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¡¹Delivering Warmth And Compassion Amidst The Freezing Cold Winter
¡¹Anticipated New Year Gifts
¡¹The Fragrance Of Rice Dumplings Pervades Palawan
¡¹Concern For The Homeless
¡¹The Whole World Is One Family
¡¹Cherish The Blessings That We Have Now
¡¹Master's Incessant Love
¡¹A Chance To Develop Love
¡¹Love's Warmth Is Everywhere On Earth
¡¹Cheer Up! Friends!
¡¹Comforting The Poor And Helpless With Loving Words
¡¹Respect All Elderly People As Our Own Parents
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Supreme Master Ching Hai's Boundless Compassion
Is Forever Illuminating Each Corner Of The World
Her Holy Love Soothes The Pain Of Injustice And Suffering As the Chinese New Year is approaching, each household is decorating their home anew, having family reunions around the hearth, and relishing the joy.
Supreme Master Ching Hai remembers and is concerned about the poor, the sick, the aged, the helpless and the homeless people; and worries whether they have sufficient clothes and food. Therefore, She especially instructed fellow practitioners throughout the world to prepare New Year's gifts and to visit the refugee camps, old folks homes, orphanages and underprivileged in their communities with Master's financial generous assistance and Her boundless love. The objective is to convey warmth to these brothers and sisters during the New Year Festival.
Supporting Master's appeal of love, fellow practitioners put their compassion into action, and realized that the whole world is one family and that all beings are one. |
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By Daosiri & Vipha Supreme Master Magazine Reporters, Bangkok, Thailand
(Originally in English)
It was a freezing cold winter. The poor and the elderly needed more love and better care. Fellow practitioners from Bangkok and Khon Kaen Centers especially brought knitted clothing to Ban Pakan and Ban Wang Khon Daeng of Seechompoo District, and Na Fai and Huay Muang of Poophaman District in Khon Kaen Province, in the northeastern region of Thailand, to deliver Master's love.
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Fellow practitioners in Thailand go to the northeastern region of the country
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During each distribution of clothing, fellow practitioners introduced Master and the Quan Yin Method to the locals. They did so because they believe that liberation is the one and only method by which the soul can be kept always warm, eliminating poverty and cold.
When people were queuing up happily and blissfully to receive the clothes, which were full of Master's love and compassion, the air was also full of Master's love. Fellow practitioners who were there were filled with bliss and deeply understood Master's words: "To give is happiness."
Delivering clothes in winter, not only made one feel the warmth among people, but it also helped to develop the loving hearts of fellow practitioners. Remembering our beloved Master, what She has painstakingly taught us through words and by example, fellow practitioners were all willing to be good instruments and bring Master's love and compassion to every corner of the world.
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Anticipated New
Year Gifts
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The Chinese New Year is approaching, and the disciples in Thailand heard good news from Hsihu that Master kindly instructed fellow initiates to send gifts and especially Her greatest love to asylum seekers in Thailand for this joyful festival.
Upon hearing this, many fellow initiates were enthusiastic about contributing to this meaningful activity. Candies and biscuits were brought to the center in bulk, and all fellow initiates who came to the group meditation united and happily helped pack them for the asylum seekers.
Many expressed their sincere intention to take the gifts to the refugee camps; however, since the vehicles have limited space, only a certain number of initiates could do this.
There were three refugee camps which were visited. The first one is in Panus Nikom District, Chonburi Province; the second in See Kiew District, Nakorn Ratchasima Province; and the third in Na Po District, Nakorn Panom Province.
When the gifts of Master's love were taken to the Panus Nikom Refugee Camp in Chonburi, we were warmly received by the chief officer. Fellow initiates explained to the camp officials and to the military officers that our Master is very kind and compassionate, and has expressed Her sincere generosity to many people all over the world. We mentioned that She has a lot of disciples in various countries including America, Europe and Asia. Furthermore, we said that the reason that She is giving some gifts like candies and biscuits to asylum seekers this time is because of the Au Lac/Chinese New Year and that they represent Her love to these asylum seekers.
Finally, the head of the camp summoned all the asylum seekers to receive Master's gifts. He also let us distribute the gifts to them directly. Everyone, including new born children, obtained a bag of Master's gifts filled with love and blessings.
The next day, two separate groups of fellow initiates went to the other two camps in Nakorn Panom and Nakorn Ratchasima in pick-up trucks, fully loaded with things that we had already prepared. At the See Kiew Camp, we met the chief officer and gave him a formal letter from the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association. He and other officers were also given the presents from Supreme Master Ching Hai.
