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2016年01月

2015-16 國際扶輪社長 一 月份 文告
 

親愛的扶輪社友們：

印度有一個關於Shaunaka 及Abhipratari 這兩位智者的傳統故事。他們崇拜風神Prana。有一天，這兩個人正準備坐下來吃午飯時，敲門聲響起，有一個窮學生上門要飯。。
 

　　他們回答說「沒有，小伙子，不要來打擾我們吃飯」。學生很訝異，但因肚子很餓，所以就繼續要求給飯吃。

 

　　

　　「兩位前輩，請問，你們拜哪個神？」

　

　　他們不耐煩地回答「風神Prana」。

　

　　「前輩們可知道，世界以風始，也終於風，浩瀚宇宙，風無所不在？」

　　

　　兩位智者這時對不速之客非常火大。他們回答說「我們當然知道！」。

　　

　　「那麼，」學生接著說，「如果Prana 在宇宙間無所不在，也就是說他也在我身上，因為我也是宇宙的一小部分。他也在我這饑餓的體內，現在就在你們眼前討一口飯吃！因此如果你們拒絕給我食物，等於拒絕把食物給你們崇拜的那個神。」

　　

　　兩位智者發現學生說的有道理，就邀請他入內一起吃飯。因為，在那一刻，他們瞭解開門給尋求他們協助的人進來，不僅服務了那個個人─也朝更大的目標邁進。

　　

　　我們的扶輪經驗大部份是來自我們自己的社區。我們每週在相同的地方，和同樣一群熟悉的朋友一起開會。雖然我們每個人幾乎都參與某種形式的國際服務，但是我們每天看見並分享的扶輪令人感覺是很在地的。這很容易讓人忽略全貌─忽略我們扶輪服務的真正意義。
 

　　你個人身為扶輪社員以及透過你的扶輪社所產生的影響，藉由我們社員人數的力量自能倍增。當你提供食物給一個飢餓的人、當你教一個不識字的人認字、當你保護一個孩子免受疾病威脅，影響似乎很小。事實上，一點都不小。因為唯有透過全體社員結合的力量、透過我們個人的行動及捐獻，我們才可能實現我們所追求的影響：真正成為獻給世界的禮物。

雷文壯 K.R. Ravindran

2015-16 年度國際扶輪社長

2015-16 RI Presidential Message in January 2016

 

Dear Fellow Rotarians,
 
There is a story told in my Hindu tradition of two sages, Shaunaka and Abhipratari. They were worshippers of Prana, the wind god. One day, the two men were about to sit down to lunch when a poor student knocked on their door, asking for food.

"No, boy, do not bother us at this hour," was the reply. The student was surprised but very hungry, so he persisted.

"Tell me, honored sirs, which deity do you worship?".
"Prana, the wind god," they answered impatiently.
"Do you not know that the world begins and ends with wind, and that wind pervades the entire universe?"
The two sages were by now very irritated by their impertinent guest. "Of course we know it!" they replied.
"Well, then," continued the student, "if Prana pervades the universe, then he pervades me also, since I am but part of the universe. He is also in this hungry body, which stands before you begging for a bite to eat! And so in denying food to me, you deny it to the very deity whom you say you serve."
 
The sages realized the student spoke the truth and invited him to enter and share their meal. For they understood, at that moment, that by opening the door to one who sought their help, they were not only serving that individual – but reaching toward a larger goal.
 
Our experience of Rotary is, for the most part, based in our own communities. We meet every week in our clubs, in the same places, with the same familiar friends. While almost all of us are involved in some way or other in international service, the Rotary we see and share from day to day feels very local. It can be easy to lose sight of the larger picture – of what our service truly means.
 

Every impact you have as a Rotarian, individually and through your club, is multiplied by the power of our numbers. When you feed one person who is hungry, when you educate one person who is illiterate, when you protect one child from disease, the impact may seem small. It is anything but. For it is only through the power of numbers, through the power of our individual actions and gifts, that we can have the impact we seek: to truly Be a Gift to the World.

K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran

President, Rotary International, 2015-16
 

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