Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation

» April 12, 2011

On March 11, Japan was devastated by a major earthquake and tsunami, which shocked everyone in the world. A month has passed, yet aftershocks are still occurring. Yesterday, at 5:16 p.m. local time, another powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.0 struck Fukushima prefecture at the shallow depth of 6 km. We can imagine how badly the earth shook. In fact, last night and this morning, Taiwan was also affected by earthquakes that struck off the share of Kaohsiung and in the mountains of Yilan and Taoyuan. Fortunately, no one was hurt. Seeing all these disasters, we truly must quickly repent of our ways and encourage everyone to adopt a vegetarian diet. Only when we respect all life, can we live in peace and safety. We truly must not harm and kill so many lives just to satisfy our palate...