..續本文上一頁eat, sweets and fried foods. Children on such a diet seem to grow taller and faster. However, even if their bodies were growing rapidly, this growth is not rooted in genuinely good health. In addition, due to their diet, these children tend to have strong desires, and their emotional maturity cannot keep up with their physical maturity.
(二)媒體的泛濫：在我們享用科技的方便時，風氣所及，年輕的一代更是在媒體的泛濫下失去保護，誘惑太大，很難潔身自愛，也不懂潔身自愛。
Second, overwhelming influence of the media. While we are enjoying the conveniences brought by modern technology, the younger generations are being inundated by the media without any protection. These youngsters are extremely attracted by what they see; under such influences it is hard for them to keep their bodies pure and cherish themselves, and they also don”t know how to do so.
(叁)從教育方面來說：教育是要教人“明理”，不是“名利”。但現在的教育反行其道，年輕的一代受不到道德教育的滋潤，就像沒有根一樣，隨波逐流，失去做人的基礎。
Third, our children”s education. Education should teach people how to understand the truth, instead of how to pursue profits and fame. Unfortunately, education nowadays is contrary to the Way. Without the nourishment provided by an education based on ethics and morality, the younger generations don”t have a strong foundation in how to be upright inpiduals. Instead, they are like rootless plants, being carried adrift by the tides.
所以增欲的飲食、導欲的媒體、錯向的教育……，學生自然很容易恣情縱欲，爲所欲爲，墮胎月就出來了！若能改善教育、飲食，省悟科技帶來的負面作用，提升道德觀念等等，想必日後根本沒有“墮胎月”這個名詞！
Therefore, under the influence of these factors: a diet that increases desires, media that teach desires, and education that focuses on the wrong values, students naturally tend toward indulging in sexual desires without any restraint. By doing whatever they please, the month of abortion comes into being. If we can improve our children”s diet and education, realize the negative side-effects of modern technology, and strengthen our sense of ethics and morality, I think we definitely won”t have the phrase “the month for abortion” in the future!
結語：
有一次，我參加一個會議，主題是：“佛教對社會的參與影響”。個人覺得：用佛法來改造人心，這就是最大的影響！拿我出家人的身份來說，我不覺得一定要去外面做一些事情，這樣才能幫助社會；而是，把正確的觀念帶給大家，影響得人人都有正確的觀念。就像現在我們談到墮胎的問題，這是社會上已存在的一個嚴重事實，如果人人有正確的觀念，那就會幫助很多的生命。所以，帶給大家正確的知見，這就是行持佛法的一部份！
Conclusion:
Once I attended a conference on “The Role of Buddhism and its Impact on Society.” I believe that Buddhism”s greatest impact is how it transforms our minds. As a member of the Sangha, I have found that I don”t need to go around and do things for others in order to benefit the society. Rather, I can share the proper views with others, and help everyone to attain such views. For example, the issue of abortion we have been discussing is one of the serious problems in society today. If everyone can understand the proper view of no killing, many lives will be saved. Helping people to understand this true principle is one way of upholding the Buddhadharma.
孩子們，對不起
Dear children, I am sorry
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◎曾媽媽
Mrs. Zeng 有了孕，就不可以嫌麻煩，一定要負起責任，把孩子生下來，撫育他(她)長大。
When one becomes pregnant, regardless of the amount of trouble, one must act responsibly by giving birth to the baby and raising him or her.
孩子！今天媽媽提筆寫這封信，但是我不僅不知道你們的名字，甚至連你們的性別都不知道，只能稱你們“老二、老五”；說來這都是爸媽的錯……
Dear children: Mom is writing to you today, but I don”t even know your name or gender. I can only address you as “the second child and the fifth child.” All of this is your mom and dad”s fault. 四十一年前，我和你們的爸爸才結婚第叁年，就有了第二胎──就是老二你，心裏很不以爲然。那時還沒有學習佛法，不懂真理，因無明煩惱，就一失足成千古恨，造了重大的罪業，就去墮胎了。手術結束後，昏迷中，我夢到自己躺在床上過世了，還見到你們的祖母說：“早知道這樣，就不要墮胎了！”所以那時我是從鬼門關回來的！這個夢境，至今曆曆猶新。
Forty-one years ago, I was pregnant with you, the second child, only after being married to your dad for three years. I wasn”t too concerned about this pregnancy. At that time, I have yet to study the Buddhadharma and…
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