Volunteers Initial Briefing

志工首次简报

FOUR “TRUTHS” OF ENVIRONMENTALISM

四绿“谛”

First “Truth”: Dissatisfaction, five Elements 第一“真相”：不满，五元素（地、火、风、水、心）

Second Truth: Cause, Greed, Lack of Loving-kindness

and Ignorance, Interdependence 第二真理：起因，贪婪，缺乏大爱和无明，互为緣起

Third “Truth”: Sustainable Planet, Vision and Hope for

the future 第三“真相”：可持续的星球, 憧憬与对未来的希望

Fourth Truth: The Middle Path, Green eightfold path 第四真相：中道，八绿道

5 ELEMENTS

五元素

Earth: Landfills overfilled, Deforestation 地：垃圾堆填区过满，砍伐森林

Fire: Energy Overconsumption, Fossil Fuel Burning 火：过度消耗能源，燃烧化石燃料

Air: Green House Gas Emission, Climate Change, Extreme

Storms 风：温室气体排放，气候变化，极端风暴

Water: Melting Glaciers, Rising Sea Levels 水：冰川融化，海平面上升

Heart: Ignorance of these issues, Greed for Energy and

Meat, Lack of Loving-kindness for the future generations,

violence due to resource depletion. 心：对环境污染的无知，无明, 对能源和肉食的贪婪，缺乏对后代的大爱，因资源枯竭而产生暴力行为。https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3VTgIPoGU

INTERDEPENDENCE

互为緣起

Lack of Loving-

kindness

缺乏大爱

Greed

贪

Ignorance

无明

https://prezi.com/mccjin0pttzw/interdependance/

GLOBAL GOALS AND VISION

全球目标与远见

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F8Vv_vRjF8

100% Clean energy by 2050 2050年100％清洁能源

Drastic reduction in animal husbandry 急剧减少畜牧业

Within 2 degrees warming 升温不超两度

Reforestation for most of earth’s surface 大多数地表重新造林

Important to practice sustainable planet for future colonization of

other planets. Or we will be like virus, destroying planets. Aliens

(if they exist) would find it reasonable to eliminate humans 持续星球重要性的也是为了将来定殖其他星球。否则我们就会像病毒般的摧毁行星。外星人（它们如果存在）会觉得消除人类是合理的

It’s important to keep a positive and hopeful mind to make it

happen 重要的是要保持一个积极与充满希望的心念去实现

HOPE

希望 We need hope, for too long environmental activists had

predicted doom, generating paralyzing despair. Hope is the way

to bring action 我们需要希望，皆因环保人士/积极份子长期预测地球将会被严重污染，继而产生无助的绝望。唯有希望才能带动环保行动

Solutions exists 解决方案存在

People are getting on board 越来越多人已积极加入

We are already seeing the benefits 我们已看到有利的收获

Leaders and governments are acting 领导人和政府正在采取行动

From: http://24hoursofreality.org/event/post/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTH3otcW_hs

GREEN EIGHTFOLD PATH

八绿道

Green view 绿见

Green thoughts 绿思惟

Green speech 绿语

Green actions 绿業

Green livelihood 绿命

Green effort 绿精進

Green mindfulness 绿念

Green meditation 绿定

GREEN VIEW

绿见

Know the right information of environmental protection, 4

Truths of Environmentalism 知道保护环境的正确信息，四绿“谛”

Not climate denialists that leads to inaction, always have

hope, because the world is constantly changing there is

hope! 不否认气候影响（否则将导致无所作为）, 永远怀有希望，因为世界变幻无穷所以永远有希望！

Research /Read up/ Follow about climate change so that

you can be a green ambassador educator 研究/阅读/关注气候变化，以化身为绿色大使并教育群众

Environmental protection does not play second fiddle to

Dhamma propagation, it’s a necessary investment 在传播佛法里，环保不是次要，而是一个必要的投资

ATTITUDE TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS

正确对待环境危机的心态 Don’t panic! Non-violence in body, speech and mind 不要惊慌！做好事, 说好话, 存好心

