大悲佛教中心佛学班参访慈济 Da Bei Buddhism Center visit Tzu Chi

大悲佛教中心佛学班学生今天参访慈济，以了解更多环保方面的讯息。我以真善美三合一志工的身份加入。这天起步并不十分顺利，因为昨天有捐血活动，其他三合一志工用了相机没有放回讲好的地方，以至我花了大约二十分钟才找到相机。

Students of Da Bei Buddhism Center visited Tzu Chi today to learn more about recycling. I was presented as the 3-in-1 volunteer. The day did not start off with a good note. The camera was not at the place agreed among last Friday as other volunteers used it for yesterday blood donation drive. It took me about 20 minutes before getting hold of the camera.

我到茶道室时还没有什么人。不过桌椅已经排列整齐。我们为同学们准备的纪念品是我们的双月刊和装着环保传单以及静思语的精美袋子。

The room was still empty when I arrived. However the tables and chairs were already nicely arranged. We got for the students our magazine as well as a small pouch containing our recycling pamphlet and Jing Si Aphorisms.


再次因为关于此参访的文章即将被上载上网而我会在日后把链接加入，因此写些别的。参访一开始，先播放十分钟的短片介绍零七年里每个月的灾难以及慈济人提供的救济。我深深被感动，也同时听到同学们因强忍泪水而发出的声音。

Once again, the article about this event will be uploaded fairly soon and I will include the link. I will write about something different. The day started with an introduction clip showcasing the various natural disasters in the world during every single month of 2007 and what Tzu Chi volunteers had been doing to offer relief. I was moved myself by our volunteers' effort and I heard several sniffing sound throughout the whole 10-minutes clip.

同学们大体上都很害羞，对于舜玉师姑和有义师兄的提问更是十问九不知。不过我发现同学们用午膳时却发出不少噪音。

The students are generally shy and not very responsive to the questions asked by Shun Yu SG and You Yi SX. But they do make quite some noise during lunch.

参访的目的是为了多了解环保。而同学们的确在环保中心学得不亦乐乎，甚至乐不思蜀。我听到同学们说到“好好玩”，“我要试试”和“这么快就完了”。最兴奋的是在金属环保点的同学，开心地用着脚把铝罐压扁。

The aim of the visit is to understand recycling and the students had a lot fun at our recycling center. I overheard comments like "so fun", "I want to try" and "so fast over already". The students are the metal recycling area had the most fun, stamping flat aluminium cans.

最后，要感谢所有付出努力的慈济人，使这次参访圆满结束。舜玉师姑是当天的主持人，全程倍着同学们，直到参访结束后才在下午一点半用午膳。伦乔师兄是音控志工，负责播放所有的短片让同学们观赏。傅师姑和另一位师姑人则在饭厅为同学们包装饭盒。也有师姐们和师兄们带领同学们在环保结束后一起比手语。最后，有一群师伯师姑们耐心地向同学们解释如何进行环保。他们甚至在参访结束后回到环保站把因同学不够时间而未完成的分类做完。

Lastly, I must thanks all the Tzu Chi volunteers who put in effort to make this visit a successful event. Shun Yu SG who was the speaker for the event was with the students throughout the event and only had her lunch at 1.30 pm after the students left. Lun Qiao SX was there playing all the video clips for students to watch. Fu SG and another SG were in the kitchen packing lunch boxes for students. There were also SJs and SXs leading the students in our sign language performance after the recycling exercise. Lastly, there were the SBs and SGs who explained to the students how recycling are carried out. They even went back to the recycling to finish up the tasks left uncompleted by the students when the time is up.

的确，任何慈济活动都需要全部慈济人和心、和气、互爱、协力地付出，方可取得圆满的成功。

Indeed, only with out concerted efforts can any Tzu Chi events be successful.