World Youth Peace Summit Taipei 2004
The professionalism of the volunteers was just impressive and manner so heartwarming but, the grandiose setup and services seemed quite out of place for the emphatic theme about understanding the profound meaning and means of cultivating peace (WYPS). At one time I thought I should have brought my suit... but my sport-tees w/ old jeans. Am I stereotyping what "spiritual environment" could mean? Or UN, that initiates the event, is stereotyping itself?
The selected youths were excellent, years younger than myself mostly, too capable as displayed in some moments that you would suspect if learning about peace promoting is the goal, or rather to prove oneself to "be the best", as the choral slogans shouted. Anyway, the Taiwanese (particularly the "unprofessional" ones) are always far much sweeter and dearer that makes working with these young people mesmerisingly pleasant.
As the most successful religious leader in Taiwan, Master Shenyan, the host of Dharma Drum Mountain, has his sophisticated charisma which fits well the professional world. Anyway it's his affecting teaching that kept me in the practice these few days to serve/facilitate the younger friends rather than to polish myself or to keep the work done RIGHT. The result immediately justified the attempt, too well.
1 Comments:
你還好嗎?
這個星期有點怪
有什麼不妨拿出來談談
我未必幫得上什麼但我有的是耳朵
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