2021 Bodhi Meditation Charity Journey

Charity
JAN - DEC 2021 Journey

JinBodhi Higher
Education Bursary

The Dawn of
Dreams

Warmth and Care
Amidst the Pandemic

BODHI MEDITATION MALAYSIA BERHAD REG. NO.: 201401048542 (1124731-A) | FREE COPY

CONTENTS

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Continuous compassion accrues blessings
Kind deeds and diligence extend longevity

– Grandmaster JinBodhi

4-5 Brief Introduction of the Charity Fund
6-9 Charity Fund Allocation
8-11 Introduction of the Charity Fund Programmes
12-13 The Charity Fund’s Mission
14-15 Pandemic Care
16-19 Stories from Underprivileged Families
20-27 Stories from Volunteers
28-29 Flood Relief Assistance
30-33 JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary Graduates
34-35 JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary Beneficiaries
36-37 Bursary Disbursement & Deed
of Donation Signing Ceremony
38-39 Primary and Secondary Education Subsidy
40 Primary Six To Secondary Education Subsidy
41 Mid-Autumn Festival and Parents’ Day
Event for the Beneficiaries of JinBodhi Higher
Education Bursary
42-43 Online Events for Secondary Beneficiary
Students Amidst the Pandemic & the Walk
With Malaysia Event
44-45 Beneficiary Students’ Work Gallery
46-47 Stories From BMYC Youths
48-49 Charity Publicity

Bodhi Meditation Malaysia 201401048542 (1124731-A)
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Brief Introduction of the Charity Fund

Compassion is born out of

one’s wish

Owing to the pandemic, 2021 has been a tumultuous year.
Bodhi Meditation Malaysia Charity Fund worked its best to
help and support various disadvantaged groups, deserving
students and the elderly
without kin to get through
the difficult times as this
is the responsibility of
Bodhi Meditation and
the compassion vow of
Grandmaster JinBodhi, the
Founder of International
Bodhi Meditation Org.

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When we use kindness to resolve all things and
troubles; we ultimately obtain auspiciousness.

- Aphorism from Grandmaster JinBodhi

Bodhi Meditation Malaysia Charity material aid, activities to foster physical
Fund was established in 2017, with the and intellectual development and
compassionate vow that every Malaysian emergency assistance. It is the hope of
child can have the opportunity of an the Charity Fund that every beneficiary
education. The Charity Fund has been can live happily and healthily under the
adhering to the mission of sending wings of kindness.
timely help to the poor and assisting
the underprivileged students in the In the coming 2022, the Charity
past 5 years. Every trial and challenge Fund hopes that both the beneficiaries
enables the Charity Fund to reach out and benefactors are able to receive and
to disadvantaged groups of various pass on blessings and love to others,
races and classes with a broad range of making the world a better and more
support that include education subsidy, peaceful place.

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Charity Fund Allocation

Donation Totalling RM8.87million Has Been
Committed for Charity Purpose in 2021

Since 2017, the Charity Fund has the funds raised from kind donors to
held 6 charity fundraising events. 100% assist those affected by the pandemic.
of the funds raised were utilized to assist
deserving students and elderly without Through helping and caring for
kin across Malaysia. In 2020 and 2021, others, the positivity and kindness
numerous people plunged into crisis due of charity are cultivated in society,
to the outbreak of COVID-19. Adhering gathering the love and benevolence of
to the notion of sending timely help to many individuals and bringing warmth
the needy, the Charity Fund allocated to those in need.

