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Master Cheng Yen has directed Tzu Chi to participate in numerous other relief projects around the world, including sending teams to Indonesia and Sri Lanka in the wake of the devastating tsunami resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake as well as to Pakistan after the 2005 earthquake in their northern mountains.
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Thanks largely to the efforts of Master Cheng Yen of the Buddhist charity Tzu Chi ( which utterly dominates philanthopic giving in Taiwan ), Taiwan's nuns nowadays probably receive more public respect and support than monks.
Translations of his works include: " Master Cheng's New Method of T ' ai Chi Ch ' uan Self-Cultivation "; " Cheng Man Ch ' ing: Essays on Man and Culture "; " Cheng Man Ch ' ing: Master of Five Excellences ," and " T ' ai Chi Ch ' uan: A Simplified Method of Calisthenics for Health and Self-Defense.
* Cheng Man-ch ' ing ; < cite > Master Cheng's New Method of T ' ai Chi Self-Cultivation </ cite >, Translated by Mark Hennessy ; Frog, Ltd. Books, Berkeley, CA ; ISBN 1-883319-92-7 ( 1999 )
The organization was founded by Dharma Master Cheng Yen, a Buddhist nun, on May 14, 1966 in Hualien, Taiwan.
In mountainous Hualien, Master Cheng Yen was moved to act by the poverty and lack of services, and decided to set up a charity organization.
Master Cheng Yen has continued calling for building a " Bridge of Love " between China and Taiwan, believing that Great Love transcends all national, religious and racial boundaries.
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Cheng Yen followed a nontraditional route to becoming a nun, traveling for two years with Master Xiūdào.
Fortunately, Cheng Yen encountered Venerable Master Yin-shun, whom she asked to be her master.
In February 1963, she became the disciple of her mentor, the Venerable Master Yin Shun, who gave her the dharma name of Cheng Yen and the courtesy name of Huìzhāng ( 慧璋 ).
The foundation of Master Cheng Yen's version of Buddhism, the Sutra of Lotus, was compiled during this Compilation.
Master Cheng Yen's initial exposure to the Sutra of Lotus happened when she abandoned her earthly ( and reasonably wealthy ) family in Fengyuan, and stayed away from the world by lodging in a small hut in Taitung County, in eastern Taiwan.
“ But what has Buddhism done for society ?” Those words made Master Cheng Yen realize that Buddhism had to do more than simply encourage the private cultivate of people's souls.
These events led Master Cheng Yen to establish the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, which is now known as the Tzu Chi Foundation, in 1966.
When posed with the question, “ Why can't we give once a week ?” Master Cheng Yen replied, “ Because giving is a practice and we need to give every day.
Master Cheng Yen referred to the initial obstacles that came from both sides of the strait as the “ two problems and four difficulties .” In Taiwan, it was difficult to convince Taiwanese to help the Chinese, and in China, it was difficult to convince government officials normally wary of religious organizations from accepting Tzu Chi.
* Beijing Yiquan Academy, Master Yao Cheng Rong
: 2007: Master Cheng Yen, founder of Tzu-Chi, the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation, Taiwan
The organizer of events was the president of the BCA, Venerable Master Yi Cheng.
* Venerable Master Yi Cheng ( 2005 -)
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This gradual cultivation is described by contemporary Chan Master Sheng Yen as follows:
This gradual cultivation is also described by Chan Master Sheng Yen:
Jimmy Yu became a Chan / Zen Buddhist monk in 1991 under the name Guogu, and now teaches Buddhism and meditation under the direction of Chan / Zen Master Sheng Yen.
In the Caodong ( Japanese: Sōtō ) lineage, Sheng Yen was the 52nd generational descendant of Master Dongshan ( 807-869 ), and the direct descendant of Master Dongchu ( 1908 – 1977 ).
Later on, John Crook who formed the Western Chan Fellowship, and several other Western disciples of Master Sheng Yen, such as Simon Child, Max Kalin, and Zarko Andricevic.
* Sheng Yen and Dan Stevenson, Hoofprint of the Ox: Principles of the Chan Buddhist Path As Taught by a Modern Chinese Master.
Autobiography of Master Sheng Yen:
* Website of Master Sheng Yen
* Biography and Autobiography of Chan Master Sheng Yen at the website of the Chan Meditation Center in New York
Retiring early, he began practicing Zen Buddhism in intensive retreats taught at Dharma Drum Retreat Center in New York by Chan Master Sheng Yen of Dharma Drum Mountain, Taiwan, who in 1993 transmitted to him the authority to teach Chinese Zen.
* John H. Crook, Catching a Feather on a Fan: Zen Retreat with Master Sheng Yen.
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