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The fund was also used to aid lay students classes and occasional Dharma talks? and systematic culling of the old, the where entrepreneurs and people working
of Malaysian Buddhist Institute (monastics Apart from this stereotype Buddhist dying, and the obsolete. The Yayasan for the enterprises make up the bulk of the
received the aids under Malaysian Sangha organisation or temple, what other introduced the Pumen Children Aids population. The entrepreneurs and their
Fund), to pay for examination fees of alternatives are available? Is it going to be scheme way back in 1990 to give aids to enterprises are having enormous impact
SPM and STPM students, to sponsor a training centre of the Yayasan? If it is a individual needy students in primary and on the way the world is heading. We
activities organised by Buddhist societies training centre of Yayasan, how would the secondary schools. This scheme was develop the Heartbiz project to impress
of tertiary institutions. In recent times, modus operandi be? very well received at the beginning but as upon the entrepreneurs their great social
part of the fund is also used to organise the time passed, the number of recipients responsibility, and the positive energies
educational activities in secondary and It was not a simple case of sitting around a dwindled. So we decided to cull off this they could contribute to the world at large.
primary schools. table and began the so called brainstorming approach and replaced it with a new
to find the answer. Creativity is a journey approach and a new brand name – The Under the Heartbiz project, we organised
The Personal Charity Fund is a creative - a journey of contemplation, exploration Gift Project. Heartbiz Forums to infuse the Dharma
idea in the Buddhist world. In my and experimentation. We contemplated into present day commercial enterprises.
encounter with other Buddhist leaders in over the idea of a stereotype Buddhist Under the Gift Project, we turned aids We organised a series of Heartbiz lectures
the world, I have not come across a fund organisation, and rejected it. This was to individual students to providing whereby people with exciting life stories
of similar modus operandi. because there were already many such educational projects to large group are invited to share their life experiences,
organisations around, and our immediate of students. The educational projects thereby inspiring others to follow suit. We
Bodhi Park neighbor, the Samadhi Vihara, is already included storytelling, life education, caring also organised Heartbiz Tour to visit other
The creative approach of Yayasan Belia operating in the conventional way. We and sharing, training of teachers, and so successful social enterprises overseas.
Buddhist Malaysia has become the explored and experimented with having on. In this way, more students would be The tour members usually returned
DNA of the Yayasan’s organisational students’ camps, undergraduates’ camps, benefitted. with great inspiration and motivation to
development. In recent times, several meditation camps, and even health contribute to the society in greater way.
innovative ideas were introduced. camps. Eventually we discovered the Today, the GIFT project would benefit
best positioning would be to become a thousands of secondary and primary
First is the Bodhi Park. The Bodhi Park premier training centre for Buddhists, school students annually. World Buddhist Stamps Gallery
is a strategic move by Yayasan Belia and the modus operandi is that any bona In 2019, the Yayasan took the bold step
Buddhist Malaysia to develop Malaysian fide Buddhist organisations or individuals Heartbiz Project of setting up the first and only World
Buddhism. Located at a 1.7 acre land in could make use of the Bodhi Park as their In 2017, Yayasan again came out with Buddhist Stamps Gallery. It was indeed a
Shah Alam, it began operation in 2012. training premises. This synergy with third another creative idea – the Heartbiz very creative idea. The idea came about
parties works very well. Today Bodhi Park Project. The idea was developed after because an active Buddhist leader, Bro.
There were already many Buddhist runs about 20 camps a year! I don’t think about a year of vigorous exploration, Leong Kok Hing had a large collection of
organisations and temples in and around there is another Buddhist organisation in consultation and research. Buddhist stamps which he wished to give
the Klang valley. The leaders of Yayasan Malaysia that does that. away. We viewed the Buddhist stamps
began to ponder over the positioning of We realised that the Dharma was preached as cultural treasure which should be
the Bodhi Park. Is it going to be just like Gift Project by the Buddha to an agricultural society preserved, documented and displayed.
another Buddhist organisation or temple, Peter Drucker said, the foundation more than 2,500 years ago. Today we are Hence, we approached him for the
with the weekly puja/chanting or Sunday of innovative strategy is planned living in a modern or postmodern society stamps and set up the gallery. Creativity
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