如果您造訪萬佛城的育良小學，會聽到孩子們討論如何使地球更安全的各種方法。他們也希望得到您的幫助，以下是幾位二、三年級小朋友的談話：
蔡唐亞：我覺得用含有化學品的清潔劑不好，因為得先用動物來測試，把動物毒死。用天然的清潔劑比較好，不會傷害動物。
賢安：你能不能想辦法叫人不要在動物身上試驗那些有毒的化學品？動物也有生存權；而且如果我們用含有不好的化學成份的清潔劑，它會從洗手臺流入地下水源，我們人喝了就會中毒，將來人類就會滅亡了。
歐瑪：天然的清潔劑都是用柳橙皮、橘子皮、葡萄柚種籽、植物葯草來做的。我們學校都用天然清潔劑，味道聞起來很香呢！
親智：萬佛城有純淨的水源，我們一定要保持它的乾淨。請看看天然清潔劑上的這些標示：可自然分解、無毒性、不含動物成份、不在動物身上試驗。如果我們使用了，我們也不會犯戒。
戈碧嘉：天然清潔劑的名字很好聽，像「親善地球」、「生命樹」、「自然之門」、「星球」、「雨之水」、還有「環保」。
同理，聖城內都使用天然產品來供僧，不經過殘酷的試驗法，對地球及生存其上的眾生都不傷害。
註：好消息，目前在市場上可以見到許多新的自然產品，同時使用的效果極佳！您可以方便地買到各種清潔劑來保持家中及道場的環境清潔，如：洗衣粉、一般洗碗精及自動洗碗機所用之洗碗精、不含氯之漂白水、爐灶清潔劑、天然酵母水管通劑、地毯清潔精、去油劑、乳液、洗髮精、牙膏、汽車、玻璃清潔劑及各種不含動物成份的肥皂，都可以向天然食品店，甚至一般商店洽購；也許價格貴一點，但這些產品都是高度濃縮的，每次用量少，很值得，正所謂一分錢，一分貨。 |
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If you came to Instilling Goodness School at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (CTTB), you would hear the children discussing ways to make the Earth safer and they are asking for your help. This is what the 2nd and 3rd graders are saying:
Chaitanya: I don't think it's right to use cleansers and stuff with chemicals and test them on animals and it kills the animals. It's good to get natural cleansers because you don't have to kill animals.
Sean: Can you help people to not test bad chemicals in cleansers and stuff on animals? I don't think it is good for them and animals have rights, too and if bad chemicals are used in sinks, it will go into the water and poison people and it will wipe out the human race.
Omar: The things in natural cleansers are made from orange peels, tangerine peels and grapefruit seed, plants and herbs. Our school always uses them and it smells super clean.
Qin Zhi: We have pure water in the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas and we must keep it clean. Please look for these labels on natural cleansers: BIO-DEGRADABLE, NON-TOXIC, NO ANIMAL PRODUCTS, and NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS. If we use natural cleansers, we won't break the precepts.
Gopika: They have good names like: Earth Friendly, Life Tree, Nature's Gate, Planet, Rainwater, and Ecover.
For these same reasons, people at CTTB are using natural products that were not tested on animals and are safe for the Earth and its inhabitants, and they are offering them to the Sangha.
Note: The good news is that there are many new natural products on the market nowadays. And they do a terrific job! You can buy everything that you need to keep your home and the Way-places clean: laundry detergent, automatic and regular dish wash, non-chlorine bleach, oven-cleaner, enzymes to unstop drains, carpet shampoo, degreasers, lotion, shampoo, toothpaste, car and window wash, and all kinds of soap without animal products. Ask for them in natural food stores and even in regular markets. They may cost a little more, but they are concentrated. You get what you pay for! |
