Blue Sky and White Clouds

"Blue Sky and White Clouds" refers to the blue shirts and white pants that were originally worn by volunteers of the USA Chapter. Afterwards, all Tzu Chi people wore this uniform during activities in order to achieve uniformity. Thus, this uniform became symbolic of Tzu Chi events, prompting some to call the blue-and-white clad Tzu Chi members "Blue Angels" and Master Cheng Yen the "Leader of the Blue Shirts."

The "Blue Sky and White Clouds" ensemble also holds another meaning: that Tzu Chi people should keep their minds as wide and open as the blue sky and their actions as pure and clean as the white clouds.