Chinese New Year Greeting Party to Extend Great Love and Mercy Technology

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Photo: Tzu Chi Four Major Missions and Eight Footprints also assigned their representatives to play the roles of Eight Immortals and present lucky phrase for Chinese New Year. This Chinese New Year Greeting Party is also a Chinese New Year Appreciation Tea Party. Not only bless for the world, but also extend the effect of love and virtue aroused from combined mercy and technology in the future.The Lantern festival celebrates the last day of Chinese New Year holiday, and the long-awaited arrival of spring. As usual, Tzu Chi International Humanitarian Aid Association (TIHAA) marked this festive occasion with a Chinese New Year Greeting Party. TIHAA members welcomed Honorary Board Members and business leaders from north Taipei, scientists from the Industrial Technology Research Institute, noted musician Mr. Shou-Quan Li, and other community leaders to this event. TIHAA took the opportunity to share blessings to all people of the world, and commit itself to keep spreading love and virtue by combining mercy and technology into the future.

A performance of the popular play “Endowed by Heavenly Officers with Happiness” was the highlight in Greeting Party, and brought down the house. Actors representing three celestial beings “Fu”, “Lu”, “Shou”--Fortune, Prosperity and Longevity—reminded the audience of the endless desires and afflictions that have shaped human history from ancient times. These three celestials were very up-to-date, however. They wore DA.AI eco polo shirts and carried bamboo banks as they recited the Sutra of Infinite Meaning to awaken humans so they can transform their afflictions into “bodhi minds” and find new happiness from their work and communities.  Other performers representing Tzu Chi's Four Major Missions and Eight Footprints, appearing as the Eight Immortals, then inspired the audience with Chinese New Year greetings.

In addition to celebrating the Chinese New Year, audience members received a special teaching on “wealth” from Master Cheng Yen. “Being able and willing to give is true wealth; praising others gives us dignity. Those who make charitable offerings with joyful hearts are truly wealthy.” This Still Thought aphorism reminded anyone in a position to give more that they should gladly shoulder their responsibilities, and ease the suffering of all beings. TIHAA Chairman Walter Huang told DAAI TV: “This Greeting Party is also a Chinese New Year Appreciation Tea Party, so everyone has a chance to share their gratitude.” Five conveners of TIHAA are also major supporters of DA.AI Technology. They are living examples of Master Cheng Yen’s message that the wealthier we are, the more responsibilities we should courageously accept as personal challenge.

Through disaster relief and suffering compassion, TIHAA volunteers not only learned to treasure our own happiness but also used empathic concern to develop materials for disaster relief. TIHAA is exactly the platform of great love combing mercy and technology. One convener of TIHAA, Brother Wei, Ying-chun said: “TIHAA is Tzu Chi’s support for emergent disaster, when world disasters occurred. That is our position and mission.” For the new year’s coming, anticipate that DA.AI Technology is continually devoted to environmental protection education for purification of human mind, and carries out the mission of “coexist with the earth”. Furthermore, DA.AI also can be the backing of mercy to enroll more volunteers to extend and deliver love and virtue all over the world.

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