Buddhist act for today and tomorrow

Last year, 2013, Haiyan storm, One of the strongest typhoons ever to hit had swept across philippines, the pain of the Filipino people and the international community is still now. Typhoon Haiyan made ​​3,600 Filipinos were killed and hundreds of thousands of people living in hunger, thirst and no home.

The phenomenon of super typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis appeared with frequency more and more in recent years. It give ​​us the question whether human being is the culprit giving climate and making heaven and earth too angry.

Scientists prove hurricane levels, depending on sea surface temperature. Sea surface temperatures as high as terrible destruction. Sea surface temperature has function to create fuel for storm. Pacific sea are known as warm and peaceful; nowadays the surface temperatures are increasing due to climate change, is the place of depart of the terrible storms devastated lives and robbed too many lives.

Typhoon Haiyan and the human being tragedy are facing due to the destruction of the human environment; the increase in emissions CO₂ in manufacture  and daily life. We need to do everything possible to limit the environmental damage, limiting the terrible disaster. Each person to be aware of environmental protection in every action and thought.

The Buddha taught that humans being are formed and link with the elements earth, such as water, air, plants, rivers, mountains... So protecting the surrounding environment, we protect ourself. If the environment is destroyed, people will be destroyed. To protect human being life, we must protect the lives of animals, plants and minerals.

In precepts, the Buddha taught the Buddhist that they must learn to cultivate compassion and learn ways to protect the lives of all sentient beings.  That is the practice of precepts respect and protection of human life and living beings. When the Buddhists take refuge in, to practice deeply, conscious of the suffering caused by natural disasters, destruction of life, volunteer growing compassion and learn ways to protect human life, of all animals, plants and minerals. We vow to cultivate compassion and learn ways to protect the lives of all sentient beings.  We are determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in our way of life

We begin with simple things. Be sure to turn off lights when out of room. Please adjust the air conditioning and other equipment at the lowest level. Limit using of plastic package, no deforestation, no polluting rivers and lakes, and protect the life of all living beings around us.

Please doing with simple actions of a Buddhist, to have a peaceful life for the community in the future./.

Hoang Phuoc Dai ( Dong An )