20200221淨化身心傳善法Practicing Repentance and Cherishing All Living Beings
Now, we truly must call on everyone to go vegetarian. See how the current coronavirus outbreak is closely connected to people’s diet, as it may have stemmed from eating wildlife. The virus can spread through air and can be transferred from our hands to our mouth.
The Buddha’s teachings can be applied to deal with our feelings. Those infected are suffering physically, and everyone is afraid due to the outbreak. People’s minds have become unsettled. This is indeed very worrying.
When we fall ill, the worst situation is that we lost our lives. Yet, when our minds become unsettled due to an epidemic outbreak, we may believe in and spread rumors, bringing even more unrest to society. If we believe in rumors, our minds will be defiled. Inner defilements are even worse than the virus, for our minds will become very impure and we will stray from the right path in life.
Our greed and ignorance have led to the deterioration of the environment. Our ignorance can also lead to something that is harmful to our health, such as coronavirus outbreak. The outbreak is truly a disaster as it has spread to many countries and regions.
Where did the disease come from? From people’s desire for meat. The desire for meat arises from ignorance. Many people eat meat, not knowing its bad consequences. We’ve seen how animals have retaliated. Led by greed, people consume meat through their mouth. The mouth is where the meat is ingested and is also where the virus can be let out.
Why do we wear a surgical mask and wash our hands often to prevent infection? As the disease can spread through air, we must keep our nose and mouth well covered. We need to breathe fresh air to keep healthy, but since the disease can spread through air, we must wear a mask.
In all, people’s ignorance led to the outbreak. Due to their desire for meat, they consume animals. As the virus, which is believed to have originated from animals, spread. an epidemic broke out. I keep mentioning the plague described in Buddhist texts. The coronavirus outbreak has become a plague. See how people’s desire for meat has led to ongoing disease outbreak.
The only way to end the epidemic is by calling on everyone to go vegetarian. Only love and sincere piety can eliminate disasters. We must practice love and sincere piety. Indeed, we must live out our vows with faith and action. We need to speak kind words to purify our hearts and minds, beautify our lives, and bring peace and harmony to society.
When society is peaceful and harmonious, everyone can enjoy peace and safety. We listen to Dharma talks through our ears. How do people give Dharma talks? Again, through the mouth. We should listen mindfully. By listening mindfully to the Dharma people speak, we can gain wisdom.
Apart from learning the Dharma, we should also share it with others. To do that, again, we must use our mouth. Wholesome words are like lotus flowers. When speaking kind words，we can beautify people’s lives and purify their hearts and minds.
By sharing the Dharma, we can guide people to take care of their conduct, speech, and thoughts. This is how we can beautify everyone‘s lives. Our Tzu Chi members all give with love as wholeheartedly as ever. May everyone tap into their innate love, for only love can truly make a difference in the world.
We should not only love one another, but also love all living beings. Each living being is a small world. So, we truly must respect all life with gratitude and love. Since the end of 2018, I’ve been reminding you all to respect all life with gratitude and love and live in harmony and reverence to sow blessings for the world.
At a time like this, we must not to spread any rumors about the outbreak. Let us live in harmony and earnestly practice repentance instead. Only by practicing repentance and reflecting on our wrongdoings can we truly make a difference in the world, and in particular, end the coronavirus outbreak.
The plague described in the Buddhist texts is spread not by human beings, but by non-humans. Yet, only when people earnestly practiced repentance can the plaque be eliminated. In the same way, only by earnestly practicing repentance can we eliminate the coronavirus outbreak.
We must repent of the inhumane acts we’ve committed. I hope you can all keep doing good and inspiring goodness in more people. Apart from knowledge and understanding, we must also take action by exercising our wisdom.
I truly hope that you can take action to pool everyone’s love together. Most importantly, the only way to end the current coronavirus outbreak is by going vegetarian and stopping the killing of animals. We must all believe in this and earnestly practice repentance.
May everyone take this principle to heart. We must take action and urge others to do the same. What should we do? Promote vegetarianism. May everyone take action to do this.
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