2021Total Donation JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary
RM1,121,399 / 80 beneficiaries
RM8,876,262
Secondary Education Subsidy
RM1,121,399 RM80,176 / 241 beneficiaries

JinBodhi Primary Education Subsidy
Higher RM211,400 / 1057 beneficiaries

Education Free Meals Project
Bursary RM8,715 / 129 beneficiaries

RM7,196,360 Caring Project
Bodhi Meditation’s RM100,725 / 41 families

Food Aid Is Here Extracurricular Activities
RM15,675 / 463 beneficiaries

Support for Elderly Without Kin
RM75,767 / 12 beneficiaries

Emergency Relief
RM66,045 / 600 beneficiaries

Bodhi Meditation’s Food Aid Is Here
RM7,196,360 / 26925 beneficiaries

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2017-2021 Cumulative Total of Donation

RM18,841,269

530 beneficiaries 1168 beneficiaries 4612 beneficiaries

JinBodhi Higher Secondary Education Primary Education
Education Bursary Subsidy Subsidy

RM7,905,438 RM524,531 RM1,253,490

1989 beneficiaries 148 families 1592 beneficiaries
Free Meals Caring Extracurricular
Project Project Activities
RM164,140
RM636,583 RM399,469

56 beneficiaries 2721 beneficiaries 26,925 beneficiaries
Emergency
Support for Elderly Relief Bodhi Meditation’s
Without Kin Food Aid Is Here
RM485,672
RM275,586 RM7,196,360

cumulative total of
beneficiaries and families

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Introduction of the Charity Fund Programmes

1 Education Subsidy for Underprivileged Students

Education changes fate. Showing care to the students to keeps them
motivated and heathy, both physically and mentally. Thus, education
and care are inseparable and the two key elements provided by the
Charity Fund for the deserving students.

Besides the education subsidies, various
activities were held online periodically
for the beneficiaries to improve
their knowledge and maintain their
momentum of learning.

Online TAR UC JinBodhi Bursary Award
Presentation Ceremony

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Diverse Assistance
to Cater For Everyone in Need

To reach out to more disadvantaged groups,
Bodhi Meditation Malaysia Charity Fund launched

2 a diversity of assistance in addition to education
subsidies and bursary.

Caring for the elderly without kin

The elderly without kin is a marginalized
group in society. They face various difficulties
such as poor living conditions, loneliness,
inability to care for oneself, etc. It aches one’s
heart to see their predicaments.

Upholding the virtue of respect for elders, the Charity Fund provided warmth
and care for the elderly without dependents, filling their void of loneliness and
meeting the basic financial and social needs in their life.

Bringing love and care to the elderly without kin rekindle their hope and
enthusiasm for life. Thus, the Charity Fund’s care for them never ceases.

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Introduction of the Charity Fund Programmes

3 慈F善ig基h金t项in目g介A绍gainst the Pandemic

When the pandemic broke out in Food aid delivered to charity
2020, the Charity Fund launched organisations.
the pandemic caring assistance.

Time became even more crucial
during the pandemic. Despite the threat
of the pandemic, the Charity Fund
resolutely took up the responsibility to
support and alleviate the burden of the
frontliners, delivering medical and food
supplies to public hospitals, shelters for
the underprivileged, charity organisations,
law enforcement units to assist them in
battling against the pandemic.

Biscuits delivered to law
enforcement units.

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4 Pandemic Relief

In 2021, many families plunged into a crisis because
of the devastating effect of the pandemic. In view
of this, the Charity Fund expanded its assistance
by launching the large-scale “Bodhi Meditation
Food Aid Is Here” programme two times in a row.

The food aid assistance provided Food aid delivered to the orang
the needy families with the essential asli village in Bentong.
groceries to feed their family members
while fighting against the pandemic.

Bodhi Meditation’s food aid has
assisted over ten thousand families and
orang asli from across Malaysia, sending
the families various food supplies and
basic household essentials that can last
them for a month.

Food aid delivered to Hulu
Selangor District.

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Mission of The Charity Fund

Bodhi Meditation Charity Journey

To transform the life of poverty and establish a foothold in the competitive
society today, knowledge is indisputably imperative. Knowledge has been indispensable
even from ancient times.

