The world of Tzu Chi (Vol.107)

TZU CHI 107 33 O n January 12, 2019, Tzu Chi Klang organized a Year-end Blessing Ceremony conducted in Tamil and Malay for the non-Chinese speaking audience. It attracted an audience of 180 people, including a group of 115 teachers and students from a refugee school, who learnt about Tzu Chi in an earlier medical outreach. Many of the attendees were moved to tears watching the video footages showing how the volunteers restored hope in disaster victims all around the world with their selfless care and love in the past one year. They were also impressed by the sutra adaptation performance presented by 25 Indian students from the tuition class initiated by Tzu Chi for needy students. Teacher Radha, who has been serving in the tuition class, was especially delighted to see her students performing in synchronized movements on stage. She said, “I always believe that education is essential for these children to be competitive in society, and more important than knowledge is moral education. Thus, I encouraged them to take part in this performance, which instilled positive values in them.” Despite her young age of ten, Heyshika a/p Sudakaran learnt about kindness from the story that she performed, “It teaches us to speak kind words and refrain from saying harsh words or getting into conflict with others.” Salleh, a teacher from the refugee school, remarked after the ceremony, “I am truly moved by the volunteers’ efforts in extending aid to people in Indonesia, Thailand and other countries. It showed me that we are all equal regardless of our religious faith or social status. Love and kindness are borderless.” He firmly believes that one should choose kindness over evil and leave behind footprints of kindness for the future generations to emulate. Local News Klang 2019.01.12 Reported by Low Hai Loon & Koh Poo Leng Photograph by Lai Kin Hoong Inter-religionYear-end Blessing Ceremony