The chief officer said, "Please send my respects and regards to Supreme Master Ching Hai too."
Some Au Lac asylum seekers who are volunteer workers in the office came to help us unload the candies, biscuits, etc. They were glad to see us again.
When they saw the candy boxes, one of them said, "Oh! These must be gifts for the Au Lac/Chinese New Year's Day," as if they knew in advance that there would be gifts from Master for this upcoming festival. It implied that deep in their hearts they always think of Master; Her love and kindness has always been there to encourage them.
We, as messengers who brought them the greatest love and kindness from Master, were glad to see them happy with Her gifts. It was like falling rain soothing their dried and lonely souls.
We hope Master's love and blessings will elevate their souls and take them to superior worlds to enjoy the true freedom, returning to their heavenly home. We realize that all of us are learning lessons, which we cannot avoid, under diverse circumstances.
Thanks to Master's peerless love and supreme power, which guides us to our true nature and enlightenment, we are able to diligently and sincerely practice so we can help ourselves and others.
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According to Au Lac tradition, people prepare rice dumplings with green beans for the Lunar New Year. As the UNHCR has severed its aid to the Palawan Refugee Camp in the Philippines, people in the camp had difficulty preparing for the Lunar New Year.
Representatives in the Camp wrote to Master asking for help. Upon receiving the letter, compassionate Master immediately instructed a Quan Yin messenger to take some money and go help them. Apart from buying the green beans as requested to resolve the dilemma, other traditional Au Lac food will be provided continuously before the New Year.
Master's love has embraced all the asylum seekers in the camp, and they definitely will have a happy and abundant New Year Festival this spring.
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From: Western District Headquarters,
Palawan Refugee Camp,
the Philippines.
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(Originally in Au Lac Language)
¡@Dear venerable Supreme Master Ching Hai,
We, the 34th Administrative Committee, have just received the 390 kilograms of green beans, which You kindly provided for our compatriots to prepare rice dumplings for the 1996 Lunar New Year Festival.
On behalf of the 34th Administrative Committee and all the Au Lac asylum seekers currently living in the Palawan PFAC Camp in the Philippines, we wholeheartedly thank You for Your love and concern in this new spring season.
Again, we wish You good health, and eternal blessings through God's boundless grace.
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Ngo Cong Ca Chairman,
34th Administrative Committee
Feb. 2, 1996 at PFAC.
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Concerned about the asylum seekers, Master instructed fellow initiates in various countries to visit the refugee camps during the Chinese New Year Festival, and to give them gifts and spiritual comfort. This and other relevant activities, besides those conducted in the Philippines and Thailand covered in this issue, will also be carried out by our Centers in Hong Kong, Singapore and elsewhere in the future. The only exceptions are the refugee camps in Malaysia and Indonesia, which bar visits due to their strict regulations, or political reasons. Earnest fellow initiates expressed their regret at being refused admittance!
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Through Master's great love, some time ago on a Sunday, our practitioners at the San Jose Center, California, organized a gift and food distribution to homeless people at Saint James Park in San Jose City.
The flyers and posters advertising the location and time of this event were distributed a week earlier, so on the day there were many homeless people who assembled at the park ahead of time. They stood in a long line waiting for us. Their ages varied from very young to very old. The young ones stood with their parents.
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Fellow practitioners from San Jose, California,distributing blankets
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The gifts consisted of blankets, warm clothes, cotton sacs and vegetarian food well packed in a foam box. Some people who finished their food quickly asked for more because they loved the taste.
A reporter interviewed us and therefore helped Master's blessing to spread widely.
There were hundreds of homeless. Everyone was happy to have the gifts, food and Master's sample booklets. Many of them thanked Master, and asked about Her, the Quan Yin Method and the Convenient Method.
With Master's blessing, our fellow practitioners worked hard to bring happiness and some necessities to needy people in this cold season. Not only did the homeless benefit; but fellow practitioners also received tremendous love from Master.
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With the Chinese New Year approaching, our compassionate Master instructed each center to offer care to the underprivileged. Therefore, fellow practitioners from Taoyuan Center formed many groups to visit needy people in various places. ¡@
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Taoyuan fellow practitioners considerately set up electric heaters for the old folks, so that they can endure the cold winter. |
Subsequently, they found that behind those locked doors on the streets, there are many unnoticed, unhappy, suffering people awaiting the helping hands of the kindhearted. Jobless and with no relatives, these people live in abject poverty.
