I joined Tzu Chi approximately 3 months ago after the divorce, with the hope of getting new acquaintances and hopefully be a better person. Well, three months have passed, and I'm still the same but I've gathered enough courage to participate in a couple of their activities despite being linguistically handicapped. You see, I can't speak their lingo - Mandarin, but some are able to speak English. Ya la, I'm a "banana man" - yellow on the outside, white on the inside... in short, a Chinese who speaks only English.
Their latest activity was the recycling and vegetarianism campaign held on the eve of Wesak Day. I was stationed in one of the locations in town. I was there with my colleague at about 6 p.m. Here are some photos:
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| The seniors arrived early to set up the station |
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| Briefing. The ones in grey are generally juniors. |
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| The recycle boxes. Later more boxes were brought in. |
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| Promoting vegetarianism |
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Our stuff had to be hidden from public view.
It looks neat too. |
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| The public buying some organic stuff |
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A member of the public pledging to be a vegan
for a certain duration. |
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| A prayer before you leave |
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| Time to clean up the mess |
So, am I a vegan? The answer is NO (not yet) - it's good to be 100% vegan but I just wonder what would happen if there are just too many animals on this planet because all of us have become vegetarians? But I will definitely consume lesser meat from now on, for health reasons too.
Perhaps one day in the future, I'll not eat anymore meat.
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