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發佈於：2013-08-26, 週一 10:00

"We’ve just received a container of 6,300 neatly compressed blankets--thank you, the blankets were so warm and comfortable!” As he began his sharing,  Brother Chiu-Hua Chen (Buddhist name Chi-Hui), a Kudan (9^th degree) Black Belt Taekwondo coach, prostrated himself in front of the audience and said, “In the compassionate teachings of Master Cheng Yen, I have no ‘dan,’ and can only set aside my ego. I thank Buddha for letting me grow up in Taiwan, I thank Master Cheng Yen for creating the Tzu Chi world, and I thank Tzu Chi for teaching me that only when we witness suffering, will we appreciate our blessings.”  Brother Chi-Hui is grateful for all karma in life. Thirty-nine years ago, his Taekwondo skills enabled Brother Chi-Hui to become bodyguard and Taekwondo coach of Jordan’s Prince Hassan.  Trusted by the royal family, during the many years he spent in Jordan, he devoutly followed the Islamic fasting life.  Sixteen years ago, Master Cheng Yen’s teaching of “respect life” touched his heart, and he decided to shed his warrior glory and begin doing good deeds by offering help to the people suffering in that exotic Islamic land with different ethnicity and religion. As the head of a group of volunteers, he brought the great love of Tzu Chi to the Arab sand.

Brother Chi-Hui leads the Tzu Chi Jordan Branch. When he returned to Taiwan, DA.AI Technology invited him to share his experiences with relief work in Jordan. Neighboring Syria, although affluent, is in the midst of a tragic civil war now in its third year of constant strife. Its miserable citizens have fled for survival to Jordan.  Brother Chi-Hui, introducing precious video and photo documentaries, spoke movingly about how the civil war of Syria created so many refugees, and how Jordan Tzu Chi volunteers provide ongoing emergency aid and comfort to their bodies and souls. He spoke in detail of the long-term care provided to the Bedouins and others who fled without hope from the brutal and merciless country without any hope for the future. Many audience members shed tears. “I could finally feel at ease when the last blanket was distributed during the relief project, and put gratefully into the hands of a victim.”  Brother Chi-Hui once again thanked DA.AI Technology and Tzu Chi volunteers worldwide for the strong support of Jordan’s disaster relief work.

Brother Chi-Hui sincere humility so touched Prince Hassan, his wife, and fellow citizens, the prince visited Taiwan twice, even putting aside his ego to do recycling work with volunteers. He learned to care for the refugees with gratitude and respect, and become a person whose palms face down.  This year’s winter has been bitterly cold, so refugees needed a lot of clothes and food. The Tzu Chi Jordan Branch has already provided over 10,000 blankets and all sorts of supplies and cash to refugees, even offering the refugees paying jobs to so they can help themselves.  Such incredible experiences turned Brother Chi-Hui, whose life filled with guns and violence, had already transformed him, into a humble, tender, and compassionate new man. Walking firmly on the grounds of thekingdom of Allah, he can begin implementing the teachings and Dharma of Buddha.  Brother Chi-Hui will soon return to Jordan, to continue his long term care for suffering beings in the Islamic kingdom.

After the presentation Brother James Lee of DA.AI Technology also encouraged his colleagues. Although they are unable to offer front-line care to the refugees, “as long as you do your work and take your work seriously, you are doing it for the world.”  DA.AI Technology is a platform for the circle of love; it repays Tzu Chi Foundation with everyone’s love, and gives it to the suffering people by supporting Tzu Chi volunteers.  With blessings from Master Chen Yen and Tzu Chi volunteers worldwide Syrian refugees, Bedouins, and other local disadvantaged groups will benefit from this great love that went beyond ethnicity and religion.