人間菩提--人心平則天下安
Tzu Chi Volunteers' Love in China, the Importance of Love and Harmony
I saw on Da Ai News that another earthquake hit China’s Sichuan at 2:23 this morning, local time.
Its epicenter was around 90 kilometers away from Chengdu.
Because the quake was relatively shallow, (its impact is greater, so it’s more worrying)
As I haven’t received word of the actual situation yet, I’m truly very worried.
The Four Elements of Earth, Water, Fire , and Air are truly imbalanced.
In this world, only love can bring about harmony and allow everything on this land to thrive.
For example, in this bitter cold winter, warmth can still be found, and this is due to people’s selfless Great Love which is like the warm sunshine in winter.
Such love is the most touching.
The footage we see is about the winter aid distributions we held in China from December 2008 till January 2009.
All the volunteers, be they volunteers from Taiwan, Taiwanese businessmen in China or the locals worked together to bring love and warmth to those in need.
They truly are living bodhisattvas who cannot bear to see others suffer and feel others’ suffering as their very own
So, despite the bitter cold, everyone willingly went there to give of themselves because they sincerely cared about these locals and thought about them just as if they were family.
(So, they were deeply concerned about)
(these people’s circumstances)
Be it those living in the remote areas, the elderly who live by themselves those who are physically impaired or those who have been living in poverty.
Our volunteers truly couldn’t bear to see them suffer.
(Tzu Chi volunteers went to provide aid)
(to people in different parts of China)
Given the large area of China several teams of volunteers were formed to carry out distributions in 12 counties.
For the winter distributions this year, we aided over 74,800 families in 12 counties across 6 provinces in China.
I am also very grateful to the local authorities for their help.
The name list they provided was very detailed and accurate so we were able to follow up with home visits after the aid distributions.
We saw the aid recipients put away the supplies in places they thought were safest.
Some said that in their entire lives, they had never seen such high quality goods and so many useful things of such good quality that would keep them warm.
Many of them were moved to tears.
There were also local volunteers
The more they helped with the work the more inspired they were to give of their love.
The way they helped support the old and the young and cared for them like their own family was exactly like that of our volunteers in Taiwan.
Seeing the care they give is very touching.
(We can see that) these local volunteers’ love truly has been inspired and it comes from the bottom of their hearts.
Indeed, despite the freezing cold, we could also feel the warmth of their love which was just like the warm sunshine in winter.
What’s even more touching to see was how children have benefited from the financial aid we provided.
Yesterday, I heard from Mr. Gao, our volunteer, who has been leading the way in providing aid to Guizhou Province for over 10 years.
He told me that Tzu Chi has helped over 40,000 children in Guizhou to go to school.
Over the past 10 or so years, (thanks to our financial aid,)
Many were able to go all the way from primary school to college .
This shows that history can be changed---
(Though Guizhou ahs historically been poor,) it is possible to help give them a future of unlimited promise as well as a chance to leave poverty behind.
They all know that only by receiving an education will they be able to overcome poverty.
What’s even more touching is that construction of the 10th Tzu Chi village to relocate the locals will soon begin
More than 300 families have been relocated to the other 9 villages that Tzu Chi built.
The houses were all very beautifully built
I am also very grateful to the local authorities for working so mindfully with us to find such favorable and beautiful locations for Tzu Chi to build these villages for the locals.
See how the villagers and our volunteers had the reunion meal together outdoors.
It was very cold, but see how everyone sang and danced before having the steaming hot food together.
See how happy everyone was
Isn’t Tzu Chi volunteers’ love like warm sunshine during snowy winters?
I’m even more grateful to the close to 20 doctors who went to provide free medical services.
We see this elderly grandpa who had a car accident over 10 years ago.
At the time, doctors had wanted to amputate his foot but he refused.
Having left it for 10 years, this is what has become of his foot.
See how Dr. Ye immediately helped to clean and treat his sore.
Actually, we are still very worried, so we will continue to care for this grandpa and help him receive medical treatment.
I am truly grateful---
In such cold places, these are also Tzu Chi volunteers giving of themselves to care for those in need.
If people around the world can all give of their love to others like this, wouldn’t the Four Elements of Nature be in balance and people live in peace and harmony?
Isn’t such a scene where everything is thriving very beautiful?
Although there are people living in poverty, as long as there are people with love the poor would be able to receive love and care and give rise to warmth and gratitude from the bottom of their hearts.
Such is the power of love
Although they are poor, they are (content with the peace and safety they have)
So, when they receive a little form others, they’d be very happy already
Such joy doesn’t come from how many supplies they get but from the love they receive.
Their sense of joy is greater than the joy felt by the well-off.
(when they get something they’ve been desiring)
So, being poor is nothing to be afraid of
What’s most fearful is the lack of peace & harmony
See how more intensive airstrikes continue in the Gaza Strip with the number of casualties rising every day.
It’s truly very worrying to see.
What can we do to help bring peace and harmony to the world?
As long as there is peace and harmony, no matter how poor people are, there will still be a chance for them to improve their conditions.
That’s why I said that poverty is nothing to be feared.
What’s most fearful is disharmony.
So long as there is love in the world people can live in peace & everything will thrive.
With such harmony, everything can be changed.
So, we must continue our efforts and call upon others to work together with us so that there’ll be peace in the world so that people’s welfare can be safeguarded.
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