FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S1-E14: BUDDHISM "IN ACTION" – TAIWAN'S REMARKABLE TZU CHI CHARITY GROUP
Tzu Chi is unique in relying on mostly laypersons instead of clergy, focusing on real-world problems instead of only the spiritual, and having an extremely open-minded attitude towards other faiths – this Buddhist group built Catholic and Protestant churches for native Taiwanese people who lost their villages in Typhoon Morakot! The story begins with a remarkable woman – then called Jun Yun – who would become Master Cheng Yen, the founder of the largest charity group in Taiwan.
Cover image: Cheng Yen (證嚴法師) Zhèngyán Fǎshī; born Chin-Yun Wong; May 14th, 1937) is the Taiwanese Buddhist nun, teacher, philanthropist, and founder of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation. (Via Wikimedia Commons)
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This top-rated history podcast tells stories from the history of Formosa (Taiwan) from circa 1600 C.E. - 2000 C.E., via interesting, lesser-known short stories presented in a non-chronological order.
HOSTS: John Ross is an author and co-founder of publisher Camphor Press, which specializes in books on Taiwan and China in English, while Eryk Michael Smith has worked as a writer and journalist for multiple media outlets in Taiwan, including the island's only English-language radio station ICRT (FM 100.7). Both Ross and Smith have lived in Taiwan for well over 20 years and call the island home.
