The Master Answers
How to work and cultivate our minds at the same time?
Someone asked, "How to simultaneously work and spiritually cultivate?"
How to recover from the grief of losing a child?
An old man lamented, "My daughter was in her prime age, yet she died suddenly after falling ill. I'm in my 80s. How sad it is for an elderly person to send off a younger person. I wished I could die in her place!"
Where does Master Cheng Yen’s perseverance come from?
Someone asked, “How does Master Cheng Yen remain persevere in dealing with busy affairs every day?”
Where can we find happiness amid an economic downturn?
Question: With the economy entering a recession and the unemployment rate on the rise, where can we find happiness in life?
I have done good deeds, but why do I often fall sick?
Someone asked, “I have done good deeds, but why do I often fall sick?”
What is the difference between “having intention” and “being mindful”?
Someone asked Master Cheng Yen, "What is the difference between 'having intention' and 'being mindful'?"
How to not violate filial piety when we disagree with our parents?
Someone asked, "How to avoid violating filial piety when we disagree with our parents?"
Can an illiterate person become a Tzu Chi commissioner?
Someone asked, "Can an illiterate person become a Tzu Chi commissioner?"
Why is there a need to emphasise on Tzu Chi Humanistic Culture?
Someone asked, "What is Tzu Chi Humanistic Culture? Why is there a need to emphasise it?"
How does Master Cheng Yen view the volatile situation of the world?
Question: How does Master Cheng Yen view the issue of extreme climate change and the volatile situation of the world?
How does Master Cheng Yen overcome her worries?
Reading “Footprints of Master Cheng Yen” helps ease our troubled minds, but what does Master Cheng Yen read when she feels troubled?
Can we eradicate karma?
Just take things as they come. As long as you face whatever life throws at you with joy in your heart, forge positive affinity with people from time to time and dissolve bad affinity, you are eradicating karma in every moment.
Do "karmic creditors" really exist? Will "doing meritorious deeds" eliminate disaster?
If one keeps thinking about how much merit and virtue one has accumulated, those merits and virtues will be limited. Moreover, we should not do good deeds for the sake of gaining merits.