Be realistic, optimism breeds laziness, pessimism breeds

depression 要现实，乐观导致懈怠，悲观滋生沮丧

Realize the interconnectedness of environment and our lives 觉悟环境和生活的互为緣起

Develop compassion to help ourselves, develop wisdom to

know when to let go 培养慈悲心来帮助自己, 培养智慧以便知道什么时候该放下

Karma not to be used for despair, but for equanimity 因果报应之说是用来培养舍无量心而不是用来产生绝望的

Rebirth, if we get human rebirth after death, we’ll inherit our

earth in the future! 轮回转世: 若再生为人，我们将继承我们未来的地球！ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD8ldjdW8Cc

GREEN THOUGHTS

绿思惟

Love the environment, the animals, humans, future generations

爱环境，动物，人类，后代

Have compassion towards climate victims, trees, ocean coral

reefs and ecosystems.以慈悲心对待气候灾民 ，树木，海洋珊瑚礁和生态系统。

Renounce greed for things you don’t need: meat, extra clothes,

cars, houses, live simply. 捨贪欲, 不贪婪非生存必需品：肉、额外的衣服、汽车、房子; 简朴地生活。

GREEN SPEECH

绿语 Be the voice for our future generations for harmonious co-

existence with earth, spread the awareness and knowledge of environmentalism by 声援我们下一代以便与地球和谐共存，通过下列措施，传播环境保护的醒觉、意识和知识 Being truthful, cite sources and research properly 求真，援引适当资

源及彻底研究

Being harmonious, have a sense of proper place and time to say it, say with the intention of uniting, not fighting 平和融洽的劝人环保，并知觉地选择在适当的时间和地点说出来，劝说环保是为了凝聚群众的力量而不是为了挑起战斗

Say with love, not aversion, scold, scream or shout 用关爱的语调说，而不是厌恶，骂，尖叫或喊叫

Benefit others and everyone 说对人人有益的话

Social media is your sphere of influence! Gratitude Corner facebook page. 社交媒体是你的影响范围！修福站 Facebook页面。

GREEN ACTION

绿業 The positive precepts 正面戒

Loving-kindness towards all beings 对一切众生慈爱

Meatless Mondays, go flexitarian, or vegetarian or vegan. Offer only

vegetarian or vegan food to Sangha 无肉星期一，成为弹性素食者

，奶蛋素食者或纯素食者。只提供素食或纯素食品给僧伽

Generosity: we all share the environment, don’t take more than

necessary：慷慨：我们都共享环境, 采用不超过所需要的

Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle! Save Electricity, Water, Resources,

Take public transport whenever possible, Reduce unnecessary flights (spend

your holidays in meditation retreat locally in Singapore/Malaysia, more

relaxing!) 拒绝，减少，再利用，维修，回收！节约用电，水，资源，乘坐公共交通工具，尽可能减少不必要的航班（在当地新加坡/马来西亚的禅修营度过假期，更轻松!）

Simplicity and Contentment 朴素和知足

Live simply, contentment, no need for overpriced or luxurious products.

Smartphones upgrades…生活简朴，知足，无需使用价格过高或奢华的物品。智能手机的升级...

GREEN LIVELIHOOD

绿命 Ensure our jobs are aligned to the sustainable planet we aim to

create or make your job/company/industry green! 确保我们的职业都符合可持续星球的目标，或使你的工作/公司/行业更绿！ Farmer: Don’t burn forests 农民：不燃烧森林

Politicians: Don’t support bills that has negative environmental impact, push for bills that protects environment 政治家：反对具有对环境有负面影响的法案，推动保护环境的法案

Business owners: make sure your business has zero/ minimal carbon footprint as much as you can, hire green officer 生意经营者：确保您的企业有零或最小的碳排放量，聘请环保官员

Office workers: Start small scale office recycling, off PC/screens 上班族：在办公室开始小规模的回收，关闭电脑或屏幕

