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News in pictures
The Dhamma Times, 3 January 2005
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Five-year-old Thai-Japanese boy, Taichi
Kurisaki volunteers himself as a translator for Japanese tourists
who need assistance for direction at the Phuket Provincial City Hall.
Kurisaki is here with his father to help in communication with the
Japanese involved in the tidal waves disaster. |
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SAMANTHA
SIN/AFP/Getty Images
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Over 2,000 robed Buddhist monks, nuns
and believers chant a special prayer, or sutra, for the victims of
the South and Southeast Asia tsunami and earthquake disasters, at
a school in Hong Kong. |
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Ling
Jiu Shan/Dhamma Times
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Ling Jiu Shan Buddhist Association in
Taiwan headed by Venerable Hsin Tao has called for a press conference
united the various religious leaders to call for funds and prayers
for the tidal waves victims.
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Buddha's Light Association's members
helping and caring for affected people in tidal waves. |
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PATRICK
LIN/AFP/Getty Images
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A Taiwanese man casts money into a box
for the relief of Asia tsunami victims at Taipei, while a volunteer
from the Tzu Chi Buddhist group smiled and appreciated his donation.
Tzu Chi has launched a programme to mobilize at least 500,000 followers
here and elsewhere in the world to raise money in a campaign called
"Let Love Flow into South Asia; Let Sympathy Sooth Painful Suffering".
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A Tibetan Buddhist monk sits alongside
Christian nuns during an inter religious prayer service to express
sympathy for tsunami victims in Bangalore, India. |
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