971205人間菩提英文版The Profound Subject of Recycling and How We Sow Blessings for the World

The Profound Subject of Recycling and How We Sow Blessings for the World每日播出內容 ｜ 300K 300K ｜ 56K

人間菩提--環保之學‧造福群倫

 

"Master often tells us who live abroad that since we are living in a foreign land.

(and are using the local resources)we need to care about the local people.

What's most important is the heart.

If we are sincere in caring for the people the locals will treat us like we're one of them.

A lot of people know about Tzu Chi's work.

They also like what Tzu Chi is doing.

So, they're willing to join us.

When we have more Tzu Chi volunteers, we would have more resources and manpower and we can help more people.

Before I joined Tzu Chi, my life was really common and ordinary.

But after I became a Tzu Chi volunteer, I feel I have something I can give to people,

This is really special, it makes me see more meaning in life.

Master's teachings can be used in the factory's workplace, too.

So, gradually I've brought Master's teachings into the factory.

I tell the people in the factory to unite and work together with harmony and love.

I think this is useful not only in Tzu Chi but in the factory as well.

After a period of time, I saw its good effects.

I like the concept of giving back to the locals as we're using their land and resources.

It really motivates us to join Tzu Chi.

(China is a big country)

So, there needs to be a lot of local volunteers.

Right now, I feel that besides the charity work.

I do in Kunshan and the greater Shanghai area.

I hope to quickly inspire more local people to become volunteers.

I hope the poor people can come out of their poverty and suffering.

So, we will continue and work harder to help people in need.

Everyday we can learn about life's values through our interactions with people.

Everyone, Tzu Chi is already 43 years old and we have established Four Missions and Eight Dharma fooprints.

We started with the mission of charity, and then the missions of medicine, education, and culture.

Currently, around the world Tzu Chi has branches and liaison offices in 47 countries.

Nearly 70 countries have received our aid.

While serving in those countries, we also work to inspire love in the local people---

When a country has been hit by disaster and Tzu Chi volunteers are able to go there to provide aid they will also inspire the local Chinese people to serve as our volunteers since they can communicate with the locals.

In almost every country around the world there are people from Taiwan living here.

They know that Tzu Chi is from Taiwan so when Tzu Chi goes there to provide aid.

They'll assist with our relief effort.

(Through the process of carrying out)

(the relief work with Tzu Chi volunteers)these local Chinese would be very touched and inspired to serve as local Tzu Chi volunteers.

That's how there comes to be a Tzu Chi liaison office there.

With that, the poor in that country can be helped.

So, charity work is now being carried out in other countries in the world be it in countries like Myanmar or the Philippines.

Now, many of the Chinese people in Myanmar have been inspired to take up Tzu chi's work.

I'll make good use of my time to help these villagers to convey their words and feelings to Master.

Master says that one cannot wait to do good and be filial.

This is the attitude that I hold in doing Tzu Chi's work.

The volunteers in Myanmar have expressed the wish to set up a Tzu Chi liaison office locally.

So, after an international relief mission there comes to be another place where there are local Tzu Chi volunteers helping us to look after the poor there.

This is how over the past 40 plus years with each passing day the path we walk upon has become broader and we're providing aid to more and more people.

Why is it that there are so many disasters in our world today and how come there are so many who need aid?

It is because of the erratic climate conditions.

Some places are suffering droughts while other places have been affected by floods.

We are actually very blessed here in Taiwan as we are safe and well.

This is because there are many people in Taiwan who are working very piously to create blessings especially those who are looking after our Earth like you recycling volunteers.

Aren 't you looking after this land we live on?

To care for our land, we work to collect recyclables and meticulously sort them out to be remade into other useful things so that we wouldn't be further burdening the land since garbage pollutes the land.

Given the large human population we use a lot of things.

As the raw materials to produce these things come from the earth, people keep mining and excavating mountains and land to provide resources for everyone to use.

So, if we can recycle the materials we've used and remake them into other things.

We would not have to consume more resources.

In thinking of our next generation exactly how much resources are left on this Earth for mankind to use?

So, for the sake of our future generations, we should live more frugally.

For all of us now to have enough resources to use recycling volunteers are collecting recyclables so that they can be processed and remade into new products thus allowing our society to have an abundance of materials to use.

