Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Hundreds of magicians learn CPR life-saving techniques

The Ministry of the Interior and the Taiwan Buddhist Association jointly organized the first special training class for monks and monks in disaster prevention. Today (5th), 100 monks from temples across Taiwan were called to the Global Buddhist Federation Pavilion in Pingtung County to participate. Through cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), automatic external electrodefibrillator (AED) operation and disaster prevention and response training, the Buddhist spirit of compassion and relief can be transformed into practical actions to protect lives, and also inject more civil power into Taiwan's "whole-of-society defense resilience".

Tung Chien-hung, Parliamentary Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior, said that Taiwan is located in an earthquake zone and an area frequently hit by typhoons. In the face of various natural disasters, in addition to the government's disaster relief system, it also requires the joint investment of civil society. In particular, religious groups such as Buddhism often mobilize manpower and materials immediately when major disasters occur and invest in disaster relief work. This not only calms people's hearts, but also promotes the government. An indispensable partner in animal prevention and disaster relief work, if they can further possess professional disaster prevention knowledge and preliminary rescue skills, it will help improve the ability to respond immediately when a disaster occurs. This is the first time to cooperate with a Buddhist group and specially invite monks to participate in the training, so that the temple monks can provide preliminary rescue at critical moments and gain valuable golden rescue time for injured and sick patients.

Master Huichang, chairman of the Taiwan Buddhist Federation, said, "Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda." Protecting life is a concrete practice of the Buddhist spirit of compassion. He has also learned long-term care and AED related skills, and deeply understands the importance of first aid knowledge, which is an important backing for protecting life safety. By combining the compassion and care of traditional religions with modern disaster prevention and rescue knowledge, through practical operations, he hopes that the master can become a bodhisattva who saves lives in emergencies.