They have one main thing in common - a discontented soul. Therefore, apart from giving them material help, fellow practitioners also introduced Master's teachings to them.
An old woman, over seventy, deeply felt Master's love and said that she would go to the Center to see Her.
Whenever carrying out Master's assignments, fellow practitioners always gain deep insights, and they treat the work as a most precious spiritual lesson.
With open minds and arms, we try to help our neighbors in distress. In doing so, we are fulfilling Master's ideal: "the whole world is one family," and appreciate the boundless compassion of God.
More importantly, these opportunities allow more people who have never seen Master to benefit from Her blessings.
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Upon receiving Master's instruction to care for the poor, initiates of Hsinchu Center immediately prepared various materials and conducted a thorough investigation by visiting destitute households in need of assistance. They hoped to bring to these destitute families, forgotten by society, warmth in the cold winter and good luck in the new year.
Fellow practitioners visited the destitute families carrying with them Master's love and gifts, and they found that there were many needy people living in broken down abandoned houses.
When fellow practitioners distributed bags of coats, blankets and milk powder to them, they delightfully smiled and wholeheartedly accepted them.
Fellow practitioners also helped them to clean up the environment, and briefly chatted with them. They found that most of these poor families were victims of: divorce, single parent, mental retardation, having no children, loneliness and senility, and seriously illnesses. Their situation was aggravated because no one would take care of them. Some of them even came from formerly rich families.
Observing this tragic scene, fellow practitioners deeply felt the ephemerality of life, and their determination in spiritual practice became even firmer.
A cold current happened to sweep in during those few days, and Hsinchu is famous for being a "windy city". The freezing wind really chilled people to the bone. The poor families still had shelter, but fellow practitioners were greatly concerned about the homeless on the streets.
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A poor householder smiles when receiving the clothing and food distributed by the Hsinchu fellow practitioners.
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Apart from preparing the items that they took to the poor families, fellow practitioners considerately prepared some sleeping bags for the homeless. When everything was ready, they set out at midnight to make the visits.
The homeless were found in parks, and all they had was a blanket and a cloth on the ground, in which they had wrapped themselves entirely. Waking up, they were too cold even to speak, but they were extremely touched when receiving Master's gifts of love.
There was an old man who was over eighty, who even crawled out from his blanket to shake hands with us to express his gratitude, when he received this unexpected New Year's gift. This activity brought Master's love to the needy people, but it was also a lesson for the fellow practitioners who participated: to spread Master's love, and cherish the blessings that we have now.
It is our great blessing earned through many lives that we can follow Master to practice in this life. We only hope that the whole world will know of this good news from heaven, and enjoy it with us!
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Due to Master's concern for the poor, weak and elderly, resident disciples from Hsihu visit poor families in the neighboring mountainous area every month, and take along daily necessities and cash donations. Master's blessing and divine love is also conveyed.
As the Chinese New Year is approaching, Master cannot forget these people in poverty and specifically instructed us to buy and take more New Year's gifts to console them. Also Master instructed to buy gifts for all other centers to take to their home districts to distribute to the needy - only in remote areas or the foreign countries, all the centers have to buy gift themselves either from the money taken from Master's products or pay in advance and re-imburse later with Mster's accountant in Hsihu Center, Formosa etc.
Most of the places we went to were small and remote villages. Though the road was steep and had many bends, it was paved, which made travelling easier. Even some small paths with little traffic had been broadened. According to fellow sisters who had been there before, these were great improvements. This shows that wherever an enlightened Master goes, great blessings will come to that place.
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Receiving Master's love and aid every month, the old lady always repeatedly thanks Her. |
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An old lady happily trying on clothes, which were some of the New Year's gifts from Supreme Master Ching Hai. |
The folks in these few households, who have been living there for generations, are honest people. Their way of living is simple, and they have very little contact with the outside world. Therefore, they have pure hearts, and work hard in a practical manner. Even at the age of eighty, some of them still work in the fields. They are healthy, content, happy with their situation, and don't compete with anyone.
Master has said that God cares most for those pure at heart. These ordinary and simple people are so innocent, they can easily receive Master's power without any hindrance. Though this place is rarely visited by people, God's grace shines deeply within the hearts of the inhabitants.
