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The Welcome Gush of Water Tzu Chi Quarterly Spring 2014 Tzu Chi Buddhism in Action Spring 2014 THE WELCOME GUSH OF WATER The rapport we have with people depends not on our physical appearance but on the quality of our disposition. —Master Cheng Yen PHOTO BY LIN YAN-HUANG You Are What You Eat From 4 Hope Rises From the Ruins 16 Room Enough for Learning 30 Listening With Patience 40 N400A.indd 1 2014/3/11 7:30:30 PM ECHO OF THE HEART Directory of Tzu Chi Offices BlessingsWorldwide and Wisdom Text and photo by Liu King-pong an you guess where this picture was nationals deal with emergencies that they might TAIWANtaken? Is it the lobby ofGREAT a five-star BRITAIN hotel in encounterSOUTH in AFRICAFlorida. Long Island Tel: 1-516-8736888 MainNew Office York or London? 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Spring 2014 1 1.indd 1 2014/3/10 7:17:11 PM N400B.indd 1 2014/3/11 9:29:51 PM Tzu Chi Tzu Chi Quarterly Spring 2014 Tzu Chi Quarterly Buddhism in Action Spring 2014 Vol. 21 No. 1 Spring 2014 THE WELCOME GUSH OF WATER The rapport we have with people depends not on our physical appearance but on the quality of our disposition. —Master Cheng Yen PHOTO BY LIN YAN-HUANG You Are What You Eat From 4 Hope Rises From the Ruins 16 Room Enough for Learning 30 Listening With Patience 40 N400A.indd 1 2014/3/11 7:30:30 PM The Tzu Chi Quarterly welcomes contrib­utions 4 16 46 61 of personal experiences or reports of Tzu Chi activities. We also welcome letters to the edi- tor containing personal comments or opinions on matters of interest in the Tzu Chi world.
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