USE COMPASSION TO HEAL THE CUSTOMARY REVIEW POVERTY.

Poor word (Ban) and poor (mean, poverty) has been around since ancient times, not this new life. The poor have caused so many social tragedy but it is also the inspiration for how "the school song" like "Les Miserables" (The destitute) by Victor Hugo that Lake Performing simulated according to the Chief " Banner Wind Playing "... and" burden Goods "Nhat Linh's made us cry. Open the music stores of the South before 1975, how many songs lamenting the poor has been handed down and sing to sing again until today, both domestic and overseas, such as "indian" Lam Phuong's lament for the words:

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" Poverty does our common dream about sex "

And our only hope whispered:

" and a rain tomorrow no longer heard the cries in the night "

Then Pham Dinh chapter with " Hamlet Night ":

" Road to watch recordings "

"Late night so as not deep color"

"Through the roof top grill how warped"

"Yellow light power hiu Hắt question" (*)

The " mall "of Pham Duy with tragic images:

"Looking into the slot but he looks sickly cough."

Then again, the poor become the origination or " righteousness "of the" revolution "in a landslide when the poor working class organized subversive stand up class exploitation. Lenin said that " Wherever there is oppression, there is struggle . "

First of all we try to find out where to poverty.

- Poverty is caused by God, God made ​​the world .

Those who believe in fatalism or Spirit Catholic faithful believe that Rich, the Poor are drifted, God arranged. If the Supreme Spirit can not be arranged then correcting it. That means everyone is poor, the poor life, my life, life keeps me poor stars are reared its head. Theories and beliefs are not true because there are many poor people, by the effort itself, by luck, by the social changes that become rich. Also there are many who are wealthy, dissipated by extravagance, family breakdown, by wine enthusiasts, prostitution, gambling, drug-ke soy, poor financial management or by the time the changes that became I became so poor bum " homeless "are homeless. This image is visible in the United States. Based theory and belief in God right to explain the causes of poverty, beyond vague conjecture is the more dangerous in that - because it can not be correcting the poor as well as body parts, so only way to voluntary, van shoulders and sometimes " ignored the poor "because" destiny "of it like they wear it like that. According to Hinduism, caste Dalits ( Untouchables ) was born from the feet of God for life should have to accept the poor and the dirty job forever.

- Poor birth, poor natural .

When parents and grandparents, the poor poor. Poor parents are poor children. Vietnam proverb that said, " The king shall be king again. Con you wrong to scan multiple sheets . " Certainly he was the son of a bicycle chain-batch, or practice " porters "(**) or child of a girl is there, the rent burden huddled underground in areas with standing water mud, cemeteries, pavements ... is not poor and that poverty in the womb fraud. These children may never went to school because their parents have to side with pieces of rice for clothing, feet away land, you begrime, ever hungry for toys, the candy and sometimes not are too poor to play because " who play with me "? Because of the poor fear that the rush to get rich life, first to sit up, then the progeny of this relief. Recently, an actress famous movie of the United States declared that she must leave the children at least 50 or 60 million dollars that she assured! That, we fear that such poverty.

- Poor at their

Poverty is not complete at that young age just by love " playing games ", lazy course, too large, the cluster in little tufts of three video gallery, exercise smoking, drinking alcohol, breaking out village neighbors, refusing to eat , afraid to take risks, so the poor are suffering ... so sure. In one family, brothers and sisters wealthy, educated, the poor people he should " drop nets to "Where have parents that just because I want so lazy that the disease. In addition, the world today are in the era of Globalization, owners of corporations are free to hire foreign workers. In the electronics sector, a few years ago, the major U.S. company has hired an engineer at the tens of thousands of Indian electronics. The reason: cheap and very good Indian Programmer areas (writing software) that the young American engineer new graduates find work okay. Then: Globalization means free competition and intense competition. If workers in the country-including engineers-if not further cultivate skills - to a time when knowledge (skills) lag, the company, due to competition, to hire good employees from foreign workers in the country ... the unemployed. Once unemployed, a job that nobody wants, then only narrowly poverty. Remember the world today is full of risk, uncertainty, not " flat calm "as the last decade. Rapid changes in wealth as " golden dream list ".

- Poverty as exploitative employers

Exploitation in this context means the owner even gain a lot but the price paid workers disproportionately. Under French domination, the rubber plantation owners, railroad, factories, mines vv.deu colonial master and barked my people for the worse as slaves, making the lives of workers like plenty suffering with longer sentences handed down folk of wives whose husbands illness as follows:

"Commercial road vehicles husband porridge"

"Cook-flap cover-Loong Tea cook parrot"

Today, Colonialism is gone, but the exploitation of workers still inh eel out there, and everywhere in the world. With wages is called " starvation wages "is narrowed his wife and children boy, startled bear shoulder patch, poverty is granted.

