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Cheng Yen
Datuk Seri Cheng Yen (; born 11 May 1937) is a Taiwanese Buddhist nun (bhikkhuni), teacher, and philanthropist.〔(Biography of Dharma Master Cheng Yen )〕 She is often called the "Mother Teresa of Asia."〔(Diane Wolkstein on Dharma Master Cheng Yen )〕 In 1966, Cheng Yen founded the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation,〔 commonly known as Tzu Chi; its motto is "instructing the rich and saving the poor". Later, Cheng Yen's Charity, Medicine, Education, and Culture Missions developed, and to the present the Tzu Chi Foundation has become involved in international disaster relief, bone marrow donation, environmental protection, and community volunteering.〔(About Tzu Chi )〕
==Early life==
Cheng Yen was born ''Wáng Jǐnyún''〔(The Desire To Relieve All Suffering: A Meeting with Dharma Master Cheng Yen )〕 (王錦雲) in 1937 in Qingshui in Taichung County (now part of Taichung City), Taiwan.〔 Her uncle was childless, so she was given to be raised by her aunt and uncle. She had first hand experience of suffering because she was raised in Japan-controlled Taiwan during World War II.〔 She witnessed the devastating effects of war and even experienced bombings in Taiwan. These experiences contributed to bringing her to a more complete grasp of what she came to regard as the truth behind the concept of impermanence. In 1945, when she was 8 years old, she looked after her sick brother in a hospital for eight months, and so learned more closely about people's pain and helplessness. At the age of 23, her father died suddenly〔 from brain hemorrhaging caused by a stroke. It was in searching for a burial place for him that Cheng Yen first came into close contact with the Buddhist Dharma ideas, associated doctrines, and related ancient scriptures (sutras). After her father's death, Cheng Yen took over managing her father's theaters and became financially responsible for her family.
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