The document outlines key principles of environmentalism, highlighting four 'truths' including the need for dissatisfaction, recognition of interdependence, a vision for a sustainable planet, and the middle path through green practices. It emphasizes the importance of hope, actions to combat climate change, and the necessity of sustainable practices such as reducing consumption and supporting clean energy initiatives. Additionally, it details various roles for volunteers and specific actions to promote ecological well-being and education.

1. Volunteers Initial Briefing
志工首次简报

2. FOUR “TRUTHS” OF ENVIRONMENTALISM
四绿“谛”
 First “Truth”: Dissatisfaction, five Elements 第一“真
相”：不满，五元素（地、火、风、水、心）
 Second Truth: Cause, Greed, Lack of Loving-kindness
and Ignorance, Interdependence 第二真理：起因，贪
婪，缺乏大爱和无明，互为緣起
 Third “Truth”: Sustainable Planet, Vision and Hope for
the future 第三“真相”：可持续的星球, 憧憬与对未来
的希望
 Fourth Truth: The Middle Path, Green eightfold path 第
四真相：中道，八绿道

3. 5 ELEMENTS
五元素
 Earth: Landfills overfilled, Deforestation 地：垃圾堆填区过满，
砍伐森林
 Fire: Energy Overconsumption, Fossil Fuel Burning 火：过度
消耗能源，燃烧化石燃料
 Air: Green House Gas Emission, Climate Change, Extreme
Storms 风：温室气体排放，气候变化，极端风暴
 Water: Melting Glaciers, Rising Sea Levels 水：冰川融化，海
平面上升
 Heart: Ignorance of these issues, Greed for Energy and
Meat, Lack of Loving-kindness for the future generations,
violence due to resource depletion. 心：对环境污染的无知，
无明, 对能源和肉食的贪婪，缺乏对后代的大爱，因资源枯竭
而产生暴力行为。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3VTgIPoGU

4. INTERDEPENDENCE
互为緣起
Lack of
Loving-
kindness
缺乏大爱
Greed
贪
Ignorance
无明
https://prezi.com/mccjin0pttzw/interdependance/

5. GLOBAL GOALS AND VISION
全球目标与远见
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F8Vv_vRjF8
 100% Clean energy by 2050 2050年100％清洁能源
 Drastic reduction in animal husbandry 急剧减少畜牧业
 Within 2 degrees warming 升温不超两度
 Reforestation for most of earth’s surface 大多数地表重新造林
 Important to practice sustainable planet for future colonization of
other planets. Or we will be like virus, destroying planets. Aliens
(if they exist) would find it reasonable to eliminate humans 持续
星球重要性的也是为了将来定殖其他星球。否则我们就会像病毒
般的摧毁行星。外星人（它们如果存在）会觉得消除人类是合理
的
 It’s important to keep a positive and hopeful mind to make it
happen 重要的是要保持一个积极与充满希望的心念去实现

6. HOPE
希望
 We need hope, for too long environmental activists had
predicted doom, generating paralyzing despair. Hope is the way
to bring action 我们需要希望，皆因环保人士/积极份子长期预测
地球将会被严重污染，继而产生无助的绝望。唯有希望才能带动
环保行动
 Solutions exists 解决方案存在
 People are getting on board 越来越多人已积极加入
 We are already seeing the benefits 我们已看到有利的收获
 Leaders and governments are acting 领导人和政府正在采取行
动
 From: http://24hoursofreality.org/event/post/
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTH3otcW_hs

7. GREEN EIGHTFOLD PATH
八绿道
 Green view 绿见
 Green thoughts 绿思惟
 Green speech 绿语
 Green actions 绿業
 Green livelihood 绿命
 Green effort 绿精進
 Green mindfulness 绿念
 Green meditation 绿定

8. GREEN VIEW
绿见
 Know the right information of environmental protection, 4
Truths of Environmentalism 知道保护环境的正确信息，四
绿“谛”
 Not climate denialists that leads to inaction, always have
hope, because the world is constantly changing there is
hope! 不否认气候影响（否则将导致无所作为）, 永远怀有
希望，因为世界变幻无穷所以永远有希望！
 Research /Read up/ Follow about climate change so that
you can be a green ambassador educator 研究/阅读/关注
气候变化，以化身为绿色大使并教育群众
 Environmental protection does not play second fiddle to
Dhamma propagation, it’s a necessary investment 在传播
佛法里，环保不是次要，而是一个必要的投资