(This is an act of sowing blessings)

(because it benefits our society)

I am truly very grateful to you for that.

Recycling is a very profound subject.

Lately, I've been thinking about setting up a department at Tzu Chi University researching how recyclables can be reused and remade into new products.

(and to do that, we'd need to)make an application to the Ministry of Education.

Our recycling stations truly serve as educational centers as students from primary and secondary schools up to college are often brought there to be educated about environmental protection.

So, we truly should keep in mind that recycling is an area of great expertise worthy of studying and exploring.

I'm truly grateful for the hard work of all of you recycling volunteers who give of yourselves so wholeheartedly.

People from all over the world visit our recycling stations to see how we do recycling and learn from us.

So, in all, there is a lot to be learned about recycling.

Although it seems like we're just collecting garbage amidst this is actually a lot to be learned.

(Moreover, money from selling the recyclables)

(can help fund Da Ai TV whose wholesome programs)

(can purify hearts and minds worldwide)

By watching Da Ai TV, many people round the world have changed their perspective and way of life

(So, recycling is very meaningful work)

Every one of you recycling bodhisattvas, I want to express my gratitude to you.

Once a year, I come here to thank you.

In fact, I express my gratitude to you every day.

Do you hear me do that?

Yes, every day, I thank all of you.

In these last two years, I've been using the image of Guardian Mother of the Earth in our hong-baos which expresses your spirit of looking after and protect the Earth.

So, you are the Guardian Mother of the Earth.

We rely on Mother Earth to get all the resources we need to sustain our living.

Everyone, the new year is approaching.

The old year has nearly gone by.

We should be grateful every day for every moment we are safe and well.

We must nurture such a grateful heart every day.

We should moreover be mindful and be sincerely pious every day.

Let us welcome the new year with a joyful heart.

If everyone harbors a heart of sincere piety then every day would be an auspicious day.

 

 

 

 

首播 每日19:45 重播 週一到週五 　　　09:48　11:45　15:15　23:00 重播 週六 　　　07:45　11:45　15:18　23:00 重播 週日 　　　02:45　07:45　11:45　23:00 救拔苦難播希望 環保之學義深博 疼惜大地護生態 造福群倫功德圓 2008/12/05

 

 

 

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Regards, Jenny
思慧合十
Today's Jing Si Aphorisms: Seize the moment to do good and continue with it. It is like boiling water:if you stop midway, it will be very hard to start over.

今日靜思語:行善要及時, 功德要持續. 如燒開水一般, 未燒開水之前 千萬不要停熄火候,否則重來就太費事了 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

971203人間菩提英文版Working with Diligence and Frugality to Sow Blessings and Create a Pureland

Working with Diligence and Frugality
to Sow Blessings and Create a Pureland

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人間菩提--勤儉造福傳法脈

 

At the Year-end Blessings Ceremonies every year, many people become certified Tzu Chi members

It's my hope that by shouldering the Buddha's mission everyone can go into the community to help people and tell them about the Buddha's teachings so that people in society can love and care for one another and learn life's principles from each other's life experiences.

Indeed, we can discover life's principles among the people we see and interact with.

What are the lives that we see?

Most people live their days without a purpose in life, and when they deviate from the right path in the slightest, they would end up leading a wayward life.

I was in the business of interior decoration.

I had all the bad habits you can think of

Sometimes I didn't go home for months.

My wife endured it all. She's the one who has been caring for the family

Otherwise, our family would've broken up.

I know I was completely wrong before.

So, I want everyone to know that if you are wrong, you must reform with a very sincere heart and don't go back to your old ways.

This is to truly repent and reform.

Just now we saw the stories of Mr. Cai and Mr. Lin.

Fortunately, they were able to turn back.

Though they once led a deluded life, (they met Tzu Chi volunteers)

and were able to wake up from their deluded ways.

In life, some come upon Buddhism when life is smooth, and they can accept the Dharma then while others have to go through much hard times before they can realize the principles of life and awaken from their wrong ways.

(That is truly very important)

The footage we watched earlier was filmed and edited by our documenting volunteers.

They were short and simple but very powerful.

Indeed, some people nowadays are very deluded and ignorant.

They think they're right about everything and that they can do whatever pleases them with no regard to right and wrong.

So, they gradually lose themselves indulging themselves in smoking drinking.

chewing betel, gambling, etc.

