..续本文上一页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)媒体的泛滥：在我们享用科技的方便时，风气所及，年轻的一代更是在媒体的泛滥下失去保护，诱惑太大，很难洁身自爱，也不懂洁身自爱。
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.
(三)从教育方面来说：教育是要教人“明理”，不是“名利”。但现在的教育反行其道，年轻的一代受不到道德教育的滋润，就像没有根一样，随波逐流，失去做人的基础。
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.
所以增欲的饮食、导欲的媒体、错向的教育……，学生自然很容易恣情纵欲，为所欲为，堕胎月就出来了！若能改善教育、饮食，省悟科技带来的负面作用，提升道德观念等等，想必日后根本没有“堕胎月”这个名词！
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!
结语：
有一次，我参加一个会议，主题是：“佛教对社会的参与影响”。个人觉得：用佛法来改造人心，这就是最大的影响！拿我出家人的身份来说，我不觉得一定要去外面做一些事情，这样才能帮助社会；而是，把正确的观念带给大家，影响得人人都有正确的观念。就像现在我们谈到堕胎的问题，这是社会上已存在的一个严重事实，如果人人有正确的观念，那就会帮助很多的生命。所以，带给大家正确的知见，这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.
孩子们，对不起
Dear children, I am sorry
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◎曾妈妈
Mrs. Zeng 有了孕，就不可以嫌麻烦，一定要负起责任，把孩子生下来，抚育他(她)长大。
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！今天妈妈提笔写这封信，但是我不仅不知道你们的名字，甚至连你们的性别都不知道，只能称你们“老二、老五”；说来这都是爸妈的错……
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，我和你们的爸爸才结婚第三年，就有了第二胎──就是老二你，心里很不以为然。那时还没有学习佛法，不懂真理，因无明烦恼，就一失足成千古恨，造了重大的罪业，就去堕胎了。手术结束后，昏迷中，我梦到自己躺在床上过世了，还见到你们的祖母说：“早知道这样，就不要堕胎了！”所以那时我是从鬼门关回来的！这个梦境，至今历历犹新。
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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