A fellow sister who came along said with deep feelings that she always felt Master's light is nurturing our compassion through these needy people. Superficially, it seems they owe us their gratitude, but it is Master motivating us in the background. We only go to these remote places because of Her. It is Master who is transmitting love throughout the world.
When we set off to visit the old friends in these poor families, the winter sun that we missed for a long time, came out and shone warmly, as though Master's love was illuminating every family.
Heavy jackets were brought for the men, and elegant casual clothes for the ladies. There were also blankets, food, New Year gift of money and greeting cards. We tried our best to fulfill everyone's needs. Master especially instructed us to enquire carefully about what else they needed, and to wish everyone a happy new year.
They were very happy to see people from the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association, and told us cordially about their current living situations.
There were two brothers - the younger one looks after his elder brother who has had a stroke. A fellow sister told them the secret of using blankets which Master taught us: first cover head and shoulder and wrap around the whole body with a thin blanket. Then add a thicker cotton one on top. This way one can have a warm and comfortable sleep.
We asked about his health, and told him to eat more vegetarian food to become healthier. He immediately took us to the kitchen and told us that he was already on a vegetarian diet. He even wanted to treat us with the sweet potatoes he grew! He also mentioned that his sick elder brother could turn on Master's cassette tapes by himself.
Their neighbors were also aware of our visit so the small house was soon filled with people. Everyone knew that Master is their good friend.
A woman, over eighty, held the News magazine and said, "Oh! I know this Master! I feel very good reading Her books." She invited us to go there everyday. Upon leaving, she said, "You people are really caring and warm towards others."
Another old lady kept smiling at us as if we were her relatives, and not strangers at all.
An old person, with tearful eyes, held his hat against his chest to salute us. He told us he has seen Master on Channel 4, and repeatedly thanked us.
Master has often told us that one's physical condition and one's spirituality are not related. The best proof was a woman who, though handicapped, was deeply connected with Master inside.
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To expedite the conveyance of Master's love to the poor, fellow practitioners in Chiayi worked in two groups. In the Chiayi area, besides referring to the list of poor families acquired from the city government last year, they also received the new statistics for this year, and the visiting activity was launched promptly the next day.
In the Yun Lin area, the responsible fellow initiates were inexperienced and didn't know how to begin. Coincidentally, a fellow sister was working at the Family Help Center, and they were going to conduct a year-end visit the next day. Therefore, the inexperienced fellow practitioners worked together with them, which Master must have incredibly arranged.
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Chiayi fellow practitioners convey Mastre's love to unfortunate and destitute families. |
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Before the visiting activities were launched, most fellow practitioners thought that there should not be many needy people because the current economic situation in Formosa is quite good. However, after working for several days, all those who participated became heavy at heart. They never realized that there were so many families with financial difficulties, and living in broken down, old and filthy small houses. Old people were lying on beds suffering from prolonged illnesses. In many households, only the helpless and sick elderly were left.
A fellow sister said that she has been living in that area for decades, but if it were not for Master's instruction and this activity she would never have known that there were so many destitute households close to where she lived.
Each person visited was highly blessed, because apart from getting material help they also saw Master's photo and heard Her holy name. Some of them started reading the Supreme Master Ching Hai News magazine as soon as they received it. Although they were now in financial difficulties, their souls had already been touched by God.
Master always uses every opportunity to break our preconceptions, develop our compassion, and to let more brothers and sisters get on the Quan Yin Method ship, which sails towards liberation.
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Penghu is an remote island far away from Formosa. As there are few employment opportunities, a large portion of the population has moved away. Consequently, old aged people lack the care from their children, both materially and mentally.
Those who are lucky can get welfare money, but in some inconspicuous corners there are always some lonely and helpless old folks fading away with the years, without anyone ever being aware of them (except Master!)
Firstly, we obtained information from the municipal government, then we ourselves searched for poor families forgotten by society.
Based on the information acquired, we visited households one by one to find out what their practical daily needs were, and made a detailed list, including minor items like toothpaste and soap, and big items like refrigerators. Amusingly, an old gentleman wanted a suit!
According to the requirements, fellow practitioners purchased blankets, thermos bottles, and other necessities. When making the purchases, there were also many heartwarming incidents.