Meat traders: Switch to vegetarian trading 肉商：转换成素食贸易

Event organizers: Follow Green event guideline 活动组织者：跟随绿活动指南

Students/Kids: Go into the green industry 学生/儿童：进入环保行业

GREEN EFFORT

绿精進

Develop any qualities that helps protect environment 培育任何有助于保护环境的优良素质

Develop green political awareness and participation (petitions,

protests, letters to ministers, conference, etc…) 发展环保的政治意识和参与（请愿，抗议，写信给部长，会议等）

Develop green education 推广绿教育

Develop green industries 发展绿工业

Develop the Green Eight Fold Path 培养八绿道

GREEN MINDFULNESS

绿念

Mindful consumption 正念消费

Body: Mindfulness of what we eat, choices to protect the environment

is made on every meal. Mindfulness of what we buy, product

companies’ carbon footprint 身：对食物的正念, 知觉的用餐,保护环境的抉择就在于每一餐 。对购物和商品的正念，知晓商品厂家的碳排放量

Feelings: Mindful of our response to environmental news, not letting

ourselves to go into despair or false sense of security 受: 我们对环境新闻的反应需正念，而不是让自己去陷入绝望或虚假的安全感

Mind: Mindful of our thoughts, put forth effort to make it green. Mindful

of our habits, develop green habits 心：对思惟的正念，培养绿精進。对我们的习惯有正念，养成环保习惯

World: Mindful of the developments of climate change, petition,

interdependence 法：对气候变化的发展趋势有正念，请愿，互为緣起

GREEN MEDITATION

绿定

Meditation takes less energy (compared to TV, radio, computer,

video games), with eight precepts, one less meal. Saving

energy 禅修需要较少的能源（相比于电视，收音机 ，电脑，电子游戏），与八戒，少一餐。节省能源

Calm and cool mind, useful for the more frequent climate

disasters 镇定和冷静的心念，有助于面对更频繁的气候灾害

Developing insight for removal of greed, aversion and

ignorance, to eradicate the root cause of suffering 培育慧眼, 去除贪婪，嗔恚和无明/愚痴，根除苦难的根源

Concentrate on the sorting and on environmental protection, not

distracted by other’s careless attitude 专注于分拣和环保时，不会被他人不在乎的心态而心烦意乱

Gratitude is cultivating our wisdom: to be grateful for the things we have and the things we can leave behind 感恩可以培养我们的智慧：要感恩我们所拥有的和我们所能传承于后世的

Practice middle way in environmental protection, recycling from the source, mindful consumption 实践中道的环保, 清净在源头，正念消费

Recycling Sorting Centre 回收分类中心

At level 1 of the multi-storey car park在多层停车场第一楼

To accept items:接受回收的物品： Paper 纸

Plastics 塑料

Glass 玻璃

Metal 金属

Clothes 衣服

Electrical Appliances 电器

Bring water bottles, umbrellas, cup 携带水壶，雨伞，杯子

GRATITUDE CORNER

修福站

INTERDEPENDENCE OF RECYCLING

回收的互为緣起

Recycling

回收

Save energy 节约能源

Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emission 减少温

室气体排放

Save Water, Reduce Sea Level rising 节约用水，降低海平面上升

Reduce Greed, Ignorance,

Cultivate Love

减少贪欲，无明，培养大爱

Less trash to landfill

减少垃圾进填埋场

Less fossil

fuel burning

减少燃烧化石燃料

Mitigate Climate

Change减缓气候变化

Sort into these categories: 分为以下类别：

Black/White papers (only black ink) 黑/白纸（只有黑墨）

Coloured Papers (including coloured ink) 彩色纸（包括彩色墨）

Cardboard (including carton box, glossy paper) 纸板（包括纸箱，光泽纸）

Newspaper 报纸

Books are to be kept for thrift shop or tear apart, Dhamma

books by Kong Meng San given to Awaken Publishing 书要留给旧货店或撕裂, 光明山普觉禅寺的佛书给光明山普觉出版社

