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Heart
Lotuses
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In 1986, elderly bodhisattva Sung Chin-yuan,
who was residing at the Joyous Life Convalescent Home, started
a fund-raising activity called the "Heart Lotus Charity Sale."
She hoped to contribute her effort towards the construction of
the Tzu Chi hospital.
Later, other Tzu Chi members used the traditional
technique of "Chinese knots" and fashioned Tzu Chi lotus
emblems out of gold and silver threads. These were also called
"Heart Lotuses," and were distributed as commemorative
souvenirs by Master Cheng Yen to disciples at year-end celebrations
in 1993 and 1994. What these "Heart Lotuses" represented
was not any external material value, but the compassionate heart
within every person.