When a shop owner heard that the blankets purchased were to be given to the poor, he promptly took us to the wholesaler, without earning any profit for himself. When we were buying clothing, the shop owner insisted he donate a set of clothes too. Many similar incidents happened, which made fellow practitioner realize that love's warmth is everywhere on Earth. When our love and compassion are evoked from deep within, the influences both visible and invisible, will also be very profound. While making visits and distributing gifts, fellow practitioners learnt many lessons. For example, there were two destitute old women living together in a broken down home, but they cherished their environment and kept everything tidy and clean. They were content and happy at heart, unlike most destitute families who were disconcerted by their inadequate material and mental conditions. Many were resentful and subsequently made themselves suffer more.
This reminded us of Master's advice: "Be content, and we will always be happy! We should become a cheerful enlightened being instead of a miserable one!"
Visiting these helpless, elderly people in destitute families is a precious lesson for us to develop our love and compassion. After this activity, we resolved to spend greater efforts to search all over Penghu for poor householders beyond the coverage of social welfare. We hope that more people can receive love's warmth from Master.
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The "Home of God's Love" Counselling Center is situated in the rural area of Hualien, and their building and equipment are crude and simple. The Counselling Center accommodates youngsters and adults, who after drug rehabilitation, also require physical and mental rehabilitation before they can resume normal lives in society.
To enact Master's compassionate directive to assist the poor and helpless, the Hualien Center promptly gathered plenty of clothing from fellow practitioners, and delivered it along with socks and several crates of food to the "Home of God's Love," upon knowing that the Counselling Center urgently needed warm clothing for the winter.
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Carrying Master's great love and plenty of warm clothing, Hualien fellow practitioners go to visit the "Home of god's Love" Drug Counselling Center. |
When the fellow practitioners arrived, Pastor Bao and his wife greeted them cordially, and were most thankful to Master for Her love and concern. Mrs. Bao showed the fellow practitioners around the Home, and shared with them the bitter and hazardous process of how they strived with the youngsters and adults undertaking drug rehabilitation. Some of these friends in the Home greeted our fellow practitioners very cordially when they met.
On the return journey, fellow practitioners were still thinking about these friends who were rehabilitating, and prayed in their hearts: "Cheer up friends! Never give up before you succeed. We have brought you Master's light of kindness. During your tormenting drug rehabilitation, Master's heavenly light will definitely bless and help you to keep your faith, and overcome the addictions."
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Before this winter's relief operation was launched, most fellow practitioners, being inexperienced, thought that it would be very time consuming to locate destitute people, whom they had never met, in the vast rural area.
Unexpectedly, everything went smoothly. Almost every group managed to deliver Master's love and Her gifts to needy people very quickly. This rectified their misconception, and taught them a good lesson.
In addition to giving needy people gifts and money, fellow practitioners also comforted them with loving words. They chatted with them to ease their frustrations, and briefly introduced Master's teachings to them. They also suggested that they recite Master's name frequently, which would invite blessings from all the enlightened beings to help them and ease their suffering, so that they could spend their remaining years cheerfully under Master's merciful love.
Almost all the people that a group of fellow sisters contacted were old folks confined to bed due to prolonged illnesses, and were not cared for. Some even lived alone in the mountains. The fellow sisters were deeply gratified for having the blessing to meet and practice under an enlightened Master, thus free from suffering in this life and the next.
Among the aid recipients was a young man who suffered from a severe skin disease. Being extremely ill-tempered, his heart was locked tightly and he rejected any communication with the outside world. After the fellow sisters counselled him patiently and introduced Master's teachings to him, his darkened face began to brighten up slowly. We believe the turning point in his life has come and that he is heading towards a brighter future.
While visiting, whenever we failed to locate a certain person, some good-natured soul would always appear to give us guidance, and help us accomplish the mission. This made fellow practitioners deeply feel that Master's blessing is always present.
For instance, a group of fellow brothers spent a great deal of effort locating an address, but the old person was not at home. Just as they prepared to leave, the alarm of their car suddenly went off automatically, so they hurriedly tried stopping it. The alarm eventually stopped by itself, and the person who had guided them previously came back and told them the old person had come home. Such a coincidence can only be explained as Master's almighty power at work.
Another group of fellow practitioners drove a long way but failed to find an old woman living alone. Perplexed, they parked the car outside a shabby looking house. As it transpired, the owner of that house was the old woman that they had been looking for, and she had just come home!
When the fellow sister talked to her about Master, she piously gazed at Her photo on the magazine cover, and smiled delightfully. It showed that she liked Master very much. Although lonely and with no one to depend on, this old woman became very cheerful and optimistic!
