(Original essay in English below.) 一叶知秋。 2015年底,在国内走访途中,在一家名叫“雨花斋”的免费素食餐厅里仅仅待了不到一个小时,吃了一顿午饭。但是那次经历给我的感动,回味无穷。 雨花斋,涉及到传统文化、社会道德、饮食健康、放生吃素、环境保护、慈善义工、老弱关怀、奉献经济等等方面。雨花义工们身体力行,利益众生,既解决社会的实际问题,又直指人心的深层归宿,真是找到了撬动变革的杠杆,是“生态文明”与“精神文明”觉醒的优秀实践。了解到雨花斋在中华大地上如雨后春笋般,以自发、有机的成长方式,四年之内开遍全国,传播速度远超"麦当劳"的鼎盛时期,更证明心灵生态觉醒在国内的机缘成熟。 返回美国后,我发现网上没有任何关于雨花斋的英文资料。受雨花精神的感动与鼓舞,我写了一篇有关文章,发表在几家美国媒体,引起许多美国朋友的深深共鸣。雨花斋的故事被分享上千次,几个月过去了,我仍然收到读者来信,想更多的了解、复制雨花斋模式和精神。 关于雨花斋的中文信息很多,这里引用一位雨花斋义工分享的信息: 2011年中秋,在释文全长老倡议下,社会各界仁人志士参与,在中国浙江省建德市,创办了第一家无交易互助素食餐厅—雨花斋。2015年,雨花斋已开遍神州大地,截止2015年末,有三百余家雨花斋每天中午为超过五万人免费供应即健康又环保的素食,其中70%是老人。每日参与服务的义工人数近五千人。四年来,雨花斋为数百万人提供了免费素食。雨花斋的理念是欢迎家人回家吃素。 下面分享英文原文。 Rain Flower Hut: 300 (And Growing) Free Vegan Cafes in China 2015/11/14 (To view the original essay with photos, please click here.) Summary: In 2011, an 83-year-old Buddhist monk gave his whole life's saving of around US$8,000 to create Rain Flower Hut -- a free, all-volunteer-run, vegan cafe, based on traditional values and intention for social transformation. Over the past four years, over 300 Rain Flower Huts (RFHs) has organically sprouted out all over China, without any fundraising or government support, purely as a result of ordinary people being moved to come together and spread the compassion. With the motto 'no killing, no transaction, only gratitude', RFHs 'welcome family members to come home and enjoy vegan meals', and help the public to (re)learn traditional ethics and ecological consciousness.
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