The train left Suzhou and arrived in Jiangyin after a nap. Through the window, you can see endless plains and houses. Huashan Mountain may be one of the few mountains. The academy is located at the foot of the mountain, in the village of Mituo in the south of the Yangtze River.
as soon as I arrived at the door, volunteers greeted the students to help me carry my luggage and get my badge, and people bowed all the way to say hello, which made me feel flattered and at a loss. Everyone in the academy calls each other "family" and "seniors". Every day when we enter the auditorium and dining room, volunteers will say hello to us. In the winter camp of Buddhism where I am, plus the Confucianism training camp, the Chinese medicine enlightenment class and the children's Chinese studies class, there are 311 to 411 people who can't count how many bows they have to make every day, but there is always only a smile in their faces.
Do you believe that there is a place where you can eat and live for free, and there are free courses, and anyone can help you tidy up your house and prepare tea breaks? Since Grandma Wang founded the Academy in 2115, 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 paying back. 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 extremely intimate.
The architectural style of the academy is simple and solemn, and all the external walls are red or yellow, with red representing Jiangnan Academy and yellow representing Mituo Village. The cornices and carved windows make us feel like we are in an ancient aristocratic school. Most of the villagers in Mituo Village believe in Buddhism, and they are simple, kind, compassionate and kind.
The lecturers in the winter camp of Buddhism are also accomplished. Master Da Zhao is wise and magnanimous, Teacher Lu Jianfu is profound and steady, Teacher Huang Fang is beautiful and wise, and Teacher Yang Shuqin is romantic and elegant. I am deeply impressed by Mr. Yang. His class is passionate and humorous. He has high hopes for us. I hope that we can learn from the past and make peace for the world in the future. From him, I seem to see the spirit of China literati.
Until I left today, I couldn't believe that I could really go to bed at 11: 11 and get up at 5: 31 every day, I could stay clean for seven days, I could eat every meal without any leftover, and I could still keep a good mood when I was unwell ... Every morning, I practiced Ba Duan Brocade together, read Diamond Sutra, and recited gratitude words before eating ... The seniors who collected bowls in the kitchen window always smiled and bowed to us, and that smile was really nice.
The volunteers in the catering group have to get up at 4: 31 every day to prepare breakfast, and the seniors in the media group can stay up all night to make up to eight tweets every day. In the early years, the village grandmothers came to the academy to pack wonton for us, with 311 or 411 people, but I don't know how many ... This kind of effort has made the gap between people disappear, and replaced by honest treatment without any selfishness.
There are seven people in our dormitory. Everyone comes to Jiangyin from different cities. The farthest Xiao Cathy is from Lanzhou. She wakes us up first every day by turning on the light, and then she stays in bed alone. Aunt is like a child. When taking a group photo, she must sit between me and the group leader and say that she will hold one at the same time. Yi Zhao, the sister of Nanyi Calligraphy Department, is gentle and gentle. I remember one joke she made when chatting one day: "Polygamy is also quite good, so that those who want to be housekeepers can be housekeepers, and those who want to accompany their husbands will accompany them. I will write calligraphy and painting in my room every day ..." In this impetuous and egoistic society, there are not many such pure hearts.
During the group sharing meeting, more than twenty people gathered in a circle to introduce themselves one by one and exchange their experiences. I vaguely remember Nian Zhen's stubbornness when she told such a heavy story lightly, Wen Jun was moved to tears when she talked about her boyfriend, the beautiful girl in Xinjiang's expectation and dream of life, the lively and lovely smile of Xiaoxi, a young talent, and the elegant and gentle Qinqin sister who gave me the opportunity as a host and said that she was happy to be a Bole ... and Zhou Counselor cared about her meticulously. She was a strict teacher at school, but she never lost her temper with us.
When I hosted the get-together, Sister He Na made up a beautiful braided hair for me. I was really nervous when I took the stage for the first time. Although I was glad that I had covered up the past perfectly afterwards, my senior praised me. The get-together program is colorful, whether it is the old appearance of Han and Tang dynasties or the customs of northern Xinjiang, it can be prepared within four or five days, which shows that the academy is also crouching tiger, hidden dragon.
At the same time of the get-together, the kitchen was already full of busy figures, and the volunteer seniors and the volunteer grandmothers in the village were busy preparing the New Year's Eve dinner for us. Every year, the College holds a New Year's Eve dinner for 1,111 people. All the students, volunteers and villagers in the village get together and enjoy a table full of vegetarian meals. In order to uphold the tradition of not wasting food in the college, we all ate very well. Later, in the process of helping in the kitchen, I finally experienced the hard work, touch and gratitude of the volunteer seniors on weekdays.
On the last day of the farewell party, the organizing committee secretly bought Grandma Wang cakes and flowers to celebrate her seventieth birthday. At the moment of her speech, I could clearly hear that her voice was choked up.
The dormitory is empty, and everyone has left one after another. It's not very sad. Let's make an appointment to volunteer in the academy next year and meet again then. The seven-day experience not only allowed us to listen to the true words of Buddhists full of great wisdom, but also gained precious 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 hard for friends to meet, as for the morning and evening stars. Tonight then is a rare event, * * * 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 watched the scenery through the window, which was very similar and different.