With Master's help and blessing in the background, this activity was accomplished successfully. We are grateful to Master for giving us this "lesson of love," and letting us realize how lucky practitioners of the Quan Yin Method are. We will cherish the blessing of being able to practice in this life even more.
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As the winter sun shyly showed its face, the warmth swept away the overcast weather that overshadowed Taipei for the past few days. Carrying Master's love, and bearing in mind Her directives and teachings, fellow practitioners from Taipei went to visit the Hang An Elderly Rehabilitation Home on a hustling and bustling Saturday afternoon.
Amid the Spring Festival music, fellow practitioners distributed New Year's Red Envelopes (contains lucky New Year's cash) to each old person, to commence the visiting program. The venue temporarily set up on the ground floor was immediately filled with joy. Our working members divided into many groups, and brought the old folks from different floors, either by hand or in wheelchairs.
Next to the elevator landing, fellow sisters of the make-up team skillfully beautified the appearances of the elderly folks. They shuttled among the elderly cutting their fingernails, applying nail polish for them, and also combing and styling their hair. In a matter of minutes, all of them looked fresh and spirited, as if they had changed into new people. For them, going to beauty parlors and putting on make-up are things of the past! Traces of tears could be observed in the eyes of some grandpas and grandmas. (A good lesson learnt from Master's beauty session!)
God's meticulous love transcends space and time. The old folks behaved like children, and just sat quietly to let the team members transform their appearance, while excitement could be detected on their faces.
For the occasion, fellow practitioners also prepared many performances to entertain the elderly. They clapped their hands in rhythm, and even those who were disabled nodded their heads. Some of them even eagerly went onto the stage to display their singing talents - reliving past glories from their younger days. On and off the stage, everyone enjoyed each other's company, while some simply started reading the magazines or sample booklet, word by word!
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A heartwarming scene of "parents" and "children" ? Taipei fellow practitioners feeding elderly people at a rehabilitation home for the elderly. |
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After the performance, fellow practitioners wheeled the old folks back to their respective floors to enjoy snacks and meals specially prepared for them.
For the disabled ones, fellow sisters patiently fed them while chatting, which made the old folks enjoy their meals more. Fellow practitioners carefully wiped spilt food from the old folk's mouths, and paid great attention to their needs and words.
Respect all elderly people as our own parents. These old folks are not strangers, but our own kin. Several fellow sisters who had lost their parents were especially meticulous in caring for the elderly, and made them smile cheerfully.
Unconsciously, fellow practitioners seemed to have forgotten the differences in age and the reservation between strangers. Instead we could see many harmonious scenes of "parents" and "children" all happy together.
Fellow practitioners didn't forget to comfort and talk to the old folks who were confined to bed because of illnesses.
At first, many grandpas and grandmas looked nervous and uneasy, but they slowly relaxed in the cordial atmosphere, and even laughed heartily. Eventually, they could unreservedly appreciate our love for them, and were reluctant to see us go. If it was not for love, how could one explain this dramatic change from rejection to acceptance, from strange to familiar, and from refusing to lingering.
Superintendent Chen said that she had never seen the old folks in the Home so thrilled, and she hoped fellow practitioners would visit them more often. She also marvelled at the extraordinary organizing ability and good intent of our group. This kind of activity is very rare.
Another staff member, Supervisor Li, asked us how we managed to mobilize so many people to do one thing, and accomplish it so perfectly.
Fellow practitioners explained to her: "It is entirely due to the loving blessing and meticulous teachings of Supreme Master Ching Hai. Master always teaches us to do things with total concentration, and endeavor to do them perfectly!"
Remark: After visiting the Hang An Old Folks Rehabilitation Home, Taipei fellow practitioners will continue, visiting destitute households and homeless people. Reports on further activities will be published in future issues of the Supreme Master Ching Hai News.
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 It was extremely meaningful for me to take part in the charitable activity before the Lunar New Year comes. It was the first time I had ever been to an old folk's Home.
Observing the heartfelt bliss on their faces, and the sincere compassion and patience of the fellow practitioners who volunteered to help, I was truly touched. I know I must try harder to learn from their devotion and sacrificing spirit.
Previously, I didn't know how to express my sincerity at the right moment, but I have learned a great deal through participating in this activity. It was so comforting and heartwarming being able to offer our love to the old folks. This is my best experience ever since I started participating in various activities. Thank You very much Master!
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