Further Endeavors Imbue Formosa with the Loving Concepts of Alternative Living

Compiled report by the Taipei News Group (Originally in Chinese)

Taipei

Between April and May, Golden Year 3 (2006), fellow practitioners in Taipei wore T-shirts printed with lovely animal pictures and the Alternative Living message to distribute leaflets in residential areas, commercial areas, sightseeing areas, crowded downtown areas and even remote mountain areas. Many vegetarian restaurants and traditional Chinese medicine hospitals allowed them to put up large Alternative Living posters and also helped them to dispense the leaflets on a long term basis.

On the street fronting the Tamkang University in Taipei County, a huge team of fellow practitioners distributed leaflets along the road, and later gathered at the Tamsui Metro Station Square calling out slogans such as: “Protect our planet and care about life!,” “The vegetarian diet is the best, healthy and environmental friendly!” “The vegetarian diet improves health and keeps sickness away!” Another team of more than 30 fellow practitioners, together with two doggie friends and some initiates dressed as animal characters went to the Tamsui Old Street and Fishermen’s Pier to share the Alternative Living message with the huge crowds there. They received a tremendous response. Along the way many people gave them a thumbs-up sign to show their support. After encountering a large number of meat vendors at the marketplace opposite the Tamsui Metro Station, fellow practitioners courageously dispensed leaflets to the owner of each meat stall. With the concerted effort of fellow practitioners several tens of thousands of leaflets were distributed in a short time.

Fellow practitioners try another way to get closer to the people. Riding rented bicycles, they pedal along the Coastal Walkway in Ba Li to distribute leaflets to the tourists.

 

Fellow practitioners also gave away Alternative Living document folders to many schools and government organizations.

Longshan Junior High School

Knowing that the school was celebrating their anniversary on April 14, in order to share Master’s love with the school, the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association gladly offered five scholarships to the students, along with 1,200 precious gifts of Alternative Living document folders. When Principal Zheng Wxiu-qin saw them, she highly praised the idea of having the message printed on the folders, which was both practical and convenient for the students to keep for a long time. She then requested more folders that would be used as prizes for the students. When introducing their operations, the General Affairs Officer told the visiting initiates that the school was designated as an emergency Center, should there be an outbreak of a bird flu pandemic. Fellow practitioners therefore promised to provide the school with the information about bird flu as published in the Supreme Master Ching Hai News magazine. Later, initiates sent relevant News magazines to the school, one for each class, for teachers and students to read.

Taipei First Girls’ High School

A sister initiate who is also a teacher at the Taipei First Girls’ High School distributed the Alternative Living document folder to the other teachers and students there. She also showed them a documentary film from the website of an animal protection association about how animals were slaughtered and skinned. Seeing how the animals wailed before being slaughtered, many students shed tears. Very few of them had even seen pictures of humans butchering animals. Many said that from now on they would eat less meat so that the animals would not have to die in such a tragic way. After that, more students ordered vegetarian meals for lunch.

Community Universities

A sister initiate teaching in a community university presented the Alternative Living document folders to the students of the university and explained to them the benefit of the vegetarian diet. Fellow initiates also paid a visit to the principal of the Shihlin Community University, Mr. Zhang Ming-zhi, and presented him with 3,600 Alternative Living document folders. Principal Zhang said that he had been a vegetarian for 30 to 40 years himself and that he had often introduced to students the benefits of a vegetarian diet. When initiates gave him the documentary film of animals being slaughtered, he said it would be very effective in convincing the students.

	Students of the Shihlin Community University watch the documentary film describing animal slaughtering practices.
	Mr. Zhang Ming-zhi,(second from left), Principal of Shihlin Community University.

Other Schools

When Mr. Lo Xin-yu, Principal of Chin Kuang Senior Commercial & Industrial School, realized the message contained in the Alternative Living document folders that the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association had given to the school, he expressed high admiration for Master’s compassion and support for Her endeavors in promoting vegetarianism. He said that this goal was also in line with the objective of school education. He thus requested the Association to increase the number of folders to 4,100 pieces so that the entire teaching staff and the students attending both the daytime and evening classes could have one.

Fellow initiates also contributed the Alternative Living folders to Ji Suei Elementary School in Jhongho and the Tinghsi Elementary School in Yungho of Taipei County. Representatives from these schools gave high acclaim for their endeavors in promoting vegetarianism.

Da An Household Registration Office

The Alternative Living folders were also brought to the Da An Household Registration Office as part of the ongoing effort to share this message with people. When local citizens came to the office for service, a staff member would give them a folder. The staff told fellow initiates that when citizens were waiting their turn, they would curiously read the contents of the leaflet and the list of famous vegetarian personages, sometimes even discussing the contents with the staff of the office. The Supervisor of the Registration Office was very happy to observe this positive response from the people.

Eager to do their part sharing God’s love, the little saints also went to the streets to distribute leaflets.

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