Since 2003, at the age of 53, Chen Si has been working as a volunteer on the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge to persuade the light-living people on the bridge. In 18 years, he saved a total of 412 survivors. In 2015, his deeds were also made into a documentary by foreign directors "Angels in Nanjing". He said: "I jumped out to do it first, that is, to make an appeal to the society, hoping that we would care about the people around us and care about other people." ”
Seeds of salvation sprouted
In 2000, Chen Si one day on the way to buy goods, passed through the Yangtze River Bridge to save a little girl, and it was also at this time that the seeds of saving people sprouted in his heart.
Three years later, Chen Si volunteered as a volunteer worker on the bridge, but it was also that year that Chen Si saw on TV that a female graduate of Nanda University, who was also a fellow suqian, held a graduation certificate and jumped in Nanbao. This made him feel very remorseful, and from that time on, Chen Si felt that he should try to save people.
Since then, he began to insist on waiting on the Yangtze River Bridge to rescue the Suicide attempt at the Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing. He would judge from his mental outlook whether to make dangerous moves. Even if the person is judged to be okay for the first time, he will still be guarded by his side to prevent accidents.
He will also mobilize his network of contacts to give people in need some living expenses, find a job, find a place to live, so that they can start over.
Chen Si said that every day will save a lot of people, and every day will see many people jumping. Sometimes in the dream, I run to save people, but after a few meters, people jump down. It will feel as if it is your own responsibility, and your heart will be very unhappy. There are also those who have survived, who have saved him this time, but next time he will choose to commit suicide.
"Saving a second is a bodhisattva"
Since 2005, he has been under a lot of pressure. He went to a monastery, and a master told him that if you want to save people for a second, you are a bodhisattva. The master of the monastery also encouraged him to say that it is your credit to you to save him for one second and let him live one more second.
Listening to Teacher Father's words, Chen Si was immediately relieved. He said: I do my best!
In 2006, Chen Si rented a private house at his own expense and named it "Soul Station", providing a spiritual harbor for more people with psychological problems to heal. In this small spiritual station, one traumatized person after another is soothed, and those who try to live on the bridge are helped to channel psychological pressure and find the meaning of life again.
At present, there are dozens of resident volunteers at the Soul Station, who come every day to clean up, cook for the depressed, take care of the living, etc. Later, the Shantou Charity Foundation learned of his deeds and funded his public welfare actions.
In 18 years, a total of 5,700 people followed him to the rescue, and he told these volunteers: Take the love away and warm your city. Because the pace of life has been too fast in these years, the mental burden has increased, and there are many people who jump off the bridge. Chen Si appealed: "In addition to taking care of your own body, you must also take care of your own mind, and you must be healthy." ”