Date: April 19, 2008 (Saturday)
Lecturer: Master Zheng-Yan
Environment Protector Volunteer said: “I saw Da Ai TV’s report. From it, I learned that it can reduce pollution of our land. I started last year, but I’m very diligent. I come here both in the morning and afternoon.”
Selling vegetarian food’s boss said: “Da Ai TV programs made me more kind. My daughter told me that many of her classmates cannot afford school lunch so we donated the milk jellos that we sell in our store to these students.”
Mr. Liang of Volunteer in Vietnam said: I’m very touched by Da Ai TV’s programs. Gradually, it made me feel that I need to cherish and create blessings. So, I keep encouraging my friends and relatives to watch Da Ai TV.
I’m very grateful to the staff at our culture center and our documentation volunteers for working together to create a positive and good influence on our society. For a long time, I have felt that our society has become more and more unwholesome. This is truly worrisome. So in Tzu Chi, humanistic values are integral to our Four Missions. Our society needs to be purified.
Look at our current school education. In today’s society, people’s values are changing. Education that teaches moral values seems to be considered an anomaly. It is quite lamentable. The mission of education is to teach and guide students in the right direction so that they learn both knowledge and also propriety and principles. We need to let students know principles and how to properly interact with people. This is the mission of educators. People should behave like human beings. In life, we need to teach them self-respect so that they can take good care of themselves both in body and mind. To take care good care of the body, we should eat a healthy diet. To take good care of our mind, we need to have correct views. To care for people, we need to choose a job that benefits people. To help guide people become more healthy, we need to be polite in our speech. These are the ways of our life. So the principle of proper human conduct is to first have self-respect and take care of oneself. This is what education is about.
Education is to bring out people’s innate good nature. Everyone has an innate good, kind nature. Everyone’s nature is similar to one another’s because this nature is the Buddha-nature, a nature that is completely pure. Our original nature is very clean, untainted, and very pure. This is why when people are born, they all have a similar nature of goodness. But as people gradually go through life and learn different things, they develop various habits or tendencies that go against correct principles. What can be done about this? People need to be educated. What they need to be educated on are eternally true principles--- the principles of goodness. Hence, we need to teach students to always hold on to their original good nature. So, in the school, we should teach students not only about knowledge but also correct principles and moral values. However, nowadays, students not only learn at school, but also learn from the media. So, it has become difficult for people to retain their good nature. There are some things in this world that are not suitable for us. But people often try very hard to copy these things that in fact aren’t suitable for them. The hippie culture (from the U.S.) is one example. During the sixties, the media reported and introduced this culture which originated in the U.S. but as soon as young people here saw this culture in the media and latched onto parts that struck their fancy, it was hard to make them see things differently. We also saw news reports of a boy who likes to play with fire. He has played with fire many times. As a result, a fire broke out in his house. His teacher also said that he plays with fire in the class as well. When asked why he plays with fire, he said that he saw a lot of kids do it on TV. See, how dangerous this is. This is the result of media reporting unwholesome examples. Hence, the media plays a very important role. When the media reports unwholesome examples, people learn from them and will try to imitate them. That is why there are so many unwholesome influences in our world today. So, it has become a real challenge for Da Ai TV to survive while providing wholesome programming.
However, Da Ai TV’s efforts have finally paid off. It has received acclaim. I’m very grateful. The Yahoo! news website in Taiwan has conducted a survey on the most ideal media. Our Da Ai TV placed first 7 out of the 13 categories, more than half of the categories. The credit all goes to our Da Ai TV staff who share the same mission to produce wholesome programming that can purify people’s minds. Just like our hospitals can treat people’s physical illness, our Da Ai TV is a good media that can keep people’s minds healthy. It serves just like a hospital. It can heal people spiritually, and what it reports are all accurate and truthful accounts. It also guides people toward the right direction. I hope this wholesome influence can quickly transform people and return people to their good nature, so that the unwholesome influences in our society will become less potent. This is what we hope to achieve. So in media reporting, we should report what is true and good and guide people toward goodness and correct principles in life. If the media can report more wholesome news, I believe it will have a healing effect. There is the story of a mother with two sons who are mentally challenged. One of her sons watches Da Ai TV with her. He used to be hyperactive and couldn’t sit still. After he began watching Da Ai TV, he became more and more calm and was able to focus in school. So, he was able to get admitted into the Nei-Hu Vocational High School. You see, this is a real case of the “healing” effect of wholesome programming. There’s another case of a vocational high school in Yongjing. Because of Da Ai TV’s reports on environmental protection practices, the school started to do recycling & implement environmental practices. As a result, the school is now being evaluated highly as a good schol. So we should report more good news and events. We also hope that schools can all have the same mission and give students the correct guidance so that for students who go on to higher education they will conduct themselves with good character, be upstanding people with a clean-cut appearance. We need to teach children this from a young age and continue this education into college. So, we truly hope that everyone will share this mission.
