On December 28 and 29, 2013, Tzu Chi Foundation (Singapore) held a two-day camp for participants of the Tzu Chi teenagers’ class at the conclusion of the year-long course. On the first day of the camp, the teenagers...
Education |
At the conclusion of the “Dharma as Water” stage adaptation on 15 December 2013, Singapore volunteers tirelessly embarked on yet another undertaking and kicked off the “Typhoon Haiyan Street Fundraiser”as they fanned out across the island to...
Charity |
Husband and wife, Zhu Ming Ren and Lu Chuan Qing, have been involved in Tzu Chi activities for nearly twenty years. Having participated in the “Dharma as Water” stage adaptation, they had the opportunity to...
People, Miscellaneous |
Long-time Tzu Chi volunteer Khoo Khean Yee has been a distributer of herbs for 28 years. In 2013, he faced one of the biggest challenges in his life. Overnight, he learnt that he had suffered a bad debt...
People, Miscellaneous |
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...
People, Miscellaneous |
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...
Miscellaneous |
“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.”
Miscellaneous |
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 ...
Miscellaneous |
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 works out her karma.
People, Miscellaneous |
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...
People |
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 in the “Water as Dharma” ...
People |
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 consumption...
People |
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 helped boost the...
Humanistic Culture |
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...
Charity |
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 face of her determination to...
People |
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 help...
Education |
“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, mother and son drifted even..
People |
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...
Education |
