| For Buddhism and for All Living Beings |
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| (Translated by Douglas Shaw) |
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"For Buddhism and for all living beings" was Venerable Master Yin Shun's exhortation to Master Cheng Yen. In 1963, at the Hui Jih Lecture Hall on Lungchiang Street in Taipei, Master Yin Shun accepted a young girl named Wang Chin-yun as his disciple and gave her the dharma name Cheng Yen. At that time, he said, "Since you have left home to become a nun, you must constantly be committed to Buddhism and to all living beings."
According to her mentor's instructions, Master Cheng Yen has always been totally committed to reviving the original philosophies of Buddhism and to lighting the "heart lamps" in all people, which then developed into the Tzu Chi missions.
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