚴上人開示：「靜思法脈勤行道，他們很戒慎的傳承出去，還有虔誠的慈濟人間路，慈濟宗門人間路，他們也是很虔誠的，感恩尊重愛去走入人群付出，這都是令人感動的。」
哪裡有需要就到哪裡義診，在巴西，即使經過上個月的水患，現在又進入雨季，慈濟人持續十二年的每個月下鄉義診，也不會因此停歇。
證嚴上人開示：「菩薩所緣緣苦眾生，好在，有這一群人間菩薩，他們都伸長了手，拉長了情、擴大了愛，所以雖然人少，卻是彼此之間很合作，所以他們就是心合起來、氣合起來，把這個愛很深的落地生根。」
把握當下啟發的慈善心念，讓慈濟人看見病苦，由愛而來的醫療人文，就是醫病醫心最好的良方妙藥。
2008/12/19
Regards, Jenny
Today's Jing Si Aphorisms: Let our state of mind always remain positive no matter what we hear.
今日靜思語: 要學習聽到任何話, 都保持歡喜
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