Therefore, Bodhi Meditation Malaysia Charity Fund has allocated most of its
funds in education subsidies and bursary that include JinBodhi Higher Education
Bursary, Secondary and Primary Education Subsidy, Free Meals Project. Apart from
these, the Charity Fund has also organized activities for the beneficiary students
and cared for the special-cased families and elderly without kin.

With the mission of timely assisting the needy, the Charity Fund never ceases
in extending help to those in need,
even in the face of disasters.

The Charity Fund has been
hosting the Charity Dinner every
year consecutively from 2016 to
2019. The funds raised from Bodhi
disciples and society which exceeded
the target each year were fully utilized
in charitable projects.

JinBodhi Higher Primary School Camp
Education Bursary Organizing meaningful
Knowledge changes and interesting
fate and can be gained
through education. Even extracurricular activities.

from ancient times, Charity Dinner
knowledge has been Volunteers
Beneficiaries of
indispensable. JinBodhi Higher
Education Bursary
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serve the guests.

Grandmaster JinBodhi said,
“Education is the key to transform fate.”

BMYC Volunteers Rumah Victory
BMYC youths visited the Fire Donation for the
homes of underprivileged reconstruction of
families to cultivate Rumah Victory
compassion and giving.
Free Meals Project
The 4th In collaboration with
Charity Dinner multiple schools, the
Bringing together Charity Fund initiated
magnanimous the programme
fundraisers and sharing to ensure that the
touching stories of students in need can
charity. have a meal a day
to provide sufficient
nutrients and energy
for school.

East Coast Flood
Bodhi Meditation

contributed to help
the flood victims.

Nepal Earthquake The path started from the donation of RM200,000 to the
Bodhi Meditation victims of the East Coast Flood in 2014, RM450,000 of funds
raised funds from raised from a thousand-people banquet for the victims of Nepal
a thousand-people Earthquake to rebuild their homes in 2015 and RM150,000
banquet to rebuild the of donation for the reconstruction of Rumah Victory (a home
victims’ homes. for the youth in Puchong) after being destroyed by fire. Since
then, the Charity Fund has tenaciously embarked on the path
of charity.

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Pandemic Caring Assistance

Together With Bodhi Meditation

During the Hard Times

Malaysia was not spared when the pandemic spread across the world. Many families
were greatly impacted. Some were rendered jobless and unemployed. Some even
had to endure hunger due to food shortages…

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After learning of the plight of the families, the founder of Bodhi Meditation
Malaysia Charity Fund, Grandmaster JinBodhi, promptly assembled the charity
team and launched the “Pandemic Relief Programme”to provide food aid
and necessities to the needy families.

RM7.2million Worth of Food

People were rendered helpless when hit by the pandemic.
The Charity Fund has donated RM7.2million to purchase more
than 20,000 pandemic relief caring packs to tide the families over
the difficult time.

On 21 July 2021, the food aid was established and made available
through online application or phone; every pack of food aid consists of various food
supplies and basic household essentials that can last a family of 3 or 5 for a month.

Taking necessary preventive measures, the Charity Fund delivered the food
aid to the applicants to their doorstep to keep the families safe at their homes
during the pandemic.

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Stories from Underprivileged Families

Imagine three adults had to share the
only meal everyday.

An Elderly Couple Who
Wished Only for Food to Eat

Sharing One Daily Meal With a
Disabled Daughter

Among the sad predicaments home at once to share it with his wife
faced by the caring pack applicants, and daughter. That was just one meal
one memory etched on in a volunteer. for the day. What would they be eating
for the rest of the day?
The applicant’s family comprises
an over 70-year-old couple and a 40-plus- The volunteer instantly submitted
year-old daughter with intellectual the food aid application for the family
disability. Due to poor health, the elderly after learning about their plight.
mom couldn’t work and neither could
their mentally challenged daughter. Their The old man and his family were
life was difficult. The family depended ecstatic when the food aid arrived. They
solely on the meagre income from the openly expressed that they had never
old man’s collection of scrap cardboard. received so much food. It was enough
to last them for over a month. The old
In light of the pandemic and man insisted that the volunteer conveyed
Movement Control Order (MCO) their words of gratitude to the donors
as he does not own any phone.
The old man’s income from
cardboard collecting was affected and The light of hope has finally lifted
the family was plunged into the gloom the tormenting gloom. The family of
of financial crisis. three no longer has to share the only
meal of the day. The caring pack not
To fill the empty stomach of the only brought them a month’s worth
family, he would wait at an economy rice of food, but also care and warmth.
stall everyday to receive a free box of
rice from the hawker. He would return

