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Culture (2006-2014)
Tzu Chi in the USA
1989 – 2014

s Tzu Chi’s missions have developed and grown in the
United States, volunteers have had more and more
Ainteractions with other organizations and thus a greater
need to communicate Tzu Chi’s philosophy and values in English
and other languages. As such, Tzu Chi USA Journal, a quarterly
magazine, debuted in 2002 to share stories important to the Tzu
Chi community in the English language. After thirty issues in
a small format, it expanded in 2012 to the current size. Like its
Chinese counterpart, Tzu Chi World U.S.A., each new issue has been
made available online since 2010.
As Dharma Master Cheng Yen has published many books
of teachings over the years, a great drive was initiated in 2012
to make more of her work available in English. In just the first
two years of this project, several books, including Life Economics,

Using Tzu Chi USA Journal, volunteer
George Chang introduces Tzu Chi in Haiti.

Volunteers began a project to share Jing Si
Aphorisms with prisons and jails in 2013.

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