Tzu Chi: Serving with Compassion

By Mark O'Neill

Based on extensive fieldwork, this book explores the transformation of the Tzu Chi Foundation (tzu means ?mercy, compassion,? and ?chi? means ?relief, help?) from a grassroots women's group of 30 housewives putting aside 50 cents a day for charity to a worldwide NGO with a presence in nearly 70 countries across five continents. The book details the life of founder Master Cheng Yen, the Foundation's rapid growth and its expansion in to fields as diverse as international disaster relief, bone marrow donation and environmental protection. Tzu Chi: A Silent Revolution also includes an appendix containing selected sayings of Master Cheng Yen. Its charismatic founder, Cheng Yen, won the Magsaysay Award (considered the Asian Nobel Prize) in 1991 and was a Nobel Peace Prize nominee in 1993. The woman, her vision, the Foundation and its future are explored in this in-depth book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470825677
• ISBN13: 9780470825679
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.1"