Tzu Chi Resolution

We, the members of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, commit ourselves to helping the poor and educating the rich by reverently accepting the Buddha's teaching of "Great compassion to strangers and great mercy for all." We follow Venerable Dharma Master Yin Shun's instruction to "Be constantly committed to Buddhism and to all living beings."

With love, compassion, joy and unselfish giving, we strive to bring about the pure world of Tzu Chi by helping the needy, giving joy and eliminating suffering. We invite all people of goodwill to cultivate a field of blessings and create a society of love.

We work in the four missions of Charity, Medicine, Education and Culture and in the spirit of sincerity, integrity, trust and honesty. We believe in the equality of all beings and the Buddha-nature latent in every person. Through charity, the rich obtain blessings of joy and the poor receive security and peace.

Taking the Buddha's compassion and Master Cheng Yen's commitment as our own , together we are like Kuan Yin, the Great Compassion Bodhisattva. Together, like Bodhisattva Kuan Yin, we have one thousand eyes to see the suffering in the world and one thousand hands to reach out to help end the suffering.

The Buddha watches kindly over all beings, like the benevolent moonlight and like the rain of dharma on earth renewing the mountains and fields. We must personally participate in doing good deeds with the right faith and the right mindset. In so doing, we may comprehend the true essence of the birth, aging, illness, and death that is this life. We may comprehend the significance of the formation, continuation, destruction, and the void that is the universe. Let us plan and work together to carry out the missions of Tzu Chi and leave a legacy for generations to come.

Because time is fleeting and life short, we make good use of every opportunity. We plant good causes so that we may reap its good effects. We must make the most of our lives in this world.

To be born in human form is to be most blessed indeed. We must vigorously and resolutely cultivate our wisdom and blessings. We must fill our society with love and be dedicated as Buddhists with right faith and right mindfulness.

We commit ourselves to support one another through love and wisdom, and to walk hand in hand on the Path of the Bodhisattvas.