Chinese richest man Li Ka-shing: I'm a student of Buddhism (reproduced)
Li Ka-shing dropped out of school at the age of 12 to make a living in the community, and y appreciated the importance of health and knowledge, and at the same time believe that helping the helpless is the most meaningful thing in the world, education and health care are the foundation of the country's wealth and strength, and he also realized that the individual power in the end is limited, the only way to make greater contributions to the community and the country is to have successful careers. He also recognizes that the power of the individual is limited.
Li Ka-shing's mother, Zhuang Biqin, is a devout Buddhist, and under her tutelage, Li Ka-shing grew up "advocating Buddhism and Confucianism, with an infinite amount of goodness". Buddhist doctrine warns the world, good and evil will be rewarded, there is a cause and effect, and advise the world, advocate goodness and virtue, and do more good deeds. It is the teachings that mothers regard as a code of conduct and as the purpose of educating their children.
As a mother, she loved young Ka-shing very much, but did not just spoil and favor him, but often taught to teach the teachings of Buddhism, teaching children to be compassionate and honest. Every evening, his mother, Zhuang Biqin, would teach him to read and write, and often told him stories about many literati and national heroes of the past dynasties, including Lin Zexu, a national hero who was devoted to Buddhism. Therefore, Li Ka-shing, both as a person and in business, insisted on "honesty, profitability and conscience", and performed many good deeds.
With the development of his career, Li Ka-shing began to be enthusiastic about public welfare, established the Li Ka-shing Foundation in 1980, in order to education, medical care, culture, public welfare undertakings to make more systematic funding. Over the years, Li Ka-shing has donated more than HK$5 billion, of which about 70 percent is funded through the LKSF, while the remaining 30 percent is donated by his conglomerates under the impetus of Mr. Li. In 2006, Li Ka-shing announced that he would donate 70 percent of his assets - about $35 billion in equity!
Li Ka-shing donated funds to establish the Li Ka-shing Care and Attention Home for the Elderly, which is a large-scale, well-equipped home covering an area of about 1,500 square meters, and can accommodate several hundred elderly people to receive nursing care and hospice care, making it possible to build and open the home within a short period of time, where many elderly people live out their twilight years.
Li Ka-shing in the mainland and Hong Kong, often donate hundreds of millions of dollars of huge funds, used to build statues of Buddha, repair temples, build bridges and pave the way, education, medical support, sponsorship of scientific research, promote culture, disaster relief and other charitable donations. The world's largest Buddha on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, Li Ka-shing is a major contributor. Mr. Li Ka-shing has a motto: "In this life, to be able to contribute to the community when I can, and to seek and build a better life for the helpless, I will feel very meaningful, and regard this as a lifelong commitment."
Lee Ka-shing's wife, Chong Yuet-ming, also a devout believer in Buddhism, dying will, the aftermath according to the Buddhist system, Mr. Lee and his family members one by one to comply with the instructions to help him to the end of his life, and buried in Hong Kong's Buddhist cemetery. Over the years, Li Ka-shing in the name of his late wife donated a lot of charity and public welfare of huge sums of money, in addition to Li Ka-shing many donations of buildings are also named after his late wife, such as: Chuang Yuet-ming Secondary School, Buddhist Li Chuang Yuet-ming nursing home, the University of Hong Kong Chuang Yuet-ming Center, Chuang Yuet-ming Science Building, Chuang Yuet-ming Chemistry Building and so on, including the Li Ka-shing Foundation donated a huge amount of money Li Chuang Yuet-ming Buddhist Studies Research Fund, and so on.
Lee's wealthy Buddhist family is representative of those in Hong Kong and Taiwan. They are convinced of the karma of the three worlds, the inherent and inevitable connection between giving and wealth, and know that the spirit and demeanor of compassion is a hallmark of the Buddha and Bodhisattvas. It has also been proved that only in this way can we have the right timing, the right location and the right people; only in this way can our business prosper and our society be peaceful.
On March 28, 2006, Li Ka-shing sent a congratulatory letter to the first World Buddhist Forum, in the letter, Li Ka-shing looks forward to in the world under the leadership of the representatives of the Buddhists, Buddhism to carry forward, implement the Buddha's "no cause, great mercy, the same body, great compassion," the grand wishes of the masses to get the Dharma to be nourished to achieve the purification of the human heart! We will make more contributions to the human society.
Li also sponsored the construction of the world's second largest outdoor statue of the Goddess of Mercy in Tai Po, as well as the construction of a Tang Dynasty-style temple next to the statue. The Kwun Yum statue is taller than the Tian Tan Buddha on Lantau Island, the second tallest in the world after the Guanyin on the Sea in Sanya on Hainan Island, which is 32 meters shorter and made of bronze.
The Buddhist temple under construction at the same time is called Tsz Shan Temple, a wooden building modeled on the Tang Dynasty, where the entire structure will not use a single nail, and the columns and beams are combined using a complex arch structure, making it another Tang Dynasty building in Hong Kong after the Chi Lin Nunnery. The magnificent scale of the Chi Shan Temple is divided into three main parts, including a Daxiongbao Hall covering an area of about 900 square meters, a Kwun Yum Hall of more than 300 square meters and a 650-square-meter Venerable Master's Quarters, with a total floor area of more than 5,000 square meters. For Li, the purpose of the temple's development is not for tourism, but purely for the promotion of Buddhism and Buddhist studies.
Lee's quotes in response to a reporter's interview reflect his calm to goodness, compassion and wisdom. "I am not very particular about what brand of clothes and shoes I wear. It is common to wear a suit for ten or eight years. Five out of ten pairs of my leather shoes are old. When the shoes are broken, it's too bad to throw them away, so I can wear them after mending them. The watch I wear on my hand is also ordinary, and has been used for many years."
"Sincerity to others, responsible for doing things, extensive good karma, naturally more people's help. Temperance, as the case may be, do not make non-thinking, the state of mind is safe and sound, there will be a lot less pain of disillusionment."