Sorry, not a supermodel or actress, puh..lease :P they have caused enough global 'suffering' through the plague of "I'm-not-thin-enough" suffered by women in many countries worldwide, let's not glorify them and make more women go on diet and plastic surgeries.
Ok, she's not one of the "Women We Envy" on Forbes's 793 billionaires' list either.
She's just a simple buddhist nun who does extraordinary things :) I watched the long awaited documentary featured on Discovery Channel: PORTRAITS TAIWAN: DHARMA MASTER CHENG YAN.
With the support of only thirty housewives who set aside US$0.013 of their grocery money each day, Master Cheng Yen embarked on her mission of helping the poor and educating the more prosperous. She and the newly formed Tzu Chi Merits Society established a charity fund to provide relief and assistance for the poor. That was 1966. Tzu means "compassion" while Chi means "relieve or aid".
Today, Tzu Chi is an international organization with over 5 million supporters and over 30,000 certified commissioners around the globe. They are famous for their international relief effort including the 2004 Tsunami, Katrina and the recent Indonesian earthquake. And the part that I like most, in one of their rebuilding project in Indonesia, apart from houses, schools and hospitals for the Indonesians, they also built a mosque! It's time people learn more about religious tolerance and make the world a more peaceful and harmonious place.
Tzu Chi 's recycling effort is also impressive, in 2003 alone, Tzu Chi 's 40,000 environmental volunteers helped recycle 123,000 tons of reusable materials in Taiwan. In Malaysia, recycling on a mass scale, which involves many volunteers, has led to the funding of Tzu Chi’s Dialysis Center in Penang.
Two amazing women in one week, may be a bit hard to "digest" for an "idiot" like me (yes, a real idiot, unlike the "idiot servant" of a Mahasiddha, far away from achieving that :P).
Both Master Cheng Yan and Mother Teresa are simple, religious women whose great work were inspired by suffering and death, and of course their love for all to relieve suffering. Both of them lead a "poor" and simple life, existing to only serve others. Mother Teresa sworn an extra vow to service the poor on top of the poverty vow and Master Cheng Yan does not receive offering to her personally (the monastic disciples at the Jing Si Abode are self-reliant, growing their own food in their own farm!)
Showtime for this inspiring documentary on Discovery Channel on Astro this week (Malaysian time GMT +8.00) :
19-Jun-2006 10:00:00 AM
20-Jun-2006 8:00:00 PM
21-Jun-2006 1:00:00 AM
21-Jun-2006 7:00:00 AM
21-Jun-2006 11:00:00 AM
25-Jun-2006 6:00:00 AM
Well, if you could force yourself (and some even had to pinch themselves!) to wake up to watch some men chasing after a round object in the field kicking it into a net, I am sure this is a relatively easier task ;) At least you don't have to wake up at 3 am!
Ok, she's not one of the "Women We Envy" on Forbes's 793 billionaires' list either.
She's just a simple buddhist nun who does extraordinary things :) I watched the long awaited documentary featured on Discovery Channel: PORTRAITS TAIWAN: DHARMA MASTER CHENG YAN.
With the support of only thirty housewives who set aside US$0.013 of their grocery money each day, Master Cheng Yen embarked on her mission of helping the poor and educating the more prosperous. She and the newly formed Tzu Chi Merits Society established a charity fund to provide relief and assistance for the poor. That was 1966. Tzu means "compassion" while Chi means "relieve or aid".
Today, Tzu Chi is an international organization with over 5 million supporters and over 30,000 certified commissioners around the globe. They are famous for their international relief effort including the 2004 Tsunami, Katrina and the recent Indonesian earthquake. And the part that I like most, in one of their rebuilding project in Indonesia, apart from houses, schools and hospitals for the Indonesians, they also built a mosque! It's time people learn more about religious tolerance and make the world a more peaceful and harmonious place.
Tzu Chi 's recycling effort is also impressive, in 2003 alone, Tzu Chi 's 40,000 environmental volunteers helped recycle 123,000 tons of reusable materials in Taiwan. In Malaysia, recycling on a mass scale, which involves many volunteers, has led to the funding of Tzu Chi’s Dialysis Center in Penang.
Two amazing women in one week, may be a bit hard to "digest" for an "idiot" like me (yes, a real idiot, unlike the "idiot servant" of a Mahasiddha, far away from achieving that :P).
Both Master Cheng Yan and Mother Teresa are simple, religious women whose great work were inspired by suffering and death, and of course their love for all to relieve suffering. Both of them lead a "poor" and simple life, existing to only serve others. Mother Teresa sworn an extra vow to service the poor on top of the poverty vow and Master Cheng Yan does not receive offering to her personally (the monastic disciples at the Jing Si Abode are self-reliant, growing their own food in their own farm!)
Showtime for this inspiring documentary on Discovery Channel on Astro this week (Malaysian time GMT +8.00) :
19-Jun-2006 10:00:00 AM
20-Jun-2006 8:00:00 PM
21-Jun-2006 1:00:00 AM
21-Jun-2006 7:00:00 AM
21-Jun-2006 11:00:00 AM
25-Jun-2006 6:00:00 AM
Well, if you could force yourself (and some even had to pinch themselves!) to wake up to watch some men chasing after a round object in the field kicking it into a net, I am sure this is a relatively easier task ;) At least you don't have to wake up at 3 am!
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