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An Elderly Mother is Saved from
Long Queueing for Food Under
the Scorching Sun

Delivering the Food Aid to the
Doorstep after Approval

If there’s an alternative, who would let their aged
mother walk a long distance and stand in the long
queue under the hot sun just to receive food for
the family?

Owing to family and health issues, a In the heat of the blazing sun
volunteer was unable to take care and exhaustion from walking the long
of her elderly mother. She lives with distance, the elderly mother cried in
her son who lost his job because of dismay. Every teardrop stung the heart
the pandemic. With the sudden loss of the volunteer. She conveyed the need
of income, the food supplies at home to the Charity Fund’s volunteer who
depleted and the two were soon left immediately submitted the food aid
with nothing to eat. application for her.

They had no choice but to walk After knowing that the application
several kilometers everyday to get was approved and that the caring pack
three meals from the kind donors in would be delivered to the doorstep,
spite of the searing sun and hours of her aged mother asked repeatedly in
queue. disbelief, “I don’t have to wait in line to
obtain the food? I just have to submit
When the volunteer visited her the application?”
mother, she went along to the food
bank. It was finally her mother’s turn She was overjoyed when the food aid
after walking through several streets and arrived. The bulky caring pack can last
queuing for over an hour. However, the them both more than a month and
operating procedure of each food bank the elderly mother was lifted of her
differed. Her eldlerly mother’s request sorrow and afflictions. At last, she no
for food supplies was rejected despite longer had to wait in line under the
her plea for help because the address sun to get food. the sun to get food.
on her IC is in Perak state although she
is living in Selangor. 17

Stories from Underprivileged Families

A Lonely Elder Who Refused
the Need for Food Aid

and Only Wanted Some Milo

There was an elderly woman whose She added, “But could you provide
husband and children had passed away. me with some Milo?”
She receives RM500 relief from the
government every month. The volunteer felt a certain
inexplicable sadness after listening to
When a volunteer contacted her her words that there are many more
and asked whether she needed food elders like her that are in need of care
aid, she said, “I am used to this kind of and help!
living. There must be someone or some
families who are more in need than me. The Charity Fund hopes that the
Give the food aid to them!” elderly woman felt included and received
the warmth and care after receiving Milo.

They Once Begged for Food A Single Mother Responded With
Because of Poverty Optimism : “We’ll Pull Through.”

A single mother, Lim Jia Yi lives with Fortunately, they received food
her 53-year-old mother and her two aid from the Charity Fund, which could
sons,aged 13 and 16. She had a job and last the family of four for two months,
was the breadwinner of the family. largely reducing her burden.

In July, she was infected with Lim Jia Yi indicated, “When I was
COVID-19 when she went for vaccination, young, I had to beg people for food
which infected her mother and because of poverty. My mother said we
two children. All of them had to be got through even those difficult times.
quarantined and treated. Without work, What we face right now isn’t considered
there was no income. The family’s ability the hardest. We’ll pull through!”
to buy food became a problem.

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Volunteers
Sent Warmth

During the Pandemic

In order that food aid packages are
delivered in the fastest possible time

The charity volunteers worked tirelessly round the clock to
sort, pack and distribute the food packs to the needy.

