Pelfy’s Journey Of Love

Tzu Chi Day

May 12th 2008 by pelfy in My Escape, Photography

Yesterday was Tzu Chi Day. I brought Mom to the Bukit Jalil Stadium where the Tzu Chi foundation (Malaysia) organised an event which is called the Buddha-bathing ceremony “浴佛暨動土禮有感” (read: yu fo ji dong tu li you gan). The event was held in conjunction with Mother’s Day, the upcoming Wesak Day and Tzu Chi Day. I brought Mom to that event because (1) she wanted to go; (2) Aunt Alice was one of the volunteers; (3) I wanna practise my photgraphy skills.

Just in case you have not heard of the Tzu Chi foundation, below is an abstract taken from their website:

The origin of Tzu Chi foundation in Taiwan
In 1966, Venerable Master Cheng Yen founded the Buddhist Tze Chi Merits Society in Hualien with only thirty housewives as her followers. Their objective was to provide relief and assistance to the poor. Today this charitable society has developed globally into Tzu Chi Foundation with its mission of charity, medicine, education, humanitarianism, international disaster relief, bone marrow donation, environmental protection and community volunteerism.

We were there quite early to avoid traffic jams and huge crowd, but to my surprise many of the visitors were already there at about 8.30am. Thousands of people were there to witness the event which, in my opinion, very very grand.

We had to queue in a row of four in order to move to the centre where the sculptures were placed. I am not sure how many individuals were allowed to go at one time, but I was very lucky I got a place at the main sculpture.

There were other interesting events such as talks given by volunteers and medical aids.

It was really a grand event and I am glad I was there to give my fullest moral support. Hmm!

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The long queue.