9. ATTITUDE TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS
正确对待环境危机的心态
 Don’t panic! Non-violence in body, speech and mind 不要惊慌！
做好事, 说好话, 存好心
 Be realistic, optimism breeds laziness, pessimism breeds
depression 要现实，乐观导致懈怠，悲观滋生沮丧
 Realize the interconnectedness of environment and our lives 觉
悟环境和生活的互为緣起
 Develop compassion to help ourselves, develop wisdom to
know when to let go 培养慈悲心来帮助自己, 培养智慧以便知道
什么时候该放下
 Karma not to be used for despair, but for equanimity 因果报应之
说是用来培养舍无量心而不是用来产生绝望的
 Rebirth, if we get human rebirth after death, we’ll inherit our
earth in the future! 轮回转世: 若再生为人，我们将继承我们未来
的地球！ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD8ldjdW8Cc

10. GREEN THOUGHTS
绿思惟
 Love the environment, the animals, humans, future generations
爱环境，动物，人类，后代
 Have compassion towards climate victims, trees, ocean coral
reefs and ecosystems.以慈悲心对待气候灾民 ，树木，海洋珊瑚
礁和生态系统。
 Renounce greed for things you don’t need: meat, extra clothes,
cars, houses, live simply. 捨贪欲, 不贪婪非生存必需品：肉、额
外的衣服、汽车、房子; 简朴地生活。

11. GREEN SPEECH
绿语
 Be the voice for our future generations for harmonious co-
existence with earth, spread the awareness and knowledge of
environmentalism by 声援我们下一代以便与地球和谐共存，通
过下列措施，传播环境保护的醒觉、意识和知识
 Being truthful, cite sources and research properly 求真，援引适当资
源及彻底研究
 Being harmonious, have a sense of proper place and time to say it,
say with the intention of uniting, not fighting 平和融洽的劝人环保，并
知觉地选择在适当的时间和地点说出来，劝说环保是为了凝聚群众的
力量而不是为了挑起战斗
 Say with love, not aversion, scold, scream or shout 用关爱的语调说，
而不是厌恶，骂，尖叫或喊叫
 Benefit others and everyone 说对人人有益的话
 Social media is your sphere of influence! Gratitude Corner
facebook page. 社交媒体是你的影响范围！修福站 Facebook页
面。

12. GREEN ACTION
绿業
 The positive precepts 正面戒
 Loving-kindness towards all beings 对一切众生慈爱
 Meatless Mondays, go flexitarian, or vegetarian or vegan. Offer only
vegetarian or vegan food to Sangha 无肉星期一，成为弹性素食者
，奶蛋素食者或纯素食者。只提供素食或纯素食品给僧伽
 Generosity: we all share the environment, don’t take more than
necessary：慷慨：我们都共享环境, 采用不超过所需要的
 Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle! Save Electricity, Water, Resources,
Take public transport whenever possible, Reduce unnecessary flights (spend
your holidays in meditation retreat locally in Singapore/Malaysia, more
relaxing!) 拒绝，减少，再利用，维修，回收！节约用电，水，资源，乘坐公共
交通工具，尽可能减少不必要的航班（在当地新加坡/马来西亚的禅修营度过假
期，更轻松!）
 Simplicity and Contentment 朴素和知足
 Live simply, contentment, no need for overpriced or luxurious products.
Smartphones upgrades…生活简朴，知足，无需使用价格过高或奢华的物品。
智能手机的升级...

13. GREEN LIVELIHOOD
绿命
 Ensure our jobs are aligned to the sustainable planet we aim to
create or make your job/company/industry green! 确保我们的职
业都符合可持续星球的目标，或使你的工作/公司/行业更绿！
 Farmer: Don’t burn forests 农民：不燃烧森林
 Politicians: Don’t support bills that has negative environmental impact,
push for bills that protects environment 政治家：反对具有对环境有负
面影响的法案，推动保护环境的法案
 Business owners: make sure your business has zero/ minimal carbon
footprint as much as you can, hire green officer 生意经营者：确保您的
企业有零或最小的碳排放量，聘请环保官员
 Office workers: Start small scale office recycling, off PC/screens 上班
族：在办公室开始小规模的回收，关闭电脑或屏幕
 Meat traders: Switch to vegetarian trading 肉商：转换成素食贸易
 Event organizers: Follow Green event guideline 活动组织者：跟随绿
活动指南
 Students/Kids: Go into the green industry 学生/儿童：进入环保行业

