A Call For Assistance
Please, all sentient beings, those with the ability to help, give assistance to those suffering from the devastation from the massive natural forces unleashed on December 26th in the SE Asia countries within the Indian Ocean region.  Many people are suffering or have lost their lives and loved ones.  Hundreds of thousands killed, millions without food, water, shelter, medicine, clothing, everything stripped from them by the power of nature.  Please help awaken compassion in those with the ability to help in this crisis and send relief.  Several NGO’s and governmental agencies can send relief and need your help for a sustained period.  Send your money and assistance to groups like Mercy Corps, the Red Cross, and agencies approved by the UN.  Immediate help needed throughout this region in SE Asia.  I, Adhisila, have started to raise some money at temples and festivals and from personal reserves to help but I am only one being and we need many more to help.  Please do what you can to help.  Awaken to the needs of those suffering beings.  Put yourself in their place.  Feel empathy for the collective suffering of humanity.  Please end war and violence during this period (as a start) in order to send more positive energy to help those in immediate need.  Please end all war and violence, especially that based on polarizing ideology, greed, hatred, and ignorance, and put the necessary resources to help instead of to harm.  Can there be a clearer signal to what needs to be done on this earth in order to bring about a more humanist approach to our needs for peace and love?  Beings awaken, we need you now.

With loving-kindness,

Venerable Adhisila
Buddha Powers
from the Hollywood Hermitage
Portland Oregon