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Urge Hillary Clinton to End Child Trafficking
Target: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Sponsored by: Plan USA
Sponsored by: Plan USA
Imagine that you are a child ripped away from your family and sold into a lifetime of slavery or prostitution.
This horror story is a reality for 1.2 million girls and boys who were kidnapped and solid into slavery or prostitution this year. And the rocketing demand for cheap labor and child prostitution means that more children will be trafficked in 2010 if we don't make protecting them a global priority.
Young girls are particularly vulnerable, and they are frequently sold into prostitution, trafficked as "mail order brides" or raped by their "employers."
We must do more to end this appalling abuse of children. Sign the petition urging Secretary of State Clinton to protect children and help end human trafficking.
This horror story is a reality for 1.2 million girls and boys who were kidnapped and solid into slavery or prostitution this year. And the rocketing demand for cheap labor and child prostitution means that more children will be trafficked in 2010 if we don't make protecting them a global priority.
Young girls are particularly vulnerable, and they are frequently sold into prostitution, trafficked as "mail order brides" or raped by their "employers."
We must do more to end this appalling abuse of children. Sign the petition urging Secretary of State Clinton to protect children and help end human trafficking.
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# 11,176:
6:03 pm PST, Feb 9,
Crystal Wiener, Connecticut
# 11,175:
12:59 pm PST, Feb 9,
Deborah Owen, United Kingdom
# 11,174:
11:03 am PST, Feb 8,
Shaz Eravelly, Malaysia
# 11,173:
10:51 am PST, Feb 8,
Florian Robert, France
Child trafficking is such a terrible thing. To take these kids away from their parents, so they get used and abused repeatedly, is something that we need to take care of now. Our world cannot afford to keep losing its children like that, getting them traumatised forever, abandonning them to their sad fate. We need to change this, and change it for good!
Child trafficking is such a terrible thing. To take these kids away from their parents, so they get used and abused repeatedly, is something that we need to take care of now. Our world cannot afford to keep losing its children like that, getting them traumatised forever, abandonning them to their sad fate. We need to change this, and change it for good!
# 11,172:
10:38 am PST, Feb 8,
Maureen Mccarrick, New Jersey
# 11,171:
8:00 am PST, Feb 8,
Lynna Mustapha, Malaysia
'With the Medicine Buddha mantra you can liberate numberless sentient beings from oceans of suffering and bring them to enlightenment.' - Lama Zopa. Tayata Om Bekanze Bekanze Maha BeKanze Radza Samudgate Soha In the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra, the Medicine Buddha is described as having entered into a state of samadhi called "Eliminating All the Suffering and Afflictions of Sentient Beings." From this samadhi state he spoke the Medicine Buddha Dharani.[1] namo bhagavate bhaiṣajyaguru vaiḍūryaprabharājāya tathāgatāya arhate samyaksambuddhāya tadyathā: oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye mahābhaiṣajya-samudgate svāhā. The last line of the dharani is used as the Medicine Buddha's mantra. Medicine Buddha Sutra, as a bodhisattva who made 12 great vows. On achieving Buddhahood, he became the Buddha of the eastern realm of Vaidūryanirbhāsa, or "Pure Lapis Lazuli". The Twelve Vows of the Medicine Buddha upon attaining Enlightenment, according to the Medicine Buddha Sutra[1] are: To illuminate countless realms with his radiance, enabling anyone to become a Buddha just like him. To awaken the minds of sentient beings through his light of lapis lazuli. To provide the sentient beings with whatever material needs they require. To correct heretical views and inspire beings toward the path of the Bodhisattva. To help beings follow the Moral Precepts, even if they failed before. To heal beings born with deformities, illness or other physical sufferings. To help relieve the destitute and the sick. To help women who wish to be reborn as men achieve their desired rebirth. To help heal mental afflictions and delusions. To help the oppressed be free from suffering. To relieve those who suffer from terrible hunger and thirst. To help clothe those who are destitute and suffering from cold and mosquitoes. Oṃ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā - Tara, whose name means "star" or "she who ferries across," is a Bodhisattva of compassion who manifests in female form. "She Who Saves." In particular she represents compassion in action, since she’s in the process of stepping from her lotus throne in order to help sentient beings. 1. Tāre represents salvation from mundane dangers and suffering. Tara is seem as a savioress who can give aid from material threats such as floods, crime, wild animals, and traffic accidents. Tara is therefore said to protect against ordinary worldly dangers. 2. Tuttāre represents deliverance into the spiritual path conceived in terms of individual salvation. In traditional terms, this is the path of the Arhant, which leads to individual liberation from suffering. This is seen in Mahayana Buddhism as a kind of enlightenment in which compassion does not figure strongly. Tara therefore offers individual protection from the spiritual dangers of greed, hatred, and delusion: the three factors that cause us individual suffering. 3. Lastly, ture represents the culmination of the spiritual path in terms of deliverance into the altruistic path of universal salvation – the Bodhisattva path. In the Bodhisattva path we aspire for personal enlightenment, but we also connect compassionately with the sufferings of others, and strive to liberate them at the same time as we seek enlightenment ourselves. Tara therefore delivers us from a narrow conception of the spiritual life. She saves us from the notion that spiritual progress is about narrowly liberating ourselves from our own suffering, and instead leads us to see that true spiritual progress involves having compassion for others. By the time we have been liberated from mundane dangers, liberated from a narrow conception of the spiritual path, and led to a realization of compassion, we have effectively become Tara. In Buddhist practice the “deities” represent our own inner potential. We are all potentially Tara. We can all become Tara. Svaha, according to Monier Monier-William’s Sanskrit Dictionary, means: "Hail!", "Hail to!" or "May a blessing rest on!" We could see this final blessing as symbolizing the recognition that we are, ultimately, Tara. Her mantra can therefore be rendered as something like "OM! Hail to Tara (in her three roles as a savioress)!" Om Tare Tuttare Ture Mama Ayuh Punya Jñana Pustim Kuru Svaha Mama means "mine" and indicates that you’d like to possess these qualities of long life, merit, wisdom, happiness, etc. You can of course choose to wish these qualities for someone else — perhaps for a teacher or for a loved one who is ill. Ayuh is long life (as in Ayurvedic medicine). Punya means the merit that comes from living life ethically, and this merit is said to help one to live long and happily. Jnana is wisdom. Punya and Jnana are known as the Two Accumulations. In order to become enlightened we need to accumulate merit (that is, to develop positive qualities through living ethically and meditating) but we also need to develop wisdom through deep reflection. Wisdom cannot arise without a basis of merit, but merit alone is not enough for us to become enlightened, meaning that becoming a nicer person isn’t enough — we have also to look deeply into ourselves and the world around us and to see the impermanent and insubstantial nature of all things. Pushtim means wealth, abundance, or increase.
'With the Medicine Buddha mantra you can liberate numberless sentient beings from oceans of suffering and bring them to enlightenment.' - Lama Zopa. Tayata Om Bekanze Bekanze Maha BeKanze Radza Samudgate Soha In the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra, the Medicine Buddha is described as having entered into a state of samadhi called "Eliminating All the Suffering and Afflictions of Sentient Beings." From this samadhi state he spoke the Medicine Buddha Dharani.[1] namo bhagavate bhaiṣajyaguru vaiḍūryaprabharājāya tathāgatāya arhate samyaksambuddhāya tadyathā: oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye mahābhaiṣajya-samudgate svāhā. The last line of the dharani is used as the Medicine Buddha's mantra. Medicine Buddha Sutra, as a bodhisattva who made 12 great vows. On achieving Buddhahood, he became the Buddha of the eastern realm of Vaidūryanirbhāsa, or "Pure Lapis Lazuli". The Twelve Vows of the Medicine Buddha upon attaining Enlightenment, according to the Medicine Buddha Sutra[1] are: To illuminate countless realms with his radiance, enabling anyone to become a Buddha just like him. To awaken the minds of sentient beings through his light of lapis lazuli. To provide the sentient beings with whatever material needs they require. To correct heretical views and inspire beings toward the path of the Bodhisattva. To help beings follow the Moral Precepts, even if they failed before. To heal beings born with deformities, illness or other physical sufferings. To help relieve the destitute and the sick. To help women who wish to be reborn as men achieve their desired rebirth. To help heal mental afflictions and delusions. To help the oppressed be free from suffering. To relieve those who suffer from terrible hunger and thirst. To help clothe those who are destitute and suffering from cold and mosquitoes. Oṃ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā - Tara, whose name means "star" or "she who ferries across," is a Bodhisattva of compassion who manifests in female form. "She Who Saves." In particular she represents compassion in action, since she’s in the process of stepping from her lotus throne in order to help sentient beings. 1. Tāre represents salvation from mundane dangers and suffering. Tara is seem as a savioress who can give aid from material threats such as floods, crime, wild animals, and traffic accidents. Tara is therefore said to protect against ordinary worldly dangers. 2. Tuttāre represents deliverance into the spiritual path conceived in terms of individual salvation. In traditional terms, this is the path of the Arhant, which leads to individual liberation from suffering. This is seen in Mahayana Buddhism as a kind of enlightenment in which compassion does not figure strongly. Tara therefore offers individual protection from the spiritual dangers of greed, hatred, and delusion: the three factors that cause us individual suffering. 3. Lastly, ture represents the culmination of the spiritual path in terms of deliverance into the altruistic path of universal salvation – the Bodhisattva path. In the Bodhisattva path we aspire for personal enlightenment, but we also connect compassionately with the sufferings of others, and strive to liberate them at the same time as we seek enlightenment ourselves. Tara therefore delivers us from a narrow conception of the spiritual life. She saves us from the notion that spiritual progress is about narrowly liberating ourselves from our own suffering, and instead leads us to see that true spiritual progress involves having compassion for others. By the time we have been liberated from mundane dangers, liberated from a narrow conception of the spiritual path, and led to a realization of compassion, we have effectively become Tara. In Buddhist practice the “deities” represent our own inner potential. We are all potentially Tara. We can all become Tara. Svaha, according to Monier Monier-William’s Sanskrit Dictionary, means: "Hail!", "Hail to!" or "May a blessing rest on!" We could see this final blessing as symbolizing the recognition that we are, ultimately, Tara. Her mantra can therefore be rendered as something like "OM! Hail to Tara (in her three roles as a savioress)!" Om Tare Tuttare Ture Mama Ayuh Punya Jñana Pustim Kuru Svaha Mama means "mine" and indicates that you’d like to possess these qualities of long life, merit, wisdom, happiness, etc. You can of course choose to wish these qualities for someone else — perhaps for a teacher or for a loved one who is ill. Ayuh is long life (as in Ayurvedic medicine). Punya means the merit that comes from living life ethically, and this merit is said to help one to live long and happily. Jnana is wisdom. Punya and Jnana are known as the Two Accumulations. In order to become enlightened we need to accumulate merit (that is, to develop positive qualities through living ethically and meditating) but we also need to develop wisdom through deep reflection. Wisdom cannot arise without a basis of merit, but merit alone is not enough for us to become enlightened, meaning that becoming a nicer person isn’t enough — we have also to look deeply into ourselves and the world around us and to see the impermanent and insubstantial nature of all things. Pushtim means wealth, abundance, or increase.
