Tzu Chi Q&A

Tzu Chi's cultural mission encompasses different forms of media, all dedicated to spreading the ideals of truth, goodness, and beauty. Through truthful reporting and programming that promote wholesome values and highlight the brighter side of humanity, Tzu Chi's media strive to inspire the innate selfless love in people, so as to purify everyone's hearts and minds, create a cycle of goodness in society, and eventually bring about peace and harmony in the world.

In Taiwan, Tzu Chi's cultural center in Taipei is home to Da Ai TV, Da Ai e-Radio, Tzu Chi Monthly magazine, Rhythms Monthly magazine, periodicals in English and Japanese, and Jing Si Publications, the Jing Si Abode's publishing house.

Outside of Taiwan, Tzu Chi offices worldwide publish their own Tzu Chi periodicals and video programs. In Indonesia, DAAI TV Indonesia has three licenses to broadcast as a terrestrial TV station in Jakarta, Medan, and Prabumulih. Since July 2016, it has been broadcasting digitally in Jakarta, West Java, Central Java, South Sulawesi, and North Sumatra.

Da Ai TV has two HD channels and a worldwide channel, which can all be viewed on:

Da Ai TV's mobile app	YouTube https://bit.ly/2w2aJDK
Dailymotion https://goo.gl/JDVVM3	Daaimobile Website https://bit.ly/2Hd79sS

In keeping abreast of new media trends, Da Ai TV has produced many contents with either English subtitles or voice-overs available only on its new media platforms. (Da Ai TV)

Several of Da Ai TV programs have English subtitles, including Life Wisdom, Wisdom at Dawn, Essence of the Bodhi Mind, Living Bodhisattvas, and Stories Told by Dharma Master Cheng Yen.

To serve more English-speaking audience and provide them with easier access to its programs, Da Ai TV has produced much English contents available only on its new media platforms. These programs have either English subtitles or voice-overs. For more information about these English programs, please visit the English website of Tzu Chi's cultural center at https://tzuchiculture.org/ or its YouTube channel at https://tinyurl.com/y4mhhm9e.

Da Ai TV is a non-profit television station and has no commercials, only public service announcements broadcast in-between programs.

Tzu Chi publishes books, periodicals, CDs, DVDs, and other multimedia materials. For information about Tzu Chi's English books, please go to https://bit.ly/3bvHUzN. For eBooks, please visit https://amzn.to/2AS2xIZ. For DVDs with English narration or English subtitles, please visit a Jing Si Books & Café or a Tzu Chi office near you.

English periodicals published in Taiwan and other parts of the world include Tzu Chi English Bimonthly (Taiwan), Tzu Chi USA Journal, Singapore Tzu Chi World Journal, The World of Tzu Chi (Malaysia), Tzu Chi Express (Philippines), Tzu Chi Publication (Philippines), and Tzu Chi Medical & Nursing Care (Taiwan), all of which are available online.

Similar to members of the general public who contribute news, images, and stories to the platforms of mainstream media, such as CNN's iReport, Tzu Chi's documenting volunteers around the world record Tzu Chi's work and events in their countries of residence and contribute their articles, photos, and videos to Tzu Chi's media. These volunteers spend time to learn documenting skills and purchase photography equipment or filmmaking gear out of their own pocket, helping Tzu Chi's media spread messages of goodness around the world.

"Jing Si" means "still thought" in Chinese. Jing Si Aphorisms are Master Cheng Yen's words compiled from her speeches and dialogues with her disciples or visitors. Written in concise phrases like quotes, they are easy to comprehend and pleasantly inspirational to many who have come across them. As of 2019, Jing Si Aphorisms had been translated into 22 languages with over 8 million copies being printed worldwide, reaching schools, government agencies, hotels, stores, restaurants, prisons, and so on.