- Poverty is not inflation, material price increases

When the rising price inflation, ie farmers, owners of factories, enterprises, service providers such as taxis, barber, restaurants, supermarkets, lawyers, doctors, insurance etc.. can also increase production costs or raise prices to compensate - but the soldiers, workers and private firms, government officials do to get up here? They only raise the complaints that the only weapon is the strike. In other countries, I do not know, in the United States, except the military are not permitted to strike, or slander against the government, but from police officers, firefighters, teachers, fire workers far, airports, banks - meaning that all sectors - are allowed and authorized demonstrations and strikes demanding higher wages. Remember, inflation news and pricing escalation is one of the worst factors causing social unrest and make millions of workers and employees suddenly become poor in a flash. To ensure that the lives of workers and employees, many countries have regulations periodically review wage increases, but the rate of increase is not nowhere with the rise of pricing natural. In the United States, I still remember the decade of 80-90, a full stomach breakfast and eat at Mc Donald's is U.S. $ 2.15, now 4.75 dollars which rose over 200%. As a meat loaf in the shop Vietnam from $ 1, now of $ 2.75 which rose 250%. This shows the difficulties of life in the United States.

- Poverty is because the country does not create enough jobs

The country has slowly developed from the period of slavery, war or seclusion policies are not creating enough jobs for people. When the industrial sector, services and agriculture does not attract all of the labor force, the balance of knew what to do here? They decided to commit our jobs as cleaners, cleaners, porters, bicycle chain-plot, in which traders sell burden Lowland, began building open, grub hook the trash heap ... short lines are " poor cowardly "no health insurance, no future, no nothing ... to survive. Clear picture of a society is poor: children wandering the streets during school hours, young men and women cluster in tufts of three in the video gallery café or waiting prove wrongdoing, bum full of shops food, bike chains old man Paul, women shoulder flex, men fix "pen", nearly 80 years old man sat mending bicycles vv.Di but these images make us hurt and certainly not good sense of the world.

- Poverty as social injustice .

When a government incentive for exclusive exploitation and national resources, or ownership of the company's economic lifeblood for a portion of the exploited workers, working conditions and poor soil Water does not move forward because there is no competition, self-released self-cooperation, but no one dares to control. That was the case with Indonesia's President Suharto - the darling of the United States and the West in the Cold War (Cold War), known for his bloodthirsty killing half a million and imprisonment of about 1.5 million Communist Party members Indonesia and the opposition. After 32-year reign with an iron fist of militarism and corruption, was ousted people stand up, burnt and destroyed the stores of the United overseas as the country of poverty, unemployment, financial crisis in 1998. After the overthrow, it was discovered the country of Indonesia has been cornering the U.S. overseas trade by the time, all sources of exploitation of natural resources and the major corporations of the country lies in the hands of the Suharto children and factions. Suharto's assets estimated between 15-35 billion dollars. He was prosecuted in court for corruption of $ 571 million in aid and genocide. But because of the partisan forces too strong, so the new government must accept the solution " house arrest "for health reasons until his death in 2008.

The consequences of poverty

Poverty lead to very bad consequences. We list some temporary as follows:

Ban same-born thieves. Do not even dare take coconut shells because some people though poor, but by instilling morality and discipline family, still maintaining dignity, cringe at the scene of social prosperity in the spirit of " Hungry for clean, tear for aromatic ". But the overwhelming majority is not so. Because of the poor should live huddled underground, lack of sanitation which spawned disease. Because the body lacks nutrients so thin, little rough, emotional, grumpy, rude, crude-spoken, easy to anger. Because it is often poor or fighting, bicker, bicker born yelled abuse, divorce. If the poor into poverty is not what do not dare ... from larceny, petty dishonesty, fraud, trafficking in circumvention half ... to murder robbery just narrowly. The worse is that the poor in need of. Needy students from the theft and most of the damage. All acts of destruction, destruction of the mountain, where infringement of ecological conservation, illegal hunting of rare animals, the temple bell stolen copper, Buddha ... comes from that disease out of poverty.

-The most dangerous diseases of the poor children out of school or left school. Because of illiteracy, so no jobs from which they become prey to pieces gangs and drug trafficking bosses. According to investigative reporting by a major broadcaster in the United States-though not all, but some poor family in Palestines, Iraq, Afghanistan ... are the easiest selection for the suicide bombings. Because poor families, for the son to hold the 5000 suicide of dollars and was " martyrs . " Even in the United States or France, Germany, too, the poor areas have crime rates and gang society are very high, while laying out the extremist religious organizations.

-Poverty and vulnerable to seduction what is called " spirit "have become futile. My wife and children are not eating this rice, the Hung Vuong Quoc, national culture mean? Thus, the object that the target alien religion to convert people of Vietnam is a poor components. And when the plan of conversion becomes the foreign system and support the conversion of mass can occur, which lead to changes in social structures and approaches to cultural conflicts, political conflicts and if not careful will be taken to divide the country. Often those neophytes easily poisoned to become the enemy of his own country. Now what makes the United States headaches are: The United States citizens who converted to Islam later joined the terrorist organization then turned to international calls for the murder of his compatriots. Then the book " The Son of Hamas "by a young Muslim American student, converted to Christianity, Organisations Hamas prime suffering that his father is a senior member - who did crazy Palestines . But even though a majority of white Americans and Native Indians were converted to Buddhism, but did not see or not see Buddhists do neophytes joining organizations hostile to the United States and calls for murder harm the United States. And they never cry or struggle to claim a political position for the Buddhist community. The good, the good of Buddhism lies in that, do not know the Americans have not seen?

