Light Transmission Record 2.3 — Charity in Action: Venerable Master Hsing Yun’s Lifelong Compassion

Описание: This section explores how Venerable Master Hsing Yun developed the charitable vision of Humanistic Buddhism—from his early compassion in childhood to his belief that true charity must unite material relief, moral transformation, and the Dharma’s power to purify the mind.

1. Charity as the Root of Humanistic Buddhism
From his youth, he understood that compassion is the heart of Buddhist practice. Charity is not mere giving—it is the expression of empathy, care, and the wish to relieve suffering wherever it appears.

2. From Childhood Compassion to Lifelong Service
Stories from his early life reveal a natural tendency to help, protect, and care for others. This compassion matured into a bodhisattva aspiration to serve society through relief work, education, medical care, and Dharma teaching.

3. Charity Guided by the Dharma
He taught that true charity must heal both outer suffering and inner suffering. Material aid can be exhausted, but Dharma brings lasting benefit. Humanistic Buddhism integrates compassion, wisdom, and service to uplift people at every stage of life.

4. Comprehensive Care — From Birth to Old Age
Fo Guang Shan’s charitable work embraces children, elders, the sick, and the dying—offering shelters, clinics, hospitals, disaster relief, psychological support, and community care rooted in unconditional compassion.

5. Responding to the World With Courage and Action
Whether in wartime rescue efforts, disaster relief, medical missions, or social welfare programs, his compassion expressed itself through fearless action, guided by the belief that “people need Buddhism” and that society needs the Dharma’s wisdom and love.

About This Production
Part of the 2025 Update to the Humanistic Buddhism Research Bibliography, supported by the Hsing Yun Education Foundation Australia.

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