Life Wisdom
Twelve minutes a day, 365 days a year, Life Wisdom encapsulates the essential messages from Dharma Master Cheng Yen’s talks to Tzu Chi volunteers worldwide. In this daily program, the Master shares with the audience her views on major world events, Tzu Chi’s work around the globe, inspiring stories of people and events, as well as the Buddha’s teachings and how they can be practiced in everyday life.
Stories Told by Dharma Master Cheng Yen
A production of ink-wash animation, Stories Told by Dharma Master Cheng Yen features the Master telling folktales or stories from Buddhist scriptures and concluding each episode with her words that offer the audience much food for thought. With captivating storylines and lifelike animated images, the program is welcomed by viewers both young and old alike.
Wisdom at Dawn
Hailed as the king of all sutras, the Lotus Sutra contains the true Dharma expounded by the Buddha in his later years. In the Sutra, the Buddha affirms that all living beings can attain Buddhahood and encourages everyone to walk the Bodhisattva Path by benefiting others. Listen to Master Cheng Yen expounding the Lotus Sutra in Wisdom at Dawn and bathe in the Dharma bliss of one of the most important and influential teachings of the Buddha.
Essence of the Bodhi Mind
Essence of the Bodhi Mind is a weekly program that explores various topics from world events, social and environmental problems, to interpersonal relations, family issues, and more. Twenty-four minutes an episode, the program not only presents actual examples to illustrate the topic of the week, but also pinpoints the views of Dharma Master Cheng Yen, experts and scholars on the topic for viewers to reflect upon and derive insights from.
Life Wisdom
June 23, 2019
Carrying out Acts of Great Compassion as Medical Professionals
June 22, 2019
The Ripple Effect of Our Love and Aspiration
June 21, 2019
Moving Forward as Usual with Sincerity and Unwavering Honesty
June 20, 2019
Love: The Common Language of Our World
June 19, 2019
Spreading the Seed of Tzu Chi Around the World
June 18, 2019
Passing On the Seeds of Goodness Generation after Generation
June 17, 2019
Paving the Path Solidly to Create Blessings
June 16, 2019
Carrying Out Compassionate Vows in East Africa
Stories Told by Dharma Master Cheng Yen
The Heavenly Being and the Ghost
A heavenly being saw a ghost lash a pile of bones and curse furiously at them. So she went over and asked the ghost what he was doing…
Kindness Begets Kindness
In ancient China, there was a wealthy family where the wife had tuberculosis. Her husband sought the help of a famous doctor who suggested that the wife eat the brains of 100 sparrows…
The Purple Golden Alms Bowl
In Ming Dynasty, there was an elderly monk who was very well cultivated. When the king of hell noticed that the monk’s life should have come to an end, he sent two hell wardens to bring the monk back to hell…
The Boy Who Found the Wellspring
A little faith goes a long way. This is a story of a little boy whose faith saved the people in his village from dying of drought.
The Loving Spiritual Cultivator
A spiritual cultivator went to the mountains and sat down to meditate. As he sat there, a mother bird came and laid eggs on the long hair he piled up on top of his head…
The Fisherman’s Trip to the Sea Palace
To thank a fisherman, Taro, for saving its life, a turtle took him to the Dragon King’s palace undersea. Taro spent three days in the palace, but when he returned home, it turned out that decades had passed…
The Black Rat and the White Rat
To flee from wolves, a hunter grabbed a vine hanging down from a tree into a well. As he was descending into the well, he saw snakes at the bottom of the well and two rats gnawing at the vine he was clinging to…
The Benevolent Deer King
Man claims himself to be the most intelligent of animals. But is man also the most loving creature on earth? Watch the story and see how animals share the same Buddha nature as human beings’.
Wisdom at Dawn
E1633．The Blessings of Those Who Take Joy in the Dharma
E1632．Bodhisattvas Practice to Attain the Fruit
E1631．Hearing One Verse and Taking Boundless Joy
E1630．Great Merits and Virtues in Spreading the Dharma
Essence of the Bodhi Mind
June 22, 2019
A Calm Mind and Even Temper Brings Great Freedom
June 15, 2019
The Journey of Compassion
June 8, 2019
The Well-Diggers
June 1, 2019
Do Not Seek Out Conflict in Life
May 25, 2019
The Sun and Moon are Hidden in a Grain of Rice
May 18, 2019
1000 Hands and Eyes in the World
May 11, 2019
Wisely Exercising Our Privilege to Use This Life
May 4, 2019
Carrying the Rice Basket for the World Together
Words of Wisdom for Life
by Dharma Master Cheng Yen
Wondrous Words, Wondrous Dharma
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©Tzu Chi Culture and Communication Foundation
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2 Lide Road, Beitou 11259, Taipei, Taiwan
Email: 005741@tzuchi.org.tw