Buddhist Personality - Andrie Wongso

Name : Andrie Wongso Nationality : Indonesia Profession : Motivator / Businessman As a young man, he was very interested in martial arts and even established his own martial art school "Hap Kun Do". His interest in this art eventually led him to Taiwan. In 1980, he went to Taiwan after signing a three year contract with a film company there. He appeared in several martial arts during that period but never as the main actors. After seeing the ups...

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The Little Monk Who Becomes Viral On Social Media

In May 2014,   a Weibo  posted photos of his son, dressed up as a little monk in a temple photoshoot in Fuzhou, China. In just one night, his post was shared more than 1 million times. Below are the said photos.  ...

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Buddhists Clean Up Streets For New President

To celebrate the appointment of new Indonesian President, Joko Widodo (Jokowi),on October 20, 2014 a group consisting of 65 volunteers from the Buddhist Tzu Chi Fellowship held a rubbish collection session on the streets leading to the National Palace, the venue where the appointment of the new appointment would be held Clad in their blue and white uniforms and a cap, the volunteers put on hand gloves and went around picking up rubbish in...

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Buddhist Story - The Boy And The Pet Shop Owner

One day as he was walking home after school, a boy passed by a pet shop. There he saw some puppies up for sale. As he liked dogs very much, he went inside the shop to take a look at the puppies. The puppies wagged their tails upon seeing the boy. The boy played with each and every puppies there. He wanted to buy one of them. He pointed to a particular puppy and asked the shop owner " Sir, how much does this puppy cost ? ". The shop owner answered...

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