14. GREEN EFFORT
绿精進
 Develop any qualities that helps protect environment 培育任何
有助于保护环境的优良素质
 Develop green political awareness and participation (petitions,
protests, letters to ministers, conference, etc…) 发展环保的政治
意识和参与（请愿，抗议，写信给部长，会议等）
 Develop green education 推广绿教育
 Develop green industries 发展绿工业
 Develop the Green Eight Fold Path 培养八绿道

15. GREEN MINDFULNESS
绿念
 Mindful consumption 正念消费
 Body: Mindfulness of what we eat, choices to protect the environment
is made on every meal. Mindfulness of what we buy, product
companies’ carbon footprint 身：对食物的正念, 知觉的用餐,保护环境
的抉择就在于每一餐 。对购物和商品的正念，知晓商品厂家的碳排放
量
 Feelings: Mindful of our response to environmental news, not letting
ourselves to go into despair or false sense of security 受: 我们对环境
新闻的反应需正念，而不是让自己去陷入绝望或虚假的安全感
 Mind: Mindful of our thoughts, put forth effort to make it green. Mindful
of our habits, develop green habits 心：对思惟的正念，培养绿精進。
对我们的习惯有正念，养成环保习惯
 World: Mindful of the developments of climate change, petition,
interdependence 法：对气候变化的发展趋势有正念，请愿，互为緣起

16. GREEN MEDITATION
绿定
 Meditation takes less energy (compared to TV, radio, computer,
video games), with eight precepts, one less meal. Saving
energy 禅修需要较少的能源（相比于电视，收音机 ，电脑，电
子游戏），与八戒，少一餐。节省能源
 Calm and cool mind, useful for the more frequent climate
disasters 镇定和冷静的心念，有助于面对更频繁的气候灾害
 Developing insight for removal of greed, aversion and
ignorance, to eradicate the root cause of suffering 培育慧眼, 去
除贪婪，嗔恚和无明/愚痴，根除苦难的根源
 Concentrate on the sorting and on environmental protection, not
distracted by other’s careless attitude 专注于分拣和环保时，不
会被他人不在乎的心态而心烦意乱

17.  Gratitude is cultivating our wisdom: to be grateful for the things we
have and the things we can leave behind 感恩可以培养我们的智慧：
要感恩我们所拥有的和我们所能传承于后世的
 Practice middle way in environmental protection, recycling from the
source, mindful consumption 实践中道的环保, 清净在源头，正念消费
 Recycling Sorting Centre 回收分类中心
 At level 1 of the multi-storey car park在多层停车场第一楼
 To accept items:接受回收的物品：
 Paper 纸
 Plastics 塑料
 Glass 玻璃
 Metal 金属
 Clothes 衣服
 Electrical Appliances 电器
 Bring water bottles, umbrellas, cup 携带水壶，雨伞，杯子
GRATITUDE CORNER
修福站

18. INTERDEPENDENCE OF RECYCLING
回收的互为緣起
Recycling
回收
Save energy
节约能源
Reduce Greenhouse
Gas Emission 减少温
室气体排放
Save Water, Reduce
Sea Level rising 节约
用水，降低海平面上升
Reduce Greed,
Ignorance,
Cultivate Love
减少贪欲，无明，
培养大爱
Less trash to landfill
减少垃圾进填埋场
Less fossil
fuel burning
减少燃烧化石
燃料
Mitigate Climate
Change减缓气候变化

19.  Sort into these categories: 分为以下类别：
 Black/White papers (only black ink) 黑/白纸（只有黑墨）
 Coloured Papers (including coloured ink) 彩色纸（包括彩色墨）
 Cardboard (including carton box, glossy paper) 纸板（包括纸箱，
光泽纸）
 Newspaper 报纸
 Books are to be kept for thrift shop or tear apart, Dhamma
books by Kong Meng San given to Awaken Publishing 书要留给
旧货店或撕裂, 光明山普觉禅寺的佛书给光明山普觉出版社
 No Laminated paper, paper with food stain, tissue paper 不收
层压纸，沾有食品污渍的纸，纸巾
SORTING: PAPER
分类：纸