No Laminated paper, paper with food stain, tissue paper 不收

层压纸，沾有食品污渍的纸，纸巾

SORTING: PAPER

分类：纸

2/2

7/2

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SORTING: PLASTICS

分类：塑料 Plastic Bags Coloured 有色彩的塑料袋

Plastic Bags White and Transparent

塑料袋白色透明

Plastics Soft White and Transparent

白和透明软塑料

Plastics soft colour 彩色软塑料

Plastics Hard 硬塑料

PET Bottle colour 颜色的PET瓶

PET Bottle White and Transparent白色透明 PET瓶

CD 光盘

SORTING: OTHERS

分类：其它

Glass, be careful, use gloves and avoid sharps 玻璃，小心处理，使用手套，避开锐利的尖角

Metal: all metals, only pure and small sized metal, no furniture

金属：所有金属只收纯，小型的金属，不收家具

Aluminum can: crush the can with thick boots, take the ring tab

out 铝罐：可以用厚靴将其压扁，取出拉环

Clothes: clean clothes 服装：干净的衣服

Computers, Phones, Video games 电脑，手机，电子游戏

Ink cartridge 打印机墨盒

All items to be cleaned from food and liquid stain, dried, best is

clean our own recyclables. 所有沾有食物和液体污渍的物品必须先行清洗干净，晾干，清净在源头

ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED

不接受的物品

Big, Bulky Things like furniture more than 1 meter 大件物品像一米以上的家具

Very heavy stuffs like weights for lifting 非常重的东西像杠铃

Food waste or anything with food stain/ dirty/ has ants or other

life forms 食物渣滓或沾有食物污渍/肮脏/有蚂蚁或其他生物滋生的物件

Most items not listed as accepted 大多数没有被列为接受回收物的物品

VOLUNTEER ROLES

志工角色

Maitreya Bodhisattvas: Heads 弥勒菩萨: 首长

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas: Welfare 观世音菩萨: 关怀组

Manjusri Bodhisattvas: Educators 文殊菩萨: 教育组

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattvas: Collectors 地藏王菩萨: 收藏组

Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas: Sorters 普贤菩萨: 分类组

Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattvas: Merchant 大势至菩萨: 商组

Everyone is sorter 大家都是分类组

Volunteer Commitment 志工承诺

Up to your schedule 照你的周程安排

Maitreya (Heads) , Manjusri (Educators), Avalokitesvara (Welfare), Mahasthamaprapta (Merchant) has to commit in advance 弥勒（首长），文殊（教育组），观世音（关怀组），大势至（商组） 具有先行承诺

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

试验日程8:40am Arrival and set up 到达并准备

9:00am Open to public to donate, sorting 向公众开放捐赠回收物，分类

10:30am Dhamma Talk and sharing 佛法讲座和分享

11:20 am Walk to Lunch 步行去午餐

12:30pm Afternoon shift starts, morning shift ends 下午班开始，早班结束

2:00pm Walking meditation, relaxation 行禅, 放松

2:30pm Final sorting, donation stops 最后的分类，捐赠停止

3:30pm Keeping back items 守回物品

4pm Dedication of merits, gratitude sharing 功德回向, 感恩分享

INITIAL OPERATIONS

初始操作

Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays 9:00am-2:30pm for donations,