# 11,170:
4:16 am PST, Feb 8,
Avak Norbert Kirchner, Germany
# 11,169:
8:35 pm PST, Feb 7,
Mary Robson, California
# 11,167:
2:38 pm PST, Feb 7,
Lynn Lanzon, Michigan
# 11,166:
1:37 pm PST, Feb 7,
Dawn Terrell, North Carolina
# 11,165:
12:37 am PST, Feb 7,
Sharice Buxa, Minnesota
We need to speak for those that don't have a voice!
We need to speak for those that don't have a voice!
# 11,164:
5:19 pm PST, Feb 6,
Mary Carolyn Perry, California
# 11,163:
4:42 pm PST, Feb 6,
Nicole Cuevas, New York
# 11,162:
1:21 am PST, Feb 6,
Fiona Smith, United Kingdom
# 11,161:
6:53 pm PST, Feb 5,
Shannon Fischer, Florida
# 11,160:
12:10 pm PST, Feb 5,
Margaret Shearer, California
Child trafficking throughout the world must be stopped. Children are being sexually abused and killed. Parents must be helped to find jobs so that they do not sell their kids to traffickers. Law enforcement must be increased to stop kidnapping of children for trafficking!
Child trafficking throughout the world must be stopped. Children are being sexually abused and killed. Parents must be helped to find jobs so that they do not sell their kids to traffickers. Law enforcement must be increased to stop kidnapping of children for trafficking!
# 11,159:
8:40 am PST, Feb 5,
Kimberly Tilley, New Hampshire
# 11,158:
5:20 am PST, Feb 5,
Jane Gawthorne, United Kingdom
# 11,157:
3:15 pm PST, Feb 4,
Eleonora Booth, Georgia
# 11,156:
10:30 am PST, Feb 4,
Zara Mora, California
# 11,155:
9:37 am PST, Feb 4,
Name not displayed, Portugal
# 11,154:
12:32 pm PST, Feb 3,
Name not displayed, Ohio
# 11,153:
9:46 am PST, Feb 3,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 11,152:
5:47 am PST, Feb 3,
H.-Klaus Weber, Germany
Dear Secretary of State Clinton, Every girl and boy should be protected from exploitation, but right now children in Haiti, are daily victims of kidnapping and child trade. I urge you to enhance your important work to protect especially haitian children from human trafficking by: * Spreading awareness of human trafficking by including it as a key part of upcoming speeches and responding to tragedies in the news; * Encouraging the work of organizations and countries that are making progress in ending human trafficking; * enforcing stronger laws in the US against child trafficking and * Discussing this issue with key leaders of countries who are known for human trafficking violations, as well as other forms of violence against women and girls, and insisting that these leaders follow the recommendations in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report. Thank you for your support and please continue your commitment to end human trafficking. Klaus Weber
Dear Secretary of State Clinton, Every girl and boy should be protected from exploitation, but right now children in Haiti, are daily victims of kidnapping and child trade. I urge you to enhance your important work to protect especially haitian children from human trafficking by: * Spreading awareness of human trafficking by including it as a key part of upcoming speeches and responding to tragedies in the news; * Encouraging the work of organizations and countries that are making progress in ending human trafficking; * enforcing stronger laws in the US against child trafficking and * Discussing this issue with key leaders of countries who are known for human trafficking violations, as well as other forms of violence against women and girls, and insisting that these leaders follow the recommendations in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report. Thank you for your support and please continue your commitment to end human trafficking. Klaus Weber
# 11,151:
8:25 pm PST, Feb 2,
Nilay Sheth, Maryland