From processing of applications, and understanding the
applicants’ situation to the arrangement of the distribution
of caring packs, all the tasks were dealt with and completed
effectively by the charity volunteers. In the process, the
volunteers gained spiritually in helping those in need, and
shared the heart warming stories with people around them.

Through the acts of caring for the beneficiaries, the
volunteers were moved by their plight, which magnified the
volunteers’ compassion for the needy!

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Stories from Volunteers

“We should grab the opportunity well.
Get more people involved so that
they can also accrue merits.”

~ volunteer

During the movement control
order in the time of the pandemic

When she first received the caring pack Ai Bai couldn’t help but ask, “Do you
in July, she called the volunteer Ai Bai and really need the food aid?”
said happily, “Finally, I have something
to eat!” On the other end of the line, she
replied, “I really need it!”
Since the food aid arrived at her
home in end July, she incessantly called Subsequently, Ai Bai found out
Ai Bai every week, sometimes 3 times a that the lady’s husband was admitted
day, asking the same question, “Is your to hospital due to a heart attack. Her
food aid open for application? Can I apply worries were compounded when the
again?” The calls continued into August… food supplies at home were nearing
exhaustion. That explained why she
The food that was included in a was anxiously making many calls to Ai
single caring pack was able to sustain Bai to ensure that she didn’t miss the
a family of 3 or 5 for a month. Owing application date.
to the frequent phone calls from her,

“Is your food aid open for application?”

Timely Caring Revealed
Hidden Sorrow

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Sharing Half of the Life-Saving Aid With
Neighbour to Get Through the Ordeal

The application for food aid was finally caring is more than one phone call; It
open in September. The applicant is caring with regular visits and constant
provided Ai Bai with a list of names interaction with the needy.
of her neighbours. While submitting
the application, Ai Bai interacted with Ai Bai choked up when she
those listed for aid to understand their recounted the incident, “I then
situation. discovered why she kept asking me
about the opening date for the food aid
The person at the bottom of the application…I then knew she shared half
list lives next to the applicant, told of the caring pack with her neighbour…
Ai Bai that the applicant helped him Previously I didn’t ask and she didn’t
get through the pandemic by sharing say…”
half of her caring pack with him.
“This is truly a life-saving aid! I
Ai Bai felt remorseful for her didn’t understand this until I became a
thoughtlessness and misjudging the caring volunteer…”
applicant. She gains the insight that

Caring for the disadvantaged must be done appropriately and adequately.
While serving the needy in the food aid programme, the volunteers improve by
learning from making assumptions and judgemental views.

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Stories from Volunteers

Unclear Messages:

lI need help!

Urgent Calls for Food Aid

When the food aid programme was
launched, a volunteer, Sister You Hai, shared
the news to her circle of friends, asking them to
share with anyone in need. Later, she received
loads of unclear messages that included words
as simple as three words: I NEED HELP!

She immediately contacted the sender
to find out the person’s circumstances and felt
relieved after submitting the food aid application
for the person. There were numerous similar
cases. Some of the applicants lived just next to
each other.

Don’t miss doing anything good which
you deem as petty for even a small act
of kindness can provide timely and
necessary aid to the needy.

The volunteer You Hai hopes that
her sharing can inspire more people
to do good. Apart from monetary aid,
consolation and encouragement are
equally important.

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Solicitude Creates

Ripples of Kindness

When the volunteer You Hai’s daughter found out about the food aid programme, she
promptly told her mother about a Malay female classmate whose family faced similar
difficulties. She hoped that the food aid programme would be able to help her.

After contacting the family, the volunteer You Hai discovered that her father
had lost his company during the movement control order (MCO) and her mother
worked as a low-income cashier. Without the money to provide their daughter with
a computer to attend the online classes, she was forced to stop school for a year,
until this year when her school provided her with a laptop and internet access.

