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Dharma Roots
Tzu Chi in the USA
1989 – 2014
Southern California Tzu Ching sort recyclables at
USA Headquarters in San Dimas.
growing multiculturalism and help Tzu Ching either in Taiwan or the United States. While
connect more deeply with the surrounding many veteran Tzu Chi volunteers are first-
community, English replaced Chinese as the generation immigrants who may encounter
primary language of Tzu Ching events as of the communication barriers when carrying out Tzu
tenth anniversary retreat in 2008. Chi work in their communities, this difficulty
As of the end of 2013, forty universities poses no problem to Tzu Ching, who study in
and communities throughout the United the United States and have often grown up
States have Tzu Ching chapters, with a total of here. This next generation of volunteers are in
more than nine hundred members. To date, the perfect position to take on the responsibility
105 United States Tzu Ching have gone on to of passing down Tzu Chi’s mission of purifying
become certified Tzu Chi commissioners and hearts and sharing Dharma Master Cheng Yen’s
Tzu Cheng Faith Corps members, with twenty- spirit of compassion with more Americans.
five even finding employment with Tzu Chi,
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