Lecturer: Master Zheng-Yan
Environment Protector Volunteer said: “I saw Da Ai TV’s report. From it, I learned that it can reduce pollution of our land. I started last year, but I’m very diligent. I come here both in the morning and afternoon.”
Selling vegetarian food’s boss said: “Da Ai TV programs made me more kind. My daughter told me that many of her classmates cannot afford school lunch so we donated the milk jellos that we sell in our store to these students.”
Mr. Liang of Volunteer in Vietnam said: I’m very touched by Da Ai TV’s programs. Gradually, it made me feel that I need to cherish and create blessings. So, I keep encouraging my friends and relatives to watch Da Ai TV.
I’m very grateful to the staff at our culture center and our documentation volunteers for working together to create a positive and good influence on our society. For a long time, I have felt that our society has become more and more unwholesome. This is truly worrisome. So in Tzu Chi, humanistic values are integral to our Four Missions. Our society needs to be purified.
Look at our current school education. In today’s society, people’s values are changing. Education that teaches moral values seems to be considered an anomaly. It is quite lamentable. The mission of education is to teach and guide students in the right direction so that they learn both knowledge and also propriety and principles. We need to let students know principles and how to properly interact with people. This is the mission of educators. People should behave like human beings. In life, we need to teach them self-respect so that they can take good care of themselves both in body and mind. To take care good care of the body, we should eat a healthy diet. To take good care of our mind, we need to have correct views. To care for people, we need to choose a job that benefits people. To help guide people become more healthy, we need to be polite in our speech. These are the ways of our life. So the principle of proper human conduct is to first have self-respect and take care of oneself. This is what education is about.
Education is to bring out people’s innate good nature. Everyone has an innate good, kind nature. Everyone’s nature is similar to one another’s because this nature is the Buddha-nature, a nature that is completely pure. Our original nature is very clean, untainted, and very pure. This is why when people are born, they all have a similar nature of goodness. But as people gradually go through life and learn different things, they develop various habits or tendencies that go against correct principles. What can be done about this? People need to be educated. What they need to be educated on are eternally true principles--- the principles of goodness. Hence, we need to teach students to always hold on to their original good nature. So, in the school, we should teach students not only about knowledge but also correct principles and moral values. However, nowadays, students not only learn at school, but also learn from the media. So, it has become difficult for people to retain their good nature. There are some things in this world that are not suitable for us. But people often try very hard to copy these things that in fact aren’t suitable for them. The hippie culture (from the U.S.) is one example. During the sixties, the media reported and introduced this culture which originated in the U.S. but as soon as young people here saw this culture in the media and latched onto parts that struck their fancy, it was hard to make them see things differently. We also saw news reports of a boy who likes to play with fire. He has played with fire many times. As a result, a fire broke out in his house. His teacher also said that he plays with fire in the class as well. When asked why he plays with fire, he said that he saw a lot of kids do it on TV. See, how dangerous this is. This is the result of media reporting unwholesome examples. Hence, the media plays a very important role. When the media reports unwholesome examples, people learn from them and will try to imitate them. That is why there are so many unwholesome influences in our world today. So, it has become a real challenge for Da Ai TV to survive while providing wholesome programming.
However, Da Ai TV’s efforts have finally paid off. It has received acclaim. I’m very grateful. The Yahoo! news website in Taiwan has conducted a survey on the most ideal media. Our Da Ai TV placed first 7 out of the 13 categories, more than half of the categories. The credit all goes to our Da Ai TV staff who share the same mission to produce wholesome programming that can purify people’s minds. Just like our hospitals can treat people’s physical illness, our Da Ai TV is a good media that can keep people’s minds healthy. It serves just like a hospital. It can heal people spiritually, and what it reports are all accurate and truthful accounts. It also guides people toward the right direction. I hope this wholesome influence can quickly transform people and return people to their good nature, so that the unwholesome influences in our society will become less potent. This is what we hope to achieve. So in media reporting, we should report what is true and good and guide people toward goodness and correct principles in life. If the media can report more wholesome news, I believe it will have a healing effect. There is the story of a mother with two sons who are mentally challenged. One of her sons watches Da Ai TV with her. He used to be hyperactive and couldn’t sit still. After he began watching Da Ai TV, he became more and more calm and was able to focus in school. So, he was able to get admitted into the Nei-Hu Vocational High School. You see, this is a real case of the “healing” effect of wholesome programming. There’s another case of a vocational high school in Yongjing. Because of Da Ai TV’s reports on environmental protection practices, the school started to do recycling & implement environmental practices. As a result, the school is now being evaluated highly as a good schol. So we should report more good news and events. We also hope that schools can all have the same mission and give students the correct guidance so that for students who go on to higher education they will conduct themselves with good character, be upstanding people with a clean-cut appearance. We need to teach children this from a young age and continue this education into college. So, we truly hope that everyone will share this mission.
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