As soon as I arrived at the door, volunteers greeted the students to help me carry my luggage and get my badge, and others bowed all the way to say hello, which made me feel flattered and overwhelmed. Everyone in the college calls each other "family" and "senior". Every day when we enter the auditorium and canteen, volunteers will greet us. In my Buddhist winter camp, plus Confucianism training camp, Chinese medicine enlightenment class and children's Chinese studies class, how many bows do I have to make every day? There are three or four hundred people, but there is always only a smile on my face.
Do you believe that there is a place where you can eat and live for free, and there are free courses? Can someone help you clean up your house and prepare a tea break? Since Grandma Wang founded the Academy in 2005, public welfare classes have been held on holidays and weekends every year. For more than ten years, every volunteer has been inheriting the spirit of the old bodhisattva's dedication to society without asking for anything in return. Because there was a fire in the Vatican Palace in Lingshan, Wuxi last year, the city strictly restricted electricity and the air conditioning in the dormitory could not be used. Volunteers prepared two quilts and hot water bottles for each student, which was very intimate.
The architectural style of the academy is simple and solemn. All the outer walls are red or yellow. Red represents Jiangnan Academy, and yellow represents Tommy Village in Jiangnan. Climbing over the eaves and carving windows make us feel like we are in an ancient aristocratic school. Most villagers in Tomi Village believe in Buddhism. They are simple, kind, compassionate and kind.
The lecturers of Buddhist winter camps are also accomplished. Teacher Zhao Da is wise and frank, profound and steady, beautiful and wise, romantic and elegant. Mr. Yang left a deep impression on me. His class is full of passion and humor. He has high hopes for us. I hope we can learn from the past and create peace for the world in the future. From him, I seem to see the spirit of China literati.
Until I left today, I can't believe that I can really go to bed at 10: 00 and get up at 5: 30 every day. I can stay drug-free for seven days, eat every meal, and keep a good mood when I feel unwell ... I practice Ba Duan Jin together every morning, read the Diamond Sutra, and read gratitude words before eating ... The seniors who collect bowls in the kitchen window always bow to us with a smile. That smile is really nice.
Volunteers in the catering group get up at 4: 30 every day to prepare breakfast, and seniors in the media group can stay up late to make up to eight pushes every day. When I was young, my grandmother in the village came to the academy to pack wonton for us, 300 to 400 people, and I don't know how much to pack ... This kind of effort made the gap between people disappear, and it was replaced by frankness without any selfishness.
There are seven people in our dormitory. Everyone came to Jiangyin from different cities, and the farthest little Cathy came from Lanzhou. She turns on the light to wake us up every day, and then leaves her aunt alone in bed. Aunt is like a child. When taking a group photo, she must sit between me and the group leader and say that she will give one at the same time. Yi Zhao, the elder sister of Nanyi Calligraphy Department, is gentle and honest. I remember a joke she made when chatting one day: "Polygamy is also quite good. If you want to be a housekeeper, you can be a housekeeper, and if you want to accompany your husband, you can accompany them. I will write and draw in my room every day ... "In this impetuous and self-centered society, there are not many such pure hearts.
When the group shared the meeting, more than twenty people gathered in a circle to introduce themselves one by one and exchange experiences. I vaguely remember Nian Zhen's stubbornness in telling such a heavy story lightly, Wen Jun's tears when talking about her boyfriend, the beautiful girl's expectation and dream of life in Xinjiang, Xiaoxi's lively and lovely smile, and the elegant and gentle Qinqin sister gave me the opportunity to be the host, saying that she was happy to be Bole ... and counselor Zhou cared about her in every way. She is a strict teacher at school, but she never loses her temper with us.
When I hosted the get-together, He Na's sister gave me a nice braid. I was really nervous when I hosted it for the first time. Although I was glad that I covered up the past perfectly afterwards, I felt ashamed of the praise from my seniors. The gala program is rich and colorful. Whether it is the old appearance of Han and Tang dynasties or the customs of northern Xinjiang, it can be prepared in four or five days. It can be seen that the academy is also crouching tiger, hidden dragon.
At the same time of the get-together, the kitchen is already full of busy figures, and the volunteer seniors and volunteer grandmothers in the village are busy preparing the New Year's Eve dinner for us. The college holds a New Year's Eve dinner for 1000 people every year. All the students, volunteers and villagers in the village get together and enjoy a table of vegetarian food. In order to uphold the tradition of not wasting food in the college, we all ate well. Later, in the process of helping in the kitchen, I finally realized the hard work, emotion and gratitude of the volunteers.
On the last day of the farewell party, the organizing committee secretly bought a cake and flowers for Grandma Wang to celebrate her seventieth birthday. At the moment she spoke, I clearly heard her voice choking.
The dormitory was empty and everyone left one after another. Not very sad. Let's make an appointment to volunteer at the college next year and then meet again. The seven-day experience not only allowed us to hear the true words of Buddhists full of great wisdom, but also gained valuable spiritual nourishment. Next, I think we will all use our actions to influence people around us, be kind and determined to practice.
It is almost as difficult for friends to meet each other as the stars in the morning and evening. Tonight is a rare event, and this lamp is candlelight. Perhaps this small "Great Harmony Society" is fragile, disobedient and vulnerable, but as long as we know that such a society still exists, we will not be too disappointed with the world. The train slowly left the land and looked at the scenery through the window, which was very similar and very different.