Some even have extra-marital affairs or keep mistresses.

All those kinds of things could happen

Once it happens, everyone in their family would suffer be it themselves, their spouses, or their children.

Before of one persons deluded perspective his whole family would suffer and fall into despair and anguish.

So, in practicing Buddhist teachings, we should be cautious and mindful always.

Seeing the suffering in the world, (the Buddha went to seek the Truth)

After the Buddha became enlightened, the first teaching he expounded was the truth about suffering.

Life is inherently full of suffering.

Those of us who are more blessed may think, "I haven't"

"encountered any suffering in my life"

But, we should know that (life is unpredictable and impermanent)

So, we should be aware that suffering might come at anytime.

(Looking at the lives of those we aid.)we can truly bear witness to what the Buddha said about life being impermanent and full of suffering.

But at the same time, we have the opportunity to provide live and care thereby paving a bodhisattva path not only for ourselves to walk upon but also for people all around the world to walk on with us.

For example, there are now Tzu Chi volunteers in 47 countries around the world and we've provided aid in close to 70 countries.

Tzu Chi volunteers provide love and care in poverty stricken areas and those devastated by disasters.

All the work we do started off in Taiwan.

Thanks to the hard work of Taiwan Tzu Chi members, people all over the world have come to Taiwan to learn form us.

Everyone, the path we have chosen to walk is a right one.

So, in following the Jing Si lineage and walking the Tzu Chi path, you should uphold the Jing Si principles which include the spirit of diligence & frugality.

We should know that life is not about seeking pleasure and comfort.

We ought to live frugally and further practice the Four Immeasurables of kindness. compassion. Joy. and equanimity.

By being diligent and frugal, we'll be able to help those in need.

Furthermore, in walking the path of Tzu Chi, we should practice the Six Paramitas of

giving, moral discipline, tolerance & forbearance, diligence, Samadhi, and wisdom.

It's no use just reading about them.

We should practice them through helping people.

When we say, "There is Dharma everywhere"

"for us to learn "where are we to find the Dharma?

From the life stories of those we aid.

So, in seeing others' suffering we know to cherish our blessings and further work to sow more blessings and further work to sow more blessings.

So, only by being diligent and frugal can we give and gain joy and equanimity.

Look at the words pinned to your uniform.

"Emulate the heart of the Buddha"

"and carry out Master's mission as our own"

The reason we chant the Buddha's name isn't to seek the Buddha's protection.

(but to be mindful of the Buddha's spirit)so that we can change our frame of mind to become like the mind of the Buddha.

The Buddha's mind is one of great compassion that remains in a state of purity and tranquility that remains in a state of purity and tranquility.

And, we must have great selfless vows.

You must also carry out my mission as your own.

My entire life's work is to benefit living beings around the world to guild people to the Dharma, so they can gain insight into the Dharma and then be inspired to walk the Bodhisattva Path.

That is my life's mission and I hope every one of you can hold this same mission without wavering, for endless time to come.

This is the Dharma path of Tzu Chi.

(which is to go into the community to serve,)

(and from it, realize life's innumerable truths)

Only by working in the community, can we encounter innumerable truths.

Indeed, all truths are right here in this world.

As it's said, every experience enables us to grow in wisdom.

Every person we encounter has a story for us to learn from.

Just now we saw two stories.

These stories are life sutras.

Through others' stories, we can gain insight and develop wisdom.

So, everyone is a living sutra we can learn from and everyone can help us grow in wisdom.

I hope everyone can keep in mind the Four Immeasurables and the Six Paramitas.

The Four Immeasurables descries the Buddha's heart.

The Six Paramitas are the convictions that take us into the world to relieve suffering.

So, please abide by Tzu Chi's Ten precepts and carry yourselves with proper deportment.

If you can do so, the Dharma in Tzu Chi will be expressed through your words and deeds.

Then, you can guide others.

Every one of you has used your wisdom.

(to help transform others)

(by bringing them the Dharma)

The Sutra of Innumerable Meanings speaks of how one seed can give rise to innumerable seeds and how innumerable seeds originate from one seed.

All in all, the seed of love and blessings must keep multiplying until it becomes innumerable.

(The rice seeds you see in the hong-bao)

(do not come by easily,)so I hope everyone can cherish it.

