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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...
Forget Not the Duty of a Son
“Is she really my biological mother?” Wang Yong Zheng had asked himself in anguish. As a child, Wang had never been on the receiving end of kind and caring words from his mother; after the passing of his maternal grandmother,...
First Collaborative Parent-Child Class Comes to a Happy Conclusion
Tzu Chi Singapore’s first collaborative effort with the Bukit Batok community, a parent-child educational course, was organized this year. At the conclusion of six months of classes, 64 people from the RC, volunteers, parents and students participated in the course...
Getting Daddy to be a Good Person – A Daughter’s Loving Reminder
“Yes, daddy is not considered a good man, but he is willing to change,”says Shen You Cheng. His daughter, En Qi, is his“little teacher.” She not only urges him to learn sign language, but also uses the Jing Si Aphorisms...
A Rehearsal from the Heart
On 26 and 27 October 2013, Tzu Chi volunteers took up their places on each side of the stage tagged A and B. With 504 actors on each side of the stage, it was an opportunity for all to finally...
Subtracting the Unnecessary to Derive the Sum of Happiness
In life, there are many different combinations of factors that give rise to happiness. What makes up the sum total of your happiness? Pre and post cancer, it did not seem as if there was any difference in the combination...
Managing Personal Challenges With No Downtime
Taking to heart the sense of urgency that Master Cheng Yen so often speaks of, Zhou Chun Hua does not allow herself to slacken for even a moment. The feisty sexagenarian actively takes part in Tzu Chi activities and has...
Spiritual Training With the Help of Sandbags and Kneepads
Lin Jin Yan is a nursing coordinator of TIMA and also a sign language facilitator for TIMA members. Watching her singing and confidently using the accompanying sign language on stage as she knelt down and stood up as required in the...