Dear students,
Mankind has always dreamed of world peace and prosperity. People have always looked for the pursuit of happiness, and have always wanted to avoid suffering and to find joy.
While attending this summer course, monks and nuns take care and teach you many things. You are loved and respected by all people.
this must make you happy, right?
this means that besides the usual physical needs, people will be happy when being loved and respected
nothing is as miserable and catastrophic as war.
war comes from causes such as:
1/ religious, ethnic conflict.
2 poverty by overpopulation; inequality; natural disasters, pollution, environmental destruction and climate change.
3/ territorial and resource conflict
We will look through some pictures and clips, and you will see how we can contribute, even just a little, to world peace through simple things each day:
A/ saving water (turn off the tap, drink every drop, take a shower instead of the bath, only wash your motobike when necessary...)
B/ do not waste anything (food, clothing, utilities...) to reduce resource depletion
C/ saving electricity (not playing games, only using electricity when necessary...)
D/ eating vegetarian food (killing animals is the root karma to make war) - develop the love for animals - and contribute to reduce global warming.
E/ protecting the environment: saving fuel, picking up litter, recycling, not using wooden furniture, planting and protecting trees...
Technology today develops very quickly and is very advanced. When having a smartphone, you are able to chat with any friends in every corner of the earth, at any time and you can communicate in many languages. But sadly, immoral people can use the technology for the wrong reasons.
In 2014, ISIS (The Islamic State in Iraq ang Syria) appeared and became a force to spread horrible evil:
