News & Stories
Returning Home for a Blessed Lantern Festival
The fifteenth day of the lunar year in 2014, also known as the Lantern Festival, coincided with Valentine’s Day. For the first time, Tzu Chi members celebrated the occasion by gathering at Jing Si Hall; a strong sense of family...
Driving Each Other On for the Dharma
The Educational Recycling station at Woodlands is the fourth venue where Tzu Chi volunteers can take in the morning Dharma teachings by Master Cheng Yen, the others being Jing Si Abode at Pasir Ris, the Tzu Chi Free Clinic at...
Recycling at Source for a Happy New Year
Before the advent of the lunar new year, Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) organized a charity bazaar nearby the Pasir Ris MRT station. Apart from accepting donations from the public, volunteers also hoped to promote the concept of vegetarianism even as...
TIMA’s Sweet Confections of Wisdom and Blessings
During the two day Tzu Chi 2014 Lunar New Year charity bazaar held at the open field beside Pasir Ris MRT station, eggless confections made by medical professionals and volunteers from TIMA Singapore (Tzu Chi International Medical Association, Singapore) flew...
Creating Positive Affinities With Thousands Via a Charity Bazaar
A month after the curtains fell over the “Dharma as Water”stage adaptation, the participants of the adaptation continued to uphold their vegetarian fast as they joyfully engaged in yet another undertaking. With the strong rapport that they had built up...
The Unseen Hands Behind the Bazaar
The success of the 2014 charity bazaar was made possible by the numerous pair of hands that made their silent contribution felt in more ways than one. From the initial preparations till the close of the bazaar, the various functional...
The Water Repentance Teachings Penetrate Hearts
The 2013 “Dharma as Water” stage adaptation may have concluded, but the participants still remember what the six months of rehearsals and the two years of community study sessions have ingrained in them. A total of 960 Tzu Chi members...
Tzu Chi Foundation Singapore 2014 New Year distribution “Celebrating the Horse Year with a heart full of blessings”
On the first day of 2014, Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) held a New Year Distribution event, inviting 244 beneficiaries and their family members to gather at Jing Si Hall and together, look forward to a peaceful and beautiful year. Having...
Tzu Chi Teenagers Develop Teamwork Over Nature Hike
On December 28 and 29, 2013, Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) held a two-day camp for participants of the Tzu Chi teenagers’ class at the conclusion of the year-long course. On the first day of the camp, the teenagers went on...
Singapore Kicks Off Street Fundraiser for Typhoon Haiyan
At the conclusion of the “Dharma as Water” stage adaptation on 15 December 2013, Singapore volunteers tirelessly embarked on yet another undertaking and kicked off the “Typhoon Haiyan Street Fundraiser”as they fanned out across the island to solicit donations from...
Cultivation in the Face of Impermanence and Illness
Husband and wife, Zhu Ming Ren and Lu Chuan Qing, have been involved in Tzu Chi activities for nearly twenty years. Having participated in the “Dharma as Water” stage adaptation, they had the opportunity to learn the teachings and deeply...
Good Deeds are no Insurance Against Misfortune
Long-time Tzu Chi volunteer Khoo Khean Yee has been a distributer of herbs for 28 years. In 2013, he faced one of the biggest challenges in his life. Overnight, he learnt that he had suffered a bad debt of more...