The world of Tzu Chi July-August 2022 (Vol.142)

TZU CHI 142 19 listening to the songs. She believes that they will be able to memorize the movements through repeated practices, by referring to the demonstration videos sent by Sau Hoon. From this, she also hopes that they will have a glimpse of the meaning of the Sutra. Other than sign language teaching, Sau Hoon also showed the participants a video from the series, “Stories Told by Dharma Master Cheng Yen”. As the handphone screen and the English subtitles were small in size, Sau Hoon frequently paused the video to explain, while Jothy nodded along. From the video and Sau Hoon’s explanations, Jothy began to understand that losing her temper will not solve any problem. She said, “Due to the noisy environment and teasing by others, I frequently lose my temper. After watching the video, I understood, and I can share about it with others at school.” Still moved despite the lapse of time In fact, Sau Hoon does not understand Mandarin herself. Nonetheless, she invited people, especially those from the Indian community, to join the musical adaptation at every opportunity. She could not help smiling when looking at the orphans performing the sign language along with the volunteers. She recalled that when the volunteers visited the orphanage during MCO 2.0 last year, the original intention was to help relieve their financial difficulties. However, after interacting with the head of the orphanage, they admired her spirit, and sympathized with the circumstances of the teenage orphans, who are in secondary school. Therefore, to help the orphanage, they tried to assist them in getting part-time factory jobs during What made these Dharma boats special was that there were several participants from the Indian community, who do not understand Mandarin. Seventeen-year-old Jothy and three other orphans from Diamond Children Home also attended the book study session at volunteer Teo Sau Hoon’s invitation. Holding the sheets of sutra verses with English annotations and Chinese phonics, Jothy switched between looking at the verses and the hand movements of the volunteer guides. Although she was unable to grasp the meaning of the Sutra in such a short time, she felt peaceful and relaxed