The volunteer You Hai recalled one One day, the girl contacted the
moment very well while she was waiting volunteer You Hai and told her that
together with the girl and her family her father missed the vaccination
for the arrival of the caring pack. She appointment because his phone was
asked the girl what they were having for broken. Sensing the girl’s concern from
lunch. The girl said that she didn’t know the text message, the volunteer You Hai
as the fridge at home was empty. The instantly rescheduled the vaccination
volunteer You Hai pressed on and the date for the girl’s father through her
girl replied, “We don’t know whether husband’s friend at the vaccination
we can have the next meal. We don’t centre.
know what we will have…”
The volunteer You Hai expressed
The volunteer You Hai couldn’t that the pandemic could change the
imagine how this young girl could circumstances of a family, making
withstand the drastic changes caused younger children more mature and
by the pandemic, some of which were understanding. Her daughter and several
hunger and distress that even adults classmates conducted tuition and group
find them unbearable. revision for the girl. She also bought
stationery with her own savings and
The caring didn’t cease after gave her school uniform to the girl.
the arrival of food aid.
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Stories from Volunteers

Brave Suppliers
in the Food Aid Programme
Amidst the Pandemic

It involved the collaboration of
suppliers in different areas to deliver food
aid to the needy across West Malaysia. More
importantly, these suppliers undertook the
arduous tasks despite the challenges like
availability of supplies and distribution
schedules amidst the risks and confusion
of the pandemic.

Delivering the “pandemic caring packs” to the families
in need requires multiple tasks from various people

The food aid programme

Funds Charity Food Delivery Beneficiaries
from the volunteers suppliers
community

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Touched Personnel Volunteered to Help

A supplier from Seremban, who has beneficiary. It is such an onerous task
collaborated with many organizations and the fact that your organization has
with similar charity work, scrutinised made such thoughtful and meticulous
the items listed in the caring pack and arrangements to help the underprivileged
expressed: is truly compassionate.”
“That is a lot of food ordered by The supplier personally delivered
Bodhi Meditation. Each food pack is over 60 caring packs to the beneficiary
unusually heavy. Of all the charitable families. In the process, he witnessed
collaborations, this is the first time I their hardships. His staff was also moved
have received such a massive order.” by the plight of the families and they
“Besides, the caring pack has to volunteered to deliver the heavy food
be delivered to the doorstep of each aid even on their days off.

Not Merely Rice, Oil, Sugar and Biscuits

With 100 caring packs, the only two run solely by both of them, so there is
individuals in the shop looked at each no staff. She said the biggest difficulty
other and at the size of the store, they faced was the shortage of goods
thinking how to purchase the goods and caused by either the manufacturers’
packing a hundred caring packs. inability to ship the goods or that they
A supplier named from Selangor were unable to deliver the goods to their
indicated that the highest volume of store because their staff were infected
order she received was 30. They were with Covid-19.
flabbergasted when a fellow sister from “Even if the manufacturer could
Bodhi Meditation made an order of 100! deliver it to us, I wouldn’t dare accept
Aside from rice, oil, sugar and biscuits, because of the risk of infection. So we
the common items in most of the former had to purchase goods from other places
food aid programmes, there are 14 more, as much as they could provide.”
which amounts to 18 items. With the assistance of the
“The proportion of each food aid suppliers, the caring packs were timely
is enough to last a family a month…not delivered to the needy families to get
many people will donate this much…” them through the ordeal.
The store is a family business

In the process of ordering, packing,
distributing the goods, benevolence was
imprinted in the hearts of the suppliers.
From the weight and amount of caring
packs delivered, the suppliers embraced the
meaning of charity: a small act of kindness
brings joy and makes a difference.

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Stories from Volunteers

Bai Neng was a 9-year-old girl who learned about “Bodhi
Meditation’s Food Aid is Here”, a programme initiated by
Grandmaster JinBodhi, from her mother. Knowing that the
programme could help those who were jobless and facing
food shortages during the Movement Control Order (MCO),
she wanted to help some of the families.

