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 20160725布善種子志勇猛 Spreading Seeds of Kindness with Firm Determination

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發表主題: 20160725布善種子志勇猛 Spreading Seeds of Kindness with Firm Determination   20160725布善種子志勇猛 Spreading Seeds of Kindness with Firm Determination Empty周四 7月 28, 2016 2:19 am

20160725布善種子志勇猛 Spreading Seeds of Kindness with Firm Determination

We saw a group of volunteers in China who are professionals in their field. They all work together in unity and harmony to help others.

For example, there is a volunteer who is a professor. He is normally responsible for documenting Tzu Chi activities. This time, he had to focus on his usual responsibilities and also served as a driver. For many of them, it was their first time doing such tasks that they had never done before.

It is quite a task to cook food for a large group of people. A famous, top chef was there to cook food for the survivors. He took time off to volunteer. When asked how long he had planned to help out, He said, "I will be here as long as there is a need for culinary volunteers."

He said he would provide help until all the survivors had left and the relief work was over. This shows his mindfulness. All in all, the volunteers' willingness to take time off to help allowed them to walk a path they had never gone down before.

Volunteers mobilized and worked together to provide aid. We see that a wall in a kitchen had oil stains all over it. So volunteers scrubbed and cleaned the entire kitchen until it was spotless.

There wasn't water there ,so they carried in water from far away. None of them had done this before, yet they still went to serve with love. They used their strength to give with love and diligently learned the required skills to provide aid. This is professionalism. This is giving with love.

These typhoon survivors used to sit for the whole day and let time go by without knowing where they can stay ore what to do for the future. They were stuck in their worries until Tzu Chi volunteers led them through this difficult time with wisdom and inspired them to give of themselves and work together with others.

This is the love of Tzu Chi volunteers. With compassion and wisdom, they have helped the survivors open their hearts, become happy, and temporarily forget their worries. While volunteering, the survivors are able to get acquainted with one another, and therefore comfort and encourage one another.

In this way, many survivors were inspired to be volunteers. Such is the power of love. Regardless of their socioeconomic status, these Tzu Chi volunteers are willing to humble themselves to learn. They are truly admirable.

We also see that in South Africa, Tzu Chi volunteers face difficult challenges and situations. They live a very difficult life and are not wealthy themselves. They lack daily necessities. However, they overcame all difficulties because of their resolve.

In order to help and provide aid to others, they can travel thousands of kilometers to reach people in need. They live in a place where the weather is hot and the people are poor.

Road conditions there are bad. They need to walk or climb hills to get to their destination. It is hard for them to travel like this due to their stout stature. But they still are devoted to their volunteer work.

This time, we also see that Abegail Cetyiwe, a volunteers, fell to the ground as she was running to keep up with other volunteers. Fellow volunteers helped her to her feet and found a bump on her forehead. A volunteer lightly cleaned the bump and asked her if she was all right.

To comfort her fellow volunteers, she replied, "No problem." "Can you still walk?" asked the volunteers. She said, "Yes, I can even run." "Are you sure?" "Yes, I can run and show you."

Look, she is not young anymore, but she works as hard as the younger volunteers. She's such an admirable person. We see that the volunteers in Africa have overcome many difficulties for these past several years to carry out Tzu Chi's missions.

The saying, "Overcoming all difficulties to achieve Tzu Chi's missions" aptly describes the volunteers in South Africa. They need to deal with the environment, their living conditions, and their own stature when carrying out Tzu Chi's mission in Africa.

They have already been to many countries. We hope that the seeds of Tzu Chi can be planted in many countries in Africa to help the people help each other. Tzu Chi merely gives local volunteers in Africa the seeds of kindness. We hope that these volunteers can spread seeds of kindness and reap the fruits of their efforts.

However, we need to guide them for a long time. We see that they are not very agile when carrying out relief work due to their stature. However, they are willing to and have been carrying out this work by walking or travelling long distances to inspire and transform people, help those who are suffering, and instill the Buddhist teachings in people to walk the Bodhisattva Path.

This is the power of love from our volunteers in Africa. Today's date is also an important day in Tzu Chi's history. On July 25, 1990, the Tzu Cheng Faith Corps was established and received its official name.

Tell us how you felt when Master Certified you as the first Tzu Cheng.

It marks the start of new responsibilities. I was the first to be certified as a Tzu Cheng. One will lead to many others to join. I believe we embody Master's ideal of treating all living beings as our own family to walk the Bodhisattva Path, and we will inspire more Tzu Chengs to join us. Thus I hope that Tzu Cheng can light a candle of endless light, turn this world of suffering into a pure land, and follow Master in walking the Bodhisattva Path.

We see that these Tzu Chengs were quite young back then, and now they have aged. However, they have remained committed to Tzu Chi. This is truly touching. I am grateful for many things. All in all, we need to accumulate. Great Love bit by bit. Thus, we need to seize every second of every day to ensure the spirit of love carries on forever.
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