20. 2/27/2015
SORTING: PLASTICS
分类：塑料
 Plastic Bags Coloured 有色彩的塑料
袋
 Plastic Bags White and Transparent
塑料袋白色透明
 Plastics Soft White and Transparent
白和透明软塑料
 Plastics soft colour 彩色软塑料
 Plastics Hard 硬塑料
 PET Bottle colour 颜色的PET瓶
 PET Bottle White and Transparent白
色透明 PET瓶
 CD 光盘

21. SORTING: OTHERS
分类：其它
 Glass, be careful, use gloves and avoid sharps 玻璃，小心处理，
使用手套，避开锐利的尖角
 Metal: all metals, only pure and small sized metal, no furniture
金属：所有金属只收纯，小型的金属，不收家具
 Aluminum can: crush the can with thick boots, take the ring tab
out 铝罐：可以用厚靴将其压扁，取出拉环
 Clothes: clean clothes 服装：干净的衣服
 Computers, Phones, Video games 电脑，手机，电子游戏
 Ink cartridge 打印机墨盒
 All items to be cleaned from food and liquid stain, dried, best is
clean our own recyclables. 所有沾有食物和液体污渍的物品必须
先行清洗干净，晾干，清净在源头

22. ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED
不接受的物品
 Big, Bulky Things like furniture more than 1 meter 大件物品像一
米以上的家具
 Very heavy stuffs like weights for lifting 非常重的东西像杠铃
 Food waste or anything with food stain/ dirty/ has ants or other
life forms 食物渣滓或沾有食物污渍/肮脏/有蚂蚁或其他生物滋生
的物件
 Most items not listed as accepted 大多数没有被列为接受回收物
的物品

23. VOLUNTEER ROLES
志工角色
 Maitreya Bodhisattvas: Heads 弥勒菩萨: 首长
 Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas: Welfare 观世音菩萨: 关怀组
 Manjusri Bodhisattvas: Educators 文殊菩萨: 教育组
 Ksitigarbha Bodhisattvas: Collectors 地藏王菩萨: 收藏组
 Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas: Sorters 普贤菩萨: 分类组
 Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattvas: Merchant 大势至菩萨: 商组
 Everyone is sorter 大家都是分类组
Volunteer Commitment 志工承诺
 Up to your schedule 照你的周程安排
 Maitreya (Heads) , Manjusri (Educators), Avalokitesvara
(Welfare), Mahasthamaprapta (Merchant) has to commit in
advance 弥勒（首长），文殊（教育组），观世音（关怀组），
大势至（商组） 具有先行承诺

24. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
试验日程
8:40am Arrival and set up 到达并准备
9:00am Open to public to donate, sorting 向公众开放捐赠回收物，分类
10:30am Dhamma Talk and sharing 佛法讲座和分享
11:20 am Walk to Lunch 步行去午餐
12:30pm Afternoon shift starts, morning shift ends 下午班开始，早班结束
2:00pm Walking meditation, relaxation 行禅, 放松
2:30pm Final sorting, donation stops 最后的分类，捐赠停止
3:30pm Keeping back items 守回物品
4pm Dedication of merits, gratitude sharing 功德回向, 感恩分享

25. INITIAL OPERATIONS
初始操作
 Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays 9:00am-2:30pm for donations,
8:40am-4:00pm for volunteer sorting 周二、 四、 六 9:00am-
2:30pm捐赠， 8:40am-4:00pm 进行志工分类
 I will be the Maitreya Bodhisattva until suitable volunteers can
commit and lead 我将是弥勒菩萨，直到有合适的志工可以承诺
并带领团队
 Once we have 14 Maitreya Bodhisattvas, we will expand to all
seven days (two per day) 一旦我们有14个弥勒菩萨，我们将扩
大回收服务到每星期七天（每天两人）
 Aim for total volunteer leading and managing, minimal from staff
(who will make more projects) 目标是由志工全体领导和管理，
而员工会增划更多的项目
 Thrift shop to be set up in later phase 旧货店将于后期设立