8:40am-4:00pm for volunteer sorting 周二、 四、 六 9:00am-

2:30pm捐赠， 8:40am-4:00pm 进行志工分类

I will be the Maitreya Bodhisattva until suitable volunteers can

commit and lead 我将是弥勒菩萨，直到有合适的志工可以承诺并带领团队

Once we have 14 Maitreya Bodhisattvas, we will expand to all

seven days (two per day) 一旦我们有14个弥勒菩萨，我们将扩大回收服务到每星期七天（每天两人）

Aim for total volunteer leading and managing, minimal from staff

(who will make more projects) 目标是由志工全体领导和管理，而员工会增划更多的项目

Thrift shop to be set up in later phase 旧货店将于后期设立

MAITREYA BODHISATTVAS: HEADS

弥勒菩萨: 首长

Maitreya Bodhisattva is the Buddha-to-be, embodiment of

loving-kindness 大慈弥勒菩萨是未来佛

In charge of managing and leading the volunteers 负责管理和领导志工

looking after volunteers’ attendance 照看志愿者的出席

calling the relevant companies to come and take the recyclables

when it is full 回收物满时联系相关公司前来回收

direct setting up and keeping the site 监督设置和守住现场

Reflect: Now I am leading volunteers now to recycle, may I one

day lead all beings to enlightenment 憶： 今我带领志工回收万物，愿我有一天能领导一切众生达至無上正等正覺

AVALOKITESVARA BODHISATTVAS: WELFARE

观世音菩萨: 关怀组

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva embodies compassion 大悲观世音菩萨

in charge of looking after all volunteers, especially the elderlies 负责照顾所有志工，尤其是长者

can also contribute/get food for the volunteers during break time 也可在休息时间协助志工获取食物

also talk to, engage, and motivate the volunteers when appropriate 适时开解，关怀, 激励志工

in charge of safety 负责安全

making sure that all volunteers would get gloves and facemask if required 确保所有志工将得到他们所需的手套和口罩

Reflect: Now I am taking care of volunteers, may I one day relief suffering of all beings 憶： 如今我照顾志工，愿我有一天能救济一切苦难众生

MANJUSRI BODHISATTVAS: EDUCATORS

文殊菩萨: 教育组

Manjusri Bodhisattva is the embodiment of wisdom 大智文殊菩萨

in charge of educating the people who donate the recyclables on what is accepted/ not accepted here 负责教育公众光明山可回收的物品

and how to sort them 以及如何分类物品

in charge of music and educational programs for the day 负责当天的音乐和教育项目

explain posters to visitors 对朝山众解释环保海报

in charge of meditation and sharing负责禅修和共享

Reflect: Now I am educating on how to purify earth, may I one day educate on how to purify mind 憶： 如今我教导群众如何净化大地，愿有一天我能教育大众如何净化心念

KSITIGARBHA BODHISATTVAS: COLLECTORS

地藏王菩萨: 收藏组 Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva embodiment of great vow,

vowed to not be a Buddha until all hells are empty 大願地藏王菩薩，地獄不空、誓不成佛

Collectors are to help collect recyclables from other places in the monastery to the sorting center 收藏组是负责收集来自寺院其他地方的可回收物品到分类中心

Help to be logistics in moving stuffs, setting up and keeping back 照管回收物品的物流,设置和守住现场

Future: more recycling bin around monastery, help to collect 未来：寺院周围增设更多的回收箱，帮助收集

Reflect: Now volunteers depend on me, may I one day let all beings to depend on me 憶： 如今我为志工所依，愿有一天我能为一切众生所依

MAHASTHAMAPRAPTA BODHISATTVAS: MERCHANT大势至菩萨: 商组

Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva embodies the

power of wisdom 大势至菩萨体现了智慧的力量

taking care of the thrift shop operations 照管旧货店的运作

can help brainstorm how to make art from trash 可以帮助集体研讨如何将垃圾改创成艺术品

and then sell the art in the thrift shop 然后在旧货店售卖该艺术品

Reflect: Now I am giving items a second life, may I

one day have the wisdom to give eternal life to all

(Nibbana) 憶： 如今我给物品第二次生命，愿有一天我拥有给予所有众生永生（涅槃）的智慧

SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVAS: SORTERS

普贤菩萨: 分类组

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva embodies great

practice 大行普贤菩萨

It’s everyone’s default job! 这是每个人的工作！

Sort the items as shown above如上述所示的分类物品

Teach new volunteers on how to sort 教新加入的志工如何分类

Help Manjusri Bodhisattva invite all who donate to

help sort for ten minutes for them to learn 帮助文殊菩萨邀请所有捐赠者来协助分类十分钟以便让他们学习

Reflect: Now I am practicing green action, may I also

practice the teachings of the Buddha 憶：如今我实施绿業，愿我也实行佛陀的教诲

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

问答