It is not a story; it is a true case among the numerous social problems hidden under an iceberg.

She, a juvenile, went through a miserable life.  A sense of hopelessness and sorrow filled her face with gloom.  The magic power of youth vanished from her young body.

"What I want is an answer.  But even I myself do not know what the right answer is."  She spoke depressingly.

On the screen appeared an adorable baby with innocent eyes revealing a panicking fear that is heart breaking.

"I am so sorry for my baby.  She is innocent."

Yes, the baby is innocent.  This scene with five men and a baby not resembling any of them befuddled the audience.  Five candidates, one by one, came up to the stage.  Nobody was willing to admit that he is the father of the baby.  Their heated mutual accusations bombarded us with force like the American bombs dropped in Afghanistan without cease.  Their dirty words and violent gestures wiped out any trace of loving and romantic times in the past.  With none of them willing to take the responsibility, DNA test was the only way to determine.

One day later, DNA test results came out.

The answer revealed that no one among these five men was the baby's father.  A sense of shame and hopelessness left her in tears.  No matter how the talk show host comforted her, there was no way to heal the injury in her heart - the everlasting hurt.  Holding the innocent baby she did not know how to face her future.

It is both fortunate and unfortunate to live in the highly developed twenty-first century.  The technology provides us a comfortable, convenient, and enjoyable life.  However the material wealth and indulgence also produces countless social problems.  The tragic stories of a decline in the public morals repeat one after another.  The next generation was born out of abnormal relationship.  When they grow up, they themselves likely become the source of social problems.

Buddhism preaches the protection of spiritual environment and emphasizes the cultivation of moral conducts.  The compassionate Buddha understands the problems of sentient beings and gives us many keys to the solutions.  Buddhism emphasizes in keeping precepts as a method to guard our merit.  The principle of keeping precepts is to guide our daily activities, such as walking, standing, sitting, and sleeping to avoid the improper thoughts and actions that like fire harming others and ourselves.  We need to be constantly aware of our thoughts in order to benefit ourselves and others until reaching perfection.

Bodhisattvas fear the cause and sentient beings fear consequence.  Before we do anything, why don't we pause and think carefully to avoid becoming the main character of another tragedy.