26. MAITREYA BODHISATTVAS: HEADS
弥勒菩萨: 首长
 Maitreya Bodhisattva is the Buddha-to-be, embodiment of
loving-kindness 大慈弥勒菩萨是未来佛
 In charge of managing and leading the volunteers 负责管理和领
导志工
 looking after volunteers’ attendance 照看志愿者的出席
 calling the relevant companies to come and take the recyclables
when it is full 回收物满时联系相关公司前来回收
 direct setting up and keeping the site 监督设置和守住现场
 Reflect: Now I am leading volunteers now to recycle, may I one
day lead all beings to enlightenment 憶： 今我带领志工回收万
物，愿我有一天能领导一切众生达至無上正等正覺

27. AVALOKITESVARA BODHISATTVAS: WELFARE
观世音菩萨: 关怀组
 Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva embodies compassion 大
悲观世音菩萨
 in charge of looking after all volunteers, especially the
elderlies 负责照顾所有志工，尤其是长者
 can also contribute/get food for the volunteers during
break time 也可在休息时间协助志工获取食物
 also talk to, engage, and motivate the volunteers
when appropriate 适时开解，关怀, 激励志工
 in charge of safety 负责安全
 making sure that all volunteers would get gloves and
facemask if required 确保所有志工将得到他们所需的
手套和口罩
 Reflect: Now I am taking care of volunteers, may I
one day relief suffering of all beings 憶： 如今我照顾
志工，愿我有一天能救济一切苦难众生

28. MANJUSRI BODHISATTVAS: EDUCATORS
文殊菩萨: 教育组
 Manjusri Bodhisattva is the embodiment of
wisdom 大智文殊菩萨
 in charge of educating the people who donate the
recyclables on what is accepted/ not accepted
here 负责教育公众光明山可回收的物品
 and how to sort them 以及如何分类物品
 in charge of music and educational programs for
the day 负责当天的音乐和教育项目
 explain posters to visitors 对朝山众解释环保海报
 in charge of meditation and sharing负责禅修和共
享
 Reflect: Now I am educating on how to purify
earth, may I one day educate on how to purify
mind 憶： 如今我教导群众如何净化大地，愿有一
天我能教育大众如何净化心念

29. KSITIGARBHA BODHISATTVAS: COLLECTORS
地藏王菩萨: 收藏组
 Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva embodiment of great vow,
vowed to not be a Buddha until all hells are empty 大
願地藏王菩薩 ，地獄不空、誓不成佛
 Collectors are to help collect recyclables from other
places in the monastery to the sorting center 收藏组
是负责收集来自寺院其他地方的可回收物品到分类中
心
 Help to be logistics in moving stuffs, setting up and
keeping back 照管回收物品的物流,设置和守住现场
 Future: more recycling bin around monastery, help to
collect 未来：寺院周围增设更多的回收箱，帮助收集
 Reflect: Now volunteers depend on me, may I one
day let all beings to depend on me 憶： 如今我为志
工所依，愿有一天我能为一切众生所依

30. MAHASTHAMAPRAPTA BODHISATTVAS: MERCHANT 大
势至菩萨: 商组
 Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva embodies the
power of wisdom 大势至菩萨体现了智慧的力量
 taking care of the thrift shop operations 照管旧货店
的运作
 can help brainstorm how to make art from trash 可以
帮助集体研讨如何将垃圾改创成艺术品
 and then sell the art in the thrift shop 然后在旧货店
售卖该艺术品
 Reflect: Now I am giving items a second life, may I
one day have the wisdom to give eternal life to all
(Nibbana) 憶： 如今我给物品第二次生命，愿有一天
我拥有给予所有众生永生（涅槃）的智慧

31. SAMANTABHADRA BODHISATTVAS: SORTERS
普贤菩萨: 分类组
 Samantabhadra Bodhisattva embodies great
practice 大行普贤菩萨
 It’s everyone’s default job! 这是每个人的工作！
 Sort the items as shown above如上述所示的分类物
品
 Teach new volunteers on how to sort 教新加入的志
工如何分类
 Help Manjusri Bodhisattva invite all who donate to
help sort for ten minutes for them to learn 帮助文殊
菩萨邀请所有捐赠者来协助分类十分钟以便让他们学
习
 Reflect: Now I am practicing green action, may I also
practice the teachings of the Buddha 憶：如今我实
施绿業，愿我也实行佛陀的教诲

32. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
问答