Please take the Dharma into your heart and help inspire more people to give of themselves with each person in turn inspiring others.

(Then, Buddha's wisdom can be in use worldwide)

With that, this land we live on can be purified into a pureland.

Only then can the Earth become a pureland.

 

 

 

 

首播 每日19:45 重播 週一到週五 　　　09:48　11:45　15:15　23:00 重播 週六 　　　07:45　11:45　15:18　23:00 重播 週日 　　　02:45　07:45　11:45　23:00 一粒種子生無量 人間道上行六度 四心為本映佛心 勤儉造福傳法脈 2008/12/03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

人間菩提英文版"刊登網站: http://master-dharma.blogspot.com/

 

 

Regards, Jenny
思慧合十
Today's Jing Si Aphorisms:   To become more free and at peace, we must learn to look at things in a positive way, and be more tolerant and broad-hearted.

今日靜思語:想要解脫自在, 必定要有善解.包容的功夫

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

971202人間菩提英文版Forming Good Affinities with Othersthrough Love

Forming Good Affinities with Othersthrough Love每日播出內容 ｜ 300K 300K ｜ 56K

愛心灌漿造福緣

 

 

 

Time truly flies.

Last year, I was standing here for the Year-end Blessings Ceremony, and now I am standing here for the Year-end Blessings Ceremony again.

The Year-end Blessings Ceremonies are held every year what gives me the greatest joy is to see our staff and doctors getting certified one after another and becoming new members of our big family of Tzu Chi.

That is what gives me the greatest joy.

This big family of Tzu Chi starts from one seed of love which further gives rise to innumerable seeds.

Earlier, I saw the sign language performance.

(of the first two merits from the Ten Merits)

Next year, when I come, I'm sure you'll be able to perform the whole chapter of the Ten Merits.

The performance was only five minutes long and it may not be as perfect as expected.

But, through the performance, our staff wanted to let.

Tzu Chi volunteers worldwide know that all staff in Dalin are willing to shoulder the responsibility and continue to carry out the medical mission.

Medicine is not only about treating patients.

This five-minute performance stands for our commitment of 500 years.

That commitment of 500 years means that you'll follow me life after life.

Am I right?

Alright, I am truly very grateful.

All of our six hospitals across Taiwan (work with one heart to safeguard people's health)

This hospital in Dalin was built (to care for people in the countryside)

(Over two decades ago,)when I wanted to build a hospital, I never imagined that

(our hospital could carry on such pioneering work)as I've heard about today.

From our cardiologist report, we heard that our doctors have performed five procedures that have never been done elsewhere in the world.

You are all really on the cutting-edge.

Despite already having very advanced medical technology nowadays we are still working ceaselessly to have a deeper, broader, and wider understanding of medicine.

Because of what we've done, Taiwan's medical achievements can stand out in the international community.

This is especially true for the example that our doctors have set in humane medicine.

We should not only strive to set an example for medical practice in Taiwan but also throughout the world.

I'm sure we can all achieve this, right?

Yes, we should all have the same aspiration and convictions to carry out our mission.

During the Year-end Blessings Ceremony each year, the hong-bao that everyone receives stands for wisdom because the money for the hong-baos comes from the royalties of my books.

Every year, I share my royalties with every one of you.

I hope everyone can (hold to our Jing Si principles)

All those who are my disciples must strive to uphold the principles of our Jing Si lineage and practice our spirit of diligence, frugality, and perseverance in the face of hardship.

(That is the way of our Jing Si lineage)

As for the other hong-bao, seeing it, your heart must fill with warmth.

You can proudly tell people about it.

I always tell everyone about your contributions.

For every ceremony, I tell everyone:

"These rice grains"

"were grown by the staff at our hospital in Dalin"

"They planted the seedlings and"

"harvested the rice themselves"

"So, every rice grain in the hong-bao"

"was mindfully picked and selected"

"They do this so they may form good affinities"

"with Tzu Chi volunteers worldwide"

It is said that it's a patient's blessing to meet a doctor who has good affinities with him.

So, doctors should all the more form more good affinities with everyone.

With good affinities, the patient will be much better already when they see you're  their doctor.

So, It's said that a patient's fortune depends on his affinities with his doctor.

So, you should all form more good affinities with others.

