Staying Healthy in Summer and Fall, the Chinese Medicine Way
2018/07/28 By Irene Tse, Canada
What foods are healthiest for us in the hot summer months? Acupressure is an effective alternative medicine technique, but how do you know which acupoints to target?
On July 28, 2018, the Tzu Chi West Toronto Office hosted the second session in its new Mid-Summer Spiritual Lecture Series with "Staying Healthy in Summer and Fall, the Chinese Medicine Way". Dr. Andrew Chang, who has practiced Traditional Chinese Medicine in Toronto for many years, shared therapeutic recipes and demonstrated useful acupressure techniques that the 60+ participants could easily learn and apply in their daily lives.
The next lecture in the series is entitled "Healthy DIY Vegetarianism", and is scheduled for August 11. Join us and learn how to make some healthy and delicious dishes.
Living Buddhism Practically
On July 21, 2018, the Tzu Chi West Toronto Office kicked off it's brand new Mid- Summer Spiritual Lecture Series with "Living Buddhism Practically", presented by Tzu Chi volunteer Roger Lai. Over the course of his two-hour interactive session, Lai grounded the teachings of the Dharma in real-life stories and easy-to-understand examples, in the hopes that the 40+ participants would be able to change from simply reading Buddhist scripture to truly living like Buddha. Participants closed out the session with the sign language song "Let's All Become Amitabha Buddha", ending on a cheerful note and with an eagerness for the next in the lecture series.
警覺無常 做到無我
上人說，做不到「無我」、不能警覺「無常」，都是對佛法還不了解——儘管持續行善、付出，但是法不入心，對於許多人事境界仍是難以釋懷。「見他人有不好的習氣，要著重其優點，真誠地感恩人人；平心靜氣，才能成就自我道業。」「做慈濟沒有世間財可得。大家自掏腰包、耗用時間，遠赴外地勘災、發放，人人出錢出力，卻沒有得到利益名位，照一般世俗眼光看來，實在很吃虧；但是從佛法角度來說，卻都占了便宜——此生不只得人身、聞佛法，還力行菩薩道，實為殊勝難得。」無「我」 無苦惱
與海外慈濟人談話，上人直言敦勉，大家發大心、立大願，認真行善，更要引法入心，提起感恩、尊重、愛之心彼此相待，見賢思齊、見不賢則內自省。
「各位付出無所求、救拔人間苦難，都堪稱菩薩；既是無所求地付出，就應放下自我，莫為了別人的言行而覺得不舒服。有『我』，才有苦惱。」
上人說，做不到「無我」、不能警覺「無常」，都是對佛法還不了解——儘管持續行善、付出，但是法不入心，對於許多人事境界仍是難以釋懷。「見他人有不好的習氣，要著重其優點，真誠地感恩人人；平心靜氣，才能成就自我道業。」
人與人之間生誤會、起摩擦，除了面對面溝通時言詞、態度不當，有時則是因為轉述的言語失真。上人教導，開口動舌務須謹慎，切莫不經思考就讓話語衝口而出，引發軒然大波。「心存佛法，則心靈明朗，言談、行事都能拿捏得宜。」
協力 成眾事
如何讓團隊運作順暢？上人指出，不同的「職」位有不同的「權」力，相對地也要負起「責」任。各人權責不同，但是行事目標相同，各司其職、分工合心，即能達成目標。
「領眾者須具有感恩、尊重、愛的品『德』——感恩大家共同付出力量、成就諸事；體認人人平等，應相互尊重、互愛關懷、適當授權。」
上人言，協力的「協」是三個「力」相加，意味集眾人之力才能成事。「慈濟人多、事多、行事需要有固定接洽者為『窗口』，但是事務要由人人負責與承擔；能有清楚的概念，就不會執著於名相，能真正發揮合心、和氣、互愛、協力的良能。」
上人教導，身體力行菩薩道，也遵守團體的禮儀規矩，就是「合心」；凡事盡心盡力付出、共同參與，就是「協力」。
行善造福、入群修慧，都是自修自得，上人期勉，不僅要做好事，更要理解慈濟的法脈源頭，走入複雜的人事，以靜思法脈的淨水滋潤心地、增長慧命。
「要當『不請之師』，主動投入、積極參與，廣結善緣；若因為對人有成見，就被動等著別人叫自己做事，生悶氣、不開心，將失去行善造福、結好緣的機會。」
上人期許，將「感恩、尊重、愛」放在心中，達到人和、事和、理和。
「法存於心，就如懷抱著一顆可以辟邪的摩尼寶珠，能將種種境界化作增長慧命的法，撥除污濁髒垢，讓心靈維持清淨。」
【靜思小語】心存善法，如懷寶珠，能撥除心靈垢穢，展露清淨自性。
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※本文摘自：《慈濟》月刊563期〈證嚴上人衲履足跡〉
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