Life Wisdom

Life Wisdom: Tzu Chi's Medical Volunteers, The Living Buddhas of Our Time

30 September 2021
Life Wisdom on September 23, 2021: I'm grateful that our medical mission has been providing medical services for over 30 years and we've been offering free clinics for nearly 50 years.

Life Wisdom: Creating a World of Bodhisattvas by Doing All That Is Good

29 September 2021
Life Wisdom on September 22, 2021: Sometimes, I'd hear people talk about how their home was in a famous mountain, how much land they owned, how they'd built a mansion on a piece of land, and how great its surroundings were. I'd feel that they are truly

Life Wisdom: Pooling Love Together to Sow Blessings All Around

27 September 2021
Life Wisdom on September 21, 2021: Today is September 21. On this day 22 years ago, a major earthquake occurred in Taiwan, and our memories about it are still fresh. Back then, our Tzu Chi volunteers carried out much relief work. While I didn't know if we had funds for the work, I knew everyone would give with love.

Life Wisdom: Developing Right Views to Becoming Awakened

24 September 2021
Life Wisdom on September 20, 2021: Look at how our TIMA members gather together for a convention. I’m very grateful. Every year at this time TIMA members around the world would come to Taiwan for an annual convention. This year, however, they couldn’t. So, the convention was held online.

Life Wisdom: Holding on to Our Vows with Firm Determination

23 September 2021
Life Wisdom on September 19, 2021: When a person is ill, he needs the care and love from doctors and nurses. Let us sooth their pain gently, so they can understand that this kind of love is a sincere love; this is very important.

Life Wisdom: Curbing Our Desires and Doing Good Every Day

22 September 2021
Life Wisdom on September 18, 2021: Only when we practice repentance can we eliminate the impurities and create a pure land in this world. This is how repentance can bring about purity. We must quickly curb our desires and create more ways to guide people towards goodness. See how our Tzu Chi members do all they can to guide more people to do good.

Life Wisdom: Learning the Dharma to be Awakened

21 September 2021
Life Wisdom on September 17, 2021: What I hope to see the most is volunteers grow in wisdom and strengthen their vows. This is being awakened. Having spoken so much, I still want to say thank you to volunteers and sincerely give my blessings to all the volunteers around the world.

Life Wisdom: More Goodness, Less Disaster

20 September 2021
Life Wisdom on September 15, 2021: Apart from that, we must also share Tzu Chi's history with all. By understanding history, we can cultivate wisdom. When we see something, it's easy for us to know what it is.

Life Wisdom: Leaving a Legacy of Love in Palu, Indonesia

17 September 2021
Life Wisdom on September 14, 2021: Our volunteers in Indonesia truly have accomplished a lot. They contributed money and efforts. Apart from applying for land acquisition from the government, they also encouraged everyone to give with love.

Life Wisdom: Racing Against Time to Impart Goodness in All

14 September 2021
Life Wisdom on September 02, 2021: Jing Si Aphorisms can spark students' creativity and inspire goodness and love in them. Senior Tzu Chi members who joined Tzu Chi when they were college students are now pillars of society. Tzu Chi members who used to be their teachers are even more senior and all the more need to encourage their students who have become teachers to pass on goodness.
An open heart can accommodate the universe; a closed heart can’t even accommodate a drop of water or tiny sand.
- Kata Perenungan Master Cheng Yen -