I'm especially grateful for (the gift of three carts of coin banks)that I was presented with when I arrived.

I remember that last year the coin banks were presented to me in a pulling cart at the hospital's dining room.

This year, altogether, there were three carts of IV bottles filled with coins.

They must be very heavy.

They were contributions from all departments.

Thank you all. Indeed, single grains of rice can amount to a bushel while small drops of water can form a river.

From the result, we can that you've truly put this principle in practice and were mindful in doing so each day.

I also saw how CEO Lin of our medical mission managed to carry two heavy baskets of rice grains with a shoulder pole.

He lifted it up despite its heavy weight

I was also very grateful to see so many bags of the rice they grew which they vacuum-packed in 1-kg packs.

I'm not sure whether it was because of the light, but every pack seemed to be shimmering in gold as if each grain of rice were a pearl bead.

So, I called it the pearls of rice grown by Great Healers.

I'm truly very grateful for these beautiful rice grains which were the result of a good harvest. Supt. Chien told me that the harvest was 10 percent more than last year.

See, our doctors truly are Great Healers.

Under their care the harvest actually increased by 10 percent from last year.

All this can be attributed to the love in their hearts.

We also saw that rice farmers in Myanmar collected a good harvest.

Their minister of agriculture told us that the yield from the rice seeds we gave was 17

Percent more than before while the yield from their own seeds was 20 percent less.

So, altogether the gross yield was pretty much the same as before.

I'm truly grateful to hear that the farmers in Myanmar reaped such a plentiful harvest from the seeds we gave them

I also received from them rice grains from six ears of rice.

The local rice farmers entrusted our volunteers from Malaysia to hand them to me in person.

There were six ears of rice.

Every grain of rice is very full and well-grown and each grain of rice contains the love of Tzu Chi volunteers worldwide.

Doctors, nurses, and all staff in Dalin---some of you have planted the rice seedlings and harvested the rice yourselves.

Each year, your rice is used in our hong-baos to share with Tzu Chi volunteers worldwide.

By doing that, you're sowing blessings by forming good affinities with others.

So, this represents wisdom and this represents blessings. By giving you this, I wish you can cultivate both wisdom and blessings.

Each year, I share this hong-bao which represents both wisdom and blessings with you.

I am truly very grateful.

Thank you, every one of you doctors, nurses, and staff at each of our departments.

Under the guidance of your superintendent every one of you carries out our mission as your own and treats all patients as if they were your family.

Seeing such selfless Great Love of yours, I truly must say "thank you"to all of you.

(No words can express how grateful I am)

Thank you all for your hard work and dedication.

May each day be a beautiful and auspicious day for you.

Thank you. My best wishes to you all.

 

 

 

 

首播 每日19:45 重播 週一到週五 　　　09:48　11:45　15:15　23:00 重播 週六 　　　07:45　11:45　15:18　23:00 重播 週日 　　　02:45　07:45　11:45　23:00 醫王插秧結稻穗 粒粒飽滿似珍珠 愛心灌漿造福緣 醫療奉獻曜世間 2008/12/02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

人間菩提英文版"刊登網站: http://master-dharma.blogspot.com/

 

 

Regards, Jenny
思慧合十
Today's Jing Si Aphorisms:   Be a olerant person, and not a person who is tolerated.

今日靜思語:做一個能包容的人,不要做一個被包容的人

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

971201人間菩提英文版Relief Efforts Underway in Haiti

Relief Efforts Underway in Haiti

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人間菩提--籌援苦難法入心

 

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.

Haiti is a very poor country.

On November 7, a school there collapsed.

Since Haiti is very lacking in material supplies most schools there were constructed very simply out of sand and mud.

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 Haiti being affected by so many disasters,) a member of their national assembly wrote to us hoping that we could go to survey the situation and bring aid to the people there.

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 Haiti)and conduct the distribution smoothly.

So, though I'm traveling around Taiwan these days, I've been kept informed on the latest situation.

Our volunteer, Mr. Huang, recently led a team to Haiti.

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 Haiti out of poverty and help to build mutual trust among people.

Indeed, to understand why it is that people in Haiti are living in such poverty.

We truly must believe in the karmic law of cause and effect.

How come we in Taiwan have peace and safety?

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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Regards, Jenny
思慧合十
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