人間菩提英文版981021-知苦長慧自運命The Need to Inspire Love in People and Nurture Wisdom in the Face of Obstacles

The Need to Inspire Love in People and Nurture Wisdom in the Face of Obstacles

人間菩提--知苦長慧自運命

 

 

Wherever there are Tzu Chi volunteers, even if disaster strikes the people there will still be blessed.

(Take the recent floods)

(in the Philippines for example)

(Because of he scale of the disaster,)

Bringing aid to the disaster survivors the way

our local volunteers usually do to help the poor would not have worked.

That's why I often say that ever-changing circumstances serve as a chance for us to test our wisdom.

So, how we usually provide aid to the poor is different from how we bring relief in times of disaster.

(So, in the face of obstacles,) we must nurture our wisdom

And, when faced with ever-changing circumstances, we must use our wisdom
So, this time, with disasters occurring one after another, the locals didn't know what to do.

Though they had had shelters to stay in, they had nothing to do every day and not much food to eat.

Living in the crowded shelters all they saw around them was garbage and flooded streets.

It was truly hard for them to pass each day like that

So, I told our Tzu Chi volunteers there that they could introduce a relief program whereby we could provide monetary aid by paying those who helped with the cleanup work.

See, with such an incentive, more and more people came to clean up every day more and more people came to clean up every day.

What makes me happiest is to see that through inviting the locals to help with the cleanup work to love in them has been inspired.

I told our volunteers in the Philippines that besides paying them to clean up the streets, we should also provide meals for them.

We should provide them with lunch and give them our love and care.

So, that's how our volunteers cared for them and inspired them to give

See how everyone rushed to sign up for work and was all very conscientious.

They were not even deterred by the dirt and filth.

When I saw that, my heart went out to them as they're only paid 400 pesos (US$8.60) a day.

I told our volunteers there that once the cleanup work is completed, in addition to their daily pay, we should also hand out bonuses according to how many days they have worked.

Because the wages there are very low and there are not many job opportunities, we should help them and guide them to get back on their feet.

This morning I saw on Da Ai News that the villagers had contributed a peso each and collected 700 pesos (approx, US$15) to make a banner.

On the banner, (every signed their names) to thank Tzu Chi for (helping them clean up their homes)

They also held a parade

It was not a parade to protest against something.

What was this parade for then?

They wanted to go to all the streets and alleys that had been cleaned with the banner and posters they made(to show their gratitude to Tzu Chi)

(for helping them with the cleanup work)

Did you make this?

There was a lot of garbage here before but it's all gone now.

Many of us had no work to do before, but thanks to Tzu Chi, we have work to do

After being devastated by the typhoon, I thought there was no hope anymore.

Everyone had given up doing the cleanup work, but then Tzu Chi Foundation came to help us.

I am very happy.

These people are truly genuine and sincere, and are easily inspired and touched.

That's why they know to give back.

People there are truly genuine and sincere.

Everyone, it's been three weeks since our volunteers began helping these typhoon-stricken areas.

So, these areas that we had helped have how been cleaned and restored, and that is why the locals wanted to have this parade.

There are, however, still many communities that require our help because they do not have bulldozers or excavators to speed up the cleanup.

In fact, Tzu Chi volunteers have also drawn on the help of local entrepreneurs to borrow such heavy machinery but it wasn't easy.

So, through this, we now realize how fortunate we are with the resources we have here in Taiwan.

Take the Aug. 8 flood disaster for example.

(After Typhoon Morakot brought)

severe devastation to southern Taiwan, those who were not affected by the disaster were able to mobilize and go to the disaster areas and within a few days, 150,000 people had gone there to help with the cleanup work.

Tens of thousands of people went to help clean up the flood-stricken areas every day .

(The way people united together truly)

brought much hope and life to the disaster areas.

Our volunteer form Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung and other parts of Taiwan.

all went to southern Taiwan to help. Seeing that, the locals were also inspired to take part in cleaning up the flood-stricken areas.

That was they everything was able to return to normal so quickly.

But for those in the mountains whose homes had been buried or was washed away by landslides, such losses could not be recovered.

However, we are now also working to help survivors who had lost their homes to landslides by building them new homes to settle into

Everyone is working very mindfully

People in Taiwan are truly full of love as they not only donated money and gave of their time and effort to help with the cleanup work regardless of how tiring it was, but they even paid for all the expenses themselves.

(This is the love that)

(we've witnessed here in Taiwan)

Sometimes, when I think of the way people unite to help one another, my heart is filled with gratitude.

Such a sense of gratitude is not something words alone can express as it is gratitude from deep within my heart.

In Taiwan, when you first join Tzu Chi, I always give you one principle to follow.

That is give with selfless Great Love. We mustn't be afraid of hard work as giving of ourselves to benefit others is a blessing. When it's the right thing to do, we must do it without hesitation.

We shouldn't be attached to what's we've done for others and just give of ourselves with selfless Great Love.

This is what we must do year in and year out from the time we start training to become certified Tzu Chi volunteers.

Wherever disasters occur, everyone quickly teams up into groups to visit those affected by disasters, hold aid distributions, etc.

This is what we do in Taiwan.

So, despite being affected, the disaster survivors are still very blessed.

Everyone, I have said all this to you because I would like to say "Thank you" to all of you.

In the aftermath of Typhoon Morakot, you have all reached out to bring care to the villages of Taimali, Dawu and Jinlun.

However, I must also remind all of you that disasters like these will become more common in the future.

(because people have brought much damage)

(to the environment, and that's why)

The climate has also become more erratic.

So, we must all be more alert and cautious

Our karma follows us wherever we go, so when our karmic retributions come to bear.

We must accept them willingly as they are

(simply the consequences of our own actions)

Life is full of suffering

In this "era of degeneration"

(when human morality and ethics is)

(on the decline,)

We must all heighten our vigilance and be on the alert.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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人間菩提--知苦長慧自運命
The Need to Inspire Love in People and Nurture Wisdom in the Face of Obstacles

末法之世災尤甚
淨化市容遊街行
知苦長慧自運命
重現榮景眾殷期
2009/10/20