Spiritual counseling and religious rituals can
be of great help to heal the pain and relieve the
anxiety of so much suffering. Monks and religious
laity have helped people for thousands of years.
We the Buddhist monks, take our responsibilities
seriously and devote our attention and time to provide
comfort, healing and counsel for the people. I have
performed several mass memorial services and read
hundreds of names of those who have died. We have
had many blessing ceremonies. I have met several
committed and hard working monks and nuns who are
already working closely with me. And there are many
other groups and organizations working in great
effort and harmony to provide emotional and spiritual
counseling.
As a leader in our spiritual community, I am committed
to organizing and inspiring the community of monks,
nuns and lay workers who provide the spiritual and
psychological counseling for so many traumatized
people. On January 31st, we dispatched some Chinese
Buddhist counselors to refugee camps; and we will
begin rotating groups of counselors who will work
with children and adults. People are looking to
the spiritual community for guidance and direction.
We are all there for them to share our love and
compassion and blessings. |
