The world of Tzu Chi Sep-Oct 2022 (Vol.143)

2022 • 10 32 By Zeng Qian-yu, Yuan Shu-zhen & Wu Xiu-ling Translated by Wu Hsiao-ting & Chong Pei Fen Photos courtesy of Tzu Chi Taiwan Headquarters lobal Presence A video footage captured by a Tzu Chi team in Rajgir, India, had unintentionally showed a thin little boy with an unusually large abdomen. The sight of this boy stirred Master Cheng Yen’s compassion. She even mentioned him for two days in a row in her Dharma talks, which showed how worried and concerned she was about him. “Let’s go look for him,” said the Master. Thus began a mission to find the boy in the Sandeep Goes into Town – Helping an Indian Boy Obtain Treatment A little boy in India with an unusually large abdomen appeared accidentally on footage filmed for an upcoming Tzu Chi musical adaptation. The sight stirred the compassion of Master Cheng Yen, thus beginning an incredible journey to find the boy and help him obtain treatment. video and help him get treatment. But finding him in the second most populous country in the world, 91 times the size of Taiwan, would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. To begin, staff at Tzu Chi headquarters in Taiwan contacted the company in India that had helped capture the aerial footage. With their help, they learned the name of the village in which the boy might be living. But even with that information, how