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Tzu Chi Singapore’s 20th Anniversary Bowing Pilgrimmage
The scene of a dignified procession of volunteers taking part in the bowing pilgrimage solemnly was a fitting symbolism of the efforts that Tzu Chi had put in over the last twenty years in Singapore. On 6 October 2013, 626...
My Daughter, a Script from My Past
When her youngest daughter was born saddled with illness, just like her first child who had passed away, Cao Su Hua was thunderstruck and wondered, “What bad karma have I forged in the past?” After more than 10 years of...
Going Vegetarianism During the Mid-Autumn Festival Distribution
With the Mid-Autumn Festival coming up, volunteers from Tzu Chi Singapore shared the idea of celebrating the festival by encouraging vegetarianism to protect the environment. Care recipients were invited to collect ‘vegetarian meal count cards”to record the number of vegetarian...
Loving Communication in a Chaotic Technological Era
Is technology a tool to transmit love or an obstruction to communication? During the “Advanced Technology vs the Parent-child Relationship” talk on 30 August 2013, school Head of Department (HOD), Li Wen Yi and teacher, Huang Ya Ping from the...
Tzu Chi Teenagers’ Class Present“The Four Evil Karmas of Speech”and Apply Them to Daily Life
During the teenagers’ class on 28 August 2013, 92 young teens presented a segment from the “Dharma as Water” stage adaptation on the four evil karmas of speech - abusive language, lying, flattery and gossip, to their parents. Through almost...
Have You Gone Vegetarian?
“Have you gone vegetarian?”In convincing our friends and relatives to become vegetarian, it is never easy even when we can do so face-to-face. For Sister Chen Sai Zhen, the use of technology as a means to transcend geographical barriers proves...
“Faith”, “Will” and “Actions” – Doing Things with a Resolute Heart
8 August 2013 was Vesak Day, a public holiday, and also the annual Singapore Tzu Ching Leadership Camp. On this day, a total of 89 Tzu Chings, Tzu Chi seniors and parent instructors, took the chance to gather together to...
Taking On a Hallowed Mission Bravely
Just as there is only one planet Earth and one Master Cheng Yen, in our one lifetime, we have only one chance to make the best of it. On 4 August during the half day training camp attended by commissioners...
A True Friend For Life in the Jing Si Aphorisms
On 3 August 2013, Madam Hung Su-chen, who had formerly undertaken the responsibility as an editor working on the book compilation of the “Jing Si Aphorisms”, shared her experience in compiling both the book as well as the Tzu Chi...
Kickstarting the Compilation of Tzu Chi Overseas History as We Celebrate its 50th Anniversary
History is a record of both good and evil; we should beware the committing of evil and promote the spread of goodness. The Tzu Chi people have walked the path of the Bodhisattvas for close to half a century, and...
Doing Away With Superstition During the Seventh Lunar Month
During the Seventh Lunar Month, Jing Si Hall hosted three sessions of the activity, “Auspicious Seventh Month Prayers – A Heart Full of Gratitude and Joy,”and volunteers and members of the community were invited to take part. A total of...
Tzu Chi College of Technology Presents “A Forest Legend”
During a recent cultural exchange with Tzu Chi volunteers in Southeast Asia, students from Tzu Chi College of Technology in Hualien, Taiwan, planned and prepared two programs, a children’s drama entitled “A Forest Legend” and a sign language musical, which...