News & Stories
A Teenager Enters the Dharma
After having presented a segment from the "Dharma as Water" stage adaptation entitled“The Four Evil Karmas of Speech” together with his class mates in August 2013, Cai Shun Yu, a student of the Tzu Chi Teenagers Class, realized that the...
Dharma as Water – in the Lion City
This year is the 20th anniversary of the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) and with the blessings of Master Cheng Yen, volunteers in the Lion City piously observed vegetarian fasts and attended Dharma sharing sessions with great diligence, their efforts culminating...
Reviving a Thousand Year Old Teaching
“Buddhism must be relevant to the times we are living in. While prayer and repentance may be made in a certain manner, the main thing is that our hearts are purified in the process and we correct our past transgressions.”...
Readying the Dharma Ship
The Singapore Indoor Stadium can seat 8,000 people and is Singapore’s largest performance venue. Over the last two years, as the Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) embarked on public presentations of segments of the “Dharma as Water” stage adaptation (a.k.a. sutra...
A Mother and Daughter’s Spiritual Path
Living an ordinary life studded with challenges, Tay Lee Khim may have undergone much trials and tribulations, yet armed with a firm belief in the karmic law of cause and effect, she joyfully accepts what comes her way as she...
A Child’s Strength Moves an Entire Family
Wei Ci Xian may be just a little girl of ten, but she is very passionate about the “Dharma as Water”stage adaptation. Not only did she undertake the role of a sign language facilitator, helping to perfect the movement and...
Actualizing Dharma With Vegetarianism and Compassion
Chen Xing Rong, is a typical 44 year old Singaporean. He not only studies the Buddhist Dharma but also assumes the responsibility to support and spread the Dharma. In 2010, he got in touch with Tzu Chi and took part...
A Chef Forsakes Her Meat Cleavers
Wu Hui Li may be a vegetarian herself, but in the past, as a chef, her hands had not only instructed countless numbers of her students, they had also prepared countless varieties of animal flesh and sea creatures for human...
Taiwan Team Cheers On the Singapore “Dharma as Water” Team
During the period from 29 November 2013 to 1 December 2013, Chief Director and Choreographer of the “Dharma as Water” stage adaptation, Sister Ci Yue, and her team of eight volunteers made the trip down from Taiwan to Singapore. They...
Tzu Chi Singapore Raises Funds for Philippine Disaster in a Meeting of Hearts
When Typhoon Haiyan, a maximum category-five storm, ravaged the Philippines, it left a massive trail of destruction in its wake. The Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) started receiving numerous calls from the public, asking if they could make donations to help...
Dharma With Determination – When Language is No Barrier
After understanding the law of cause and effect, Lin Hua Zhen decided to face up to her karma with an attitude of calmness and acceptance as challenges unfolded in her life. A language barrier too, was no obstacle in the...
Tzu Chings Promote Vegetarianism
2013 marks the third year of Tzu Ching’s VERO (short for ‘Veggie Hero’) campaign to promote vegetarianism. Following the lead of the “Consume 80% and save the rest” campaign, students donated the remaining 20% into their bamboo coin banks to...