{"id":3533,"date":"2016-02-16T14:49:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T06:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloje.org\/en\/?p=3533"},"modified":"2016-04-20T22:30:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T14:30:52","slug":"immense-compassion-for-sentient-beings-rinchen-dorjee-rinpoche-performs-the-dharma-to-pray-for-blessings-and-makes-donations-to-the-disaster-relief-fund-for-southern-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloje.org\/en\/2016\/02\/3533","title":{"rendered":"Immense Compassion for Sentient Beings: Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche Performs the Dharma to Pray for Blessings and Makes Donations to the Disaster Relief Fund for Southern Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At 3:57 in the morning of February 6th, 2016, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale hit southern Taiwan, causing severe damage to the city of Tainan.<\/p>\n

This powerful quake destroyed many homes and caused casualties among numerous families\u2019 members, resulting in more than a hundred people dead and inestimable property damage. Suddenly having nothing on which to depend, both physically and emotionally, the populace was plunged into a nightmare of fear and suffering. To make matters worse, the earthquake\u2019s occurrence had coincided with the New Year\u2014right during the season of family reunions, causing the enormity of this misfortune to hit home with a tragic vengeance.<\/p>\n

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\uff08Photograph from the CTS website\uff09<\/p><\/div>\n

With utmost compassion for sentient beings in their suffering, His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche immediately acted on behalf of the Buddhism Foundation of His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang to donate NT$1 million toward disaster relief efforts, and gave another NT$1 million of his own money as well. Additionally, the Glorious Jewel Group and the Glorious Jewel Buddhism Culture Exchange Association, over which Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche presides, donated NT$1 million and NT$500,000, respectively, to the \u201cTainan Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs Disaster Relief Fund Account\u201d to help earthquake victims be resettled and enable them to rebuild their homes as soon as possible. The various television news networks each employed scrolling latest-news marquees to report Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche\u2019s donations to the disaster relief fund.<\/p>\n

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Furthermore, on February 6th, the same day the earthquake occurred, Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche held a Guru Yoga Puja at the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center. All of the merits generated during the puja were dedicated to sentient beings in Tainan to console the disaster victims and reduce the level of horror and anxiety they felt.<\/p>\n

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For many years, Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche has continuously promoted Buddhism all over the world, giving both spiritual and practical assistance to sentient beings in accordance with their various causal conditions. It is the guru\u2019s hope that all sentient beings in the Six Realms can obtain help from the Dharma.<\/p>\n

Latest-news marquees on the various networks related to the donations:<\/p>\n

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Buddhism Foundation of His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang donates NT$1,000,000.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche donates NT$1,000,000.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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The Glorious Jewel Group donates NT$1,000,000.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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The Glorious Jewel Buddhism Culture Exchange Association donates NT$500,000. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At 3:57 in the morning of February 6th, 2016, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale hit southern Taiwan, causing severe damage to the city of Tainan. This powerful quake destroyed many homes and caused casualties among numerous families\u2019 members, resulting in more than a hundred people dead and inestimable property […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest_news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t