"taming our mind and doing good to benefit humanity 籲淨心靈利人..."

20130314---Taming Our Mind and Doing Good to Benefit Humanity(籲淨心靈利人群)
Lecturer: Master Cheng-Yan Subject: 20130314---Taming Our Mind and Doing Good to Benefit Humanity(籲淨心靈利人群) Date: March 14, 2013 Although the U.S.-South Korea military exercises are said to be defensive in nature, Pyongyang sees them as a declaratio

20130320---Taming Our Minds to Mitigate Disasters(眾生共業惑業苦)
Lecturer: Master Cheng-Yan Subject:20130320---Taming Our Minds to Mitigate Disasters(眾生共業惑業苦) Date: March 20, 2013 After a bomb exploded, we went out to clean up the debris. Then, another bomb was dropped and I was sent to the hospital. When the

20110305 ---Guarding Our Mind from Temptations (心靈的防火牆)
Date: March 5th, 2011 (Saturday) Lecturer: Master Zheng-Yan Subject: Guarding Our Mind from Temptations 心靈的防火牆 A Tzu Chi volunteer, Mr. Hsieh said: “I used to have a lot of business dinners and every day, all I thought about was drinking good wine

20110407 --- Finding the Pure Land in Our Mind (佛國淨土永不毀)
Date: April 7th, 2011 (Thursday) Lecturer: Master Zheng-Yan Subject: Finding the Pure Land in Our Mind In November last year, the northern state of Perlis in Malaysia was hit by massive floods. On March 28 this year, Perlis was again hit by floods

20110321 --- Refraining from Wrongdoing and Accumulating Good Karma (???????)
Date: March 21th, 2011 (Monday) Lecturer: Master Zheng-Yan Subject: Refraining from Wrongdoing and Accumulating Good Karma ??????? “Eating shark fins is inhumane and not eco-friendly. In a year, Taiwan catches 60 to 70 thousand tons of sharks. Yet we

20110401 --- Practicing Loving-kindness, Compassion, Joy, and Equanimity to Benefit All (四無量心濟蒼生)
Date: April 1st, 2011 (Friday) Lecturer: Master Zheng-Yan Subject: Practicing Loving-kindness, Compassion, Joy, and Equanimity to Benefit All 四無量心濟蒼生 We often hear people describe Australia and New Zealand as heaven on earth. Many people say they

20130326--- Making Good Use of Our Bodies and Resources (法親相惜立典範)
Lecturer: Master Cheng-Yan Subject: 20130326--- Making Good Use of Our Bodies and Resources (法親相惜立典範) Date: March 26, 2013 Yesterday, I learned that Mr. Lin, who was our volunteer Rui-zhen’s husband, passed away and donated his body for pathologica

20101015-- Mitigating Disasters by Protecting the Earth through Recycling (世間萬象涵聖諦)
Date: October 15th, 2010 (Friday) Lecturer: Master Zheng-Yan Subject: Mitigating Disasters by Protecting the Earth through Recycling 世間萬象涵聖諦 “You’ve stacked them so neatly.” “People from the town hall even came for a visit. They were amazed to see

20121211—Persevering on the Path of Tzu Chi (發心如初傳法脈)
Lecturer: Master Cheng-Yan Subject: Persevering on the Path of Tzu Chi (發心如初傳法脈) Date: Dec. 11, 2012 (Master Cheng-Yan) It’s nice everyone can gather together like this today. Early this morning, I met with our senior Tzu Chi volunteers in

20130516--The True Meaning of Filial Piety精進不懈勿矜誇
20130516--The True Meaning of Filial Piety精進不懈勿矜誇 With a heart of sincere piety, we pray for everyone to be safe and well. This is what we sincerely pray for every day. But, to have peace and safety we need to first take the law of cause and

20100912 -- Cherishing Resources and Extending Their Lifespan (疼惜資源續物命)
Date: September 12th, 2010 (Sunday) Lecturer: Master Zheng-Yan Subject: Cherishing Resources and Extending Their Lifespan 疼惜資源續物命 This place looks bright and spacious. One couple was very kind to provide this place for us to do recycling work. Only

20110408 --- Giving Rise to Good Thoughts to Mitigate Disasters (儉樸生活能補天)
Date: April 8th, 2011 (Friday) Lecturer: Master Zheng-Yan Subject: Giving Rise to Good Thoughts to Mitigate Disasters Last night, at 11:32 p.m. local time, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. A tsunami warning

20100903-- Tzu Chi's Advanced Surgical Simulations Realized by Body Donors' Selfless Giving (臨床教學再進階)
Date: September 3rd,2010 (Friday) Lecturer: Master Zheng-Yan Subject: Tzu Chi's Advanced Surgical Simulations Realized by Body Donors'Selfless Giving 臨床教學再進階 The vast sea of medical knowledge is indeed boundless, and there is still much for us to

20130328--- Pooling everyone’s Love Together for the Common Good
Lecturer: Master Cheng-Yan Subject: 20130328--- Pooling everyone’s Love Together for the Common Good (匯聚愛心聚善緣) Date: March 28, 2013 Yesterday, a magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck Nantou, Taiwan. As it was very shallow in depth, it was felt