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STILL THOUGHTS
The Cartoon Version
The Buddha says:

The world is on fire!
What is burning?
It is the fire of desire, anger and delusion.
People should get out of this blazing house as fast as they can.

 

 

The Buddha described the world where we live as a "burning house." If we do not quickly find a way out, we will be trapped in that burning house. 

If we enter the palace of Buddhism, we can spend all our time exploring the origins of worldly suffering. Once we clearly understand the causes of suffering, we will be able to get out of this burning house.

Tzu Chi has established a new TV channel. Does this mean you are now using a "hard-sell" approach to recruit new members? Does this new approach replace Tzu Chi's previous style of "Don't talk, just do it"?

Tzu Chi members used to "just do it" without wanting anyone to know about it. Now in order to raise public awareness and to invite the public to join us in caring for the needy, we want to give our personal examples of doing charity work with devotion, sincerity and joy.


Translated by E E Ho and W.L. Rathje; drawings by Tsai Chih-chung; coloring by May E. Gu