-Poverty is often accompanied with cowardly. The partner often says " poor "people and were looked down upon. Along with full citizenship rights written into the constitution but a voice like the cry of the poor in the desert, nobody listened, while the voice of the tycoon " has a steel gang ", because" Tay embankment embankment carrying purse. Said amplifier said jacket audience roaring . " When the country at war, often ridiculously rich or powerful, evading military service by the poor student to die in battle ... thus causing injustice and discontent then go to the riots.

How to cure poverty?

Currently the world especially the World Bank (World Bank) and the UN is very interested in issues of human poverty. Some countries already grant or low interest loans to implement poverty reduction programs. We do not have a government so we did not discussed the plan of national stature to industrial development, trade, agriculture, fisheries, petroleum, and search for international markets to create more jobs for people. We have also not discussed the social programs to subsidize poor families, ethnic people, the elderly form, her performance alone ... that we talk to the duties of Buddhists do to contribute to the treatment of diseases of poverty.

As the Buddha, we understand that the Buddhas and bodhisattvas manifest in life is to save sentient beings. The Flower Adornment Sutra Buddha says very clearly, " Every agreement that benefits our offerings to the Buddhas life . "Thus, in parallel with the practice, we must work to save sentient beings, or volunteer the top. We have to do it in a spirit of joy, humility, non-retrogression. Material nurturing spirit that is Hanh atoms. In the water, I do not know, overseas, in the big occasion or meeting of Buddhism, after flag ceremonies usually very sacred moment called " Compassion Quan Enter minutes . " So is not the organizers and also do not know much with your teacher so I do not know the " Minutes of Compassion Quan Enter "you master this, you ni, you Buddhists do? Is this a " moment of silence "of the secular? Or quiet moment, suspending all thinking " only consistent "? Or moments " Meditation "? According to the teachings of the Buddha of Compassion comes from Ngu Dinh Quan Quan mind that " Quan "means thinking carefully, thoroughly, understood. Then " Enter minutes of Compassion Quan "is not a moment for prayer or the direction of the Buddha, but through the teachings of the Buddha, we turn, think of all species are born - that other people have - In the heart of compassion . In this sense, if we use compassion that restaurant reviews are:

-When we no, we remember thinking to hungry people.

-When we are warm, we remember who thought of the cold.

-The clothes we wear it there, we remember thinking to the needy.

-When we are rich, we remember thinking of the poor.

-When we are peaceful place, we remember thinking about how soldiers are sacrificing themselves where the borderland, where the remote islands.

-When we have power, we remember how the people think because they we be today throne as King Ly Thanh Tong always civilians as their children.

-When we are learning, we remember thinking about the bad luck to be went to school.

-When we are open mind, we remember thinking person not known to the thoughts and noble teachings.

-When we are happy that the children, we remember thinking of the children orphans.

By reflection, by the mind of that, with this spirit, we come to the poor. Certainly we can not just be a poor transition, but our comfort, to share and sympathize with them. Through volunteering, we do a warm heart for the poor, do not feel lonely or inferiority to which they firmly believe it, try to rise up in a spirit of moral and legal weight. Poor old Mr Chau Tri too, darkness must burn the leaves have more to learn, Pham Ngu Lao weaving to make baskets, Chu Dong Tu did not even have to wear loincloths ... who should become illustrious characters in history. So we never thought contempt of the poor, and do not think that they never " reared its head "to be. Please come to them and help them a chance .

Also, do not ever think that we are indifferent to the poverty of others. According to the teachings of the Buddha Flower Adornment is in this universe, not something that can stand alone component things closely related to each other, " all is one and one is all ". In each of the high moments are every moment of impact on society and the poor are every moment affects culture, politics and society. When the number of poor to be more than the society at risk. So help the poor in addition to Xien positive mind of Great Compassion Buddha, we also contribute to protecting the stability of society and of our own lives.

So my friend!

-Come to the poor with contempt usually well-wishes of the Bodhisattva, by charity, Compassion in mind, by the wish to save the context of well-Loving Mother by Avalokitesvara and brotherhood, that fellow.

The social-rice shops, charity shops rice, rice of good shops, restaurant rice workers, consistent rice gratitude, the temple doors open to give, "Dr. E" vegetarian meals during the college entrance examination, scholarships, free medical sessions, the sessions found gifts for people in Cambodia, for children in remote villages ... are an expression of noble hearts above.

-But we still need to add the " heart of gold ", which the billionaire he was willing to level with you Christian nuns, monks embarked on this difficult area. As we did before the Buddha, before sacrifice, rather than waiting or criticize others. Clearly, by wisdom, by the efforts of man himself, rather than on the Spirit, we help to transform karma together, creating a rich country but not great but good and love people.

(*) Poverty too is not enough money to open a separate power compteur that have "power question" from a neighbor. Because many people with "sentence" for a while so weak electrical, light becomes yellow, at dimly. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).OM MANI PADME HUM.( 3 TIMES ).6/1/2012.