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Meet the young artists – Chinese calligraphy for Bachang St John’s Dialysis center

By Chinese calligraphy, Compassion, Juesatta art, Photography
The little eight year-old boy enjoying writing

The little eight year-old boy enjoying writing

With the permission of Mr. Liu, my chinese calligraphy teacher, I snapped some photos of the class and my friendly classmates who are mostly primary school students. Right now, most of the students are busy writting spring festival couplets for Chinese New Year. These couplets will be sold as charity fund for the Bachang St John’s Dialysis Center in Melaka.

According to Mr. Liu, Bachang St John’s Dailysis Center has about 100 patients. Each treatment is charged RM10 which is relatively cheap. By doing so, the center has to bare thousands of ringgit for the operation each year and thus, donation is collected to maintain the cost.

These young artists of the class (mostly primary school students) are doing their very best to write in order to help the dialysis patients. Every piece of the writings will be sold for charity and the fund collected is 100 percent donated to the  Bachang St John’s Dialysis Center.

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How you can help survivors of quake in Haiti

By Compassion
A Haitian woman is helped after being trapped in rubble in Port-au-Prince. Thousands are feared to have been killed in a massive earthquake in Haiti, President Rene Preval told a US daily Wednesday as he issued a plea for international help. (AFP/Daniel Morel)

A Haitian woman is helped after being trapped in rubble in Port-au-Prince. Thousands are feared to have been killed in a massive earthquake in Haiti, President Rene Preval told a US daily Wednesday as he issued a plea for international help. ((AFP/Daniel Morel)

Help earthquake victims in Haiti by providing funds for critical aid including water, food, shelter, and medical care.  Your donation will support organizations sending teams to provide emergency relief.

A massive 7.0 earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti on January 12, 2010.  Three million people have been affected by the quake and its aftermath.  Reports estimate that over fifty thousand Haitians may be dead.  Nearly all of Port-au-Prince is either damaged or destroyed, including much needed hospitals and facilities to house the injured.  Emergency supplies such as food, water, medical supplies and clothing are desperately needed.  The organizations below need your help now to be able to provide assistance in the days, weeks, and months ahead. 

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[News] Church in Johor splashed with red paint

By Compassion
The St Elizabeth Catholic church in Kota Kecil, Kota Tinggi in Johor was splashed with red paint early Thursday morning. - Abdul Rahman Embong/The Star

The St Elizabeth Catholic church in Kota Kecil, Kota Tinggi in Johor was splashed with red paint early Thursday morning. - Abdul Rahman Embong/The Star

KOTA TINGGI: The St Elizabeth Catholic church in Kota Kecil near here was splashed with red paint early Thursday morning.

Kota Tinggi OCPD Supt Osman Mohamed Sebot confirmed that the incident occurred between 3am and 6am.

This is the first time a church in Johor has come under attack.

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[News] Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake; many trapped

By Compassion
Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake; many trapped

Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake; many trapped (Yahoo news photo)

 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after a powerful earthquake flattened the president’s palace, the cathedral, hospitals, schools, the main prison and whole neighborhoods. Officials feared hundreds of thousands may have perished but there was no firm count. 

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[News] Stones hurled at Sentul Sikh temple

By Compassion
Sentul Sikh Temple (Malaysiakini photo)

Sentul Sikh Temple attacked (Malaysiakini photo)

KUALA LUMPUR:A glass window of the entrance door of the Sikh Temple in Jalan Haji Salleh, Sentul near here was found cracked at about6.45 pm today after several stones were hurled at the temple.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Muhammad Sabtu Osman, when contacted,confirmed the incident.

He said during the incident, several volunteers who were busy cleaning the temple witnessed stones flying into its main entrance and immediatelly alerted the police.

Some 20 stones were thrown from outside the temple compound, he said, adding that police had retrieved the stones and were carrying out further investigations.

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Homo sapiens by CJ

By Drawing and artwork, Juesatta art, Wisdom
Homo sapiens (人类) by CD

Homo sapiens (人类) by CJ

我们时时都在探讨自己;我为何活着,我生前是什么,我死后会如何。我们反反复复的问自己,我是谁?

每个人都会有不一样的答案。就算是同一个人,在人生的不同阶段,也会有不同的答案。这个问题的答案其实是没有对与错的。

从我们的眼睛,耳朵,鼻子,嘴巴,皮肤,意识,这所谓的六个感官,我们接触和认识了世界。这就是外间的存在。那有了外,这个感受着和思考着的存在者,就是我。

法国哲学家笛卡儿(René Descartes)说:Cogito, ergo sum,意思是:我思故我在。

我是谁?这个其实问题被我们自己复杂化。它的答案,可以说这个问题本来就不存在。

当我们认为我的存在后,我们就会开始执着,对事物也会有偏爱和嗔恨的分别心。烦恼的开始,也就从我要这个,我的那个,我是这个等等,因“我”执着而起。

有一位有智慧的人告诉我:如果你诚恳自问:‘我是谁’,不久你就会体验到断绝思维的阶段,这叫‘不知之心’。

不知之心并不是指我们对事物的认识多少,或是对事物的了解,而是为起念之前的心。当我们做任何事时,就是纯粹去做就是了。

试想想,有多少个人能吃饭时只是吃饭,不去想为什么要吃饭、吃着什么、好不好吃、功课工作如何了、吃后要做什么等等。吃饭时只是纯粹吃饭,不亦乐乎?

另外一个例子:我们帮助一个患病的人,我们只是纯粹去帮,不去思考结果或回报,没有我的存在或我在帮。单单纯粹的去帮他,只希望他康复,不亦乐乎?

纯粹去做的背后含义必须具备智慧、信心、积极及不伤及终生生命的元素,就会达到无我的喜悦。