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重要力量。 the face of major natural disasters inside and outside
Since the late 1990s, Buddhism in China has of China, such as SARS, the Wenchuan and Yushu

set up many charitable Buddhist foundations, char- earthquakes, the Taiwanese earthquake, the Indone-
ity merit organizations and other public charities, and sian tsunami, and the Nepal earthquake, the Chinese
actively organized philanthropic activities. The scale Buddhism community actively gave full support, in-

of Buddhist philanthropy has been expanding, grow- cluding great amounts of human, financial and mate-
ing increasingly rich in content and form, becoming rial resources.

an important force in national philanthropic efforts. 近年來，佛教界敏銳觀察時代特點和社會
十幾年來，佛教界投入公益慈善事業的財 需要，不斷開拓契合時代的新方式，使幼者得

力、物力、人力數量巨大，據不完全統計，僅 教、老者得養、病者得愈、亡者得安。比如針
2007年至2012年，中國佛教界就為公益慈善事 對農村留守兒童的「幸福鄉村圖書館」，惠及

業捐贈善款約18.6億元人民幣，占全國宗教界 文化貧瘠人群的「啟明書院」，令老人們生也
捐款總額的62%。佛教慈善的服務領域廣泛，涉 安樂、終亦莊嚴的寺廟安養院。針對都市人群
及賑災、扶貧、助學、孤兒、養老、醫療、放 的精神苦悶、人際疏遠，北京仁愛慈善基金會

生、環保、心靈關懷等。服務對象不分地域、 還開展了仁愛奉粥心棧、傾聽熱線等專案，讓
民族、信仰、身份，在2003年非典、汶川地 人們的愛心得到復蘇。

震、玉樹地震、臺灣地震以及印尼海嘯、尼泊 In recent years, the Buddhist community has
爾地震等國內外重大自然災害面前，中國佛教 keenly observed the characteristics of the times and
界無不積極伸出援手，大力組織人、財、物力 social needs, and constantly embraced new methods

救濟支持。 to fit the times, so that young people can be schooled,
For more than a decade, the Buddhist commu- older people can be taken care of, the sick can be
nity has contributed huge amounts of financial, mate- healed, and the departed can rest in peace. For ex-

rial and human resources into charity efforts. Accord- ample, the “Happy Village Libraries” in service of
ing to partial statistics, only between 2007 and 2012, the left-behind children in the countryside, the “Qim-
the Chinese Buddhist community contributed nearly ing College” to help people from disadvantaged edu-

1.86 billion yuan in charitable donations, accounting cational backgrounds, and monastery nursing homes
for 62% of the entire country’s total religious contri- that ensure that the elderly can live out their days in

bution. Buddhist charity services span a wide range peace and happiness. In view of the urban people’s
of areas, involving disaster relief, poverty allevia- emotional downheartedness and social alienation, the
tion, education aid, orphan assistance, retirement and Beijing Ren Ai Charity Foundation has engaged in

medical fees, releasing captive animals into the wild, projects like the “Loving Porridge Rest-stop” and a
environmental protection, spiritual care and so on. In “Lending-Ear Hotline”, so that people’s loving hearts

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