Bai Neng came from a kind family. “I told my family that I could draw
After watching the video of “Bodhi for them but each would cost RM300.”
Meditation’s Food Aid Is Here”played by
her mother, she asked her mother more They were surprised by the price
about the programme and discovered offered for each painting but as Bai Neng
that RM300’s worth of food aid could explained to them that RM300’s worth of
feed a family for a month. She then food aid could feed a family for a month,
decided to donate RM600 of her savings they supported her without hesitation.
which could help two families.
Realizing that she could raise more
Later that evening when Bai money for the needy, she shifted her
Neng and her family gathered together goal of RM600 to RM6000, the amount
at home, she exhibited her newest of food aid that could help 20 families.
rainbow painting to them. Attracted by
the vibrancy and warm colours of the
painting, each family member wanted to
have it. Then, the idea of raising money
came to her.

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A Big-Hearted
9-Year-Old Girl

Raised Money to Help
20 Families

She successfully raised RM6000 family’s regular acts of kindness since
in just two weeks. The funds raised she was younger, she understood that
included the money earned from the it’s more blessed to give than to receive.
massages she gave her mother, direct Thus, owing to her selflessness and
donation from her father, proceeds of kindness, she earned the support of
the paintings she sold to her family her family without difficulty. Despite the
members and her own savings. fact that Bai Neng was still a young girl,
she cared for those who are in need. Her
Bai Neng ’s mother was very good deeds proved that acts of kindness
gratified to see her daughter doing these aren’t restricted by magnitude and age.
kind acts. She hopes that more people can join
her in doing good, bringing warmth and
Bai Neng’s kind acts demonstrated love to society.
that example is better than precept. As
Bai Neng has been influenced by her

Anyone, regardless of their age, can extend a helping
hand and warmth to those in need.

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Flood Relief Assistance

Spreading the Love of Bodhi Amidst the Merciless Flood
Relieving the Plight of the Flood Victims

It wasn’t a “peaceful night” on December 24.
Many states across the country were severely flooded
due to the continuous torrential rainfall.In the shortest
possible time, Bodhi Meditation Malaysia Charity Fund
delivered flood relief caring packs to the affected people.

After more than 24 hours of downpour, to help over 220 devastated families get
the floodwaters in low-lying areas rose to through the difficulty.
4 feet, submerging entire cars; hundreds
of victims climbed to the roof of their Furthermore, the Charity Fund
house to escape the floodwaters. Many distributed 220 packs of flood relief that
people were affected by the flood. Water consisted of masks, cleaning agents,
and power supply were disconnected, disinfectants, etc. to Dewan Tainia MBSA
furniture and household appliances to assist the victims of Sri Muda, an area
damaged, thousands of cosy homes in Shah Alam severely affected by the
which took decades to pay off were flood.
destroyed and turned into ruins.
The flood waters had subsided, but
Warmth in the midst of the the belongings and household items at
pandemic. home were destroyed; the beneficiaries
indicated that they had to temporarily
After learning of the urgency of stop working to clean up their house.
the victims, the Charity Fund promptly Although they were rendered exhausted
contacted 13 Chinese primary schools and helpless by the disaster, they were
within Klang to obtain the list of affected deeply grateful for the timely relief they
families and delivered a total of 180 were in need of, consisting of food,
flood relief caring packs which included drinking water, cleaning supplies, etc.
food, cleaning products, mineral water, from the Charity Fund.
etc. to them.
Moreover, Segamat in Johor
Apart from the Klang valley, was affected by flood. On 14 January
Pahang state was also experiencing 2022, the Charity Fund distributed 200
severe floods. The Charity Fund delivered packs of flood relief, cleaning agents
essential supplies consisting of food and and disinfectants to Majlis Perbandaran
mineral water to Yayasan Nanyang Press Segamat to help the flood victims of
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A Word From Every flood relief caring pack carries
Each Person the love, warmth and blessings of the
Charity Fund for the victims. In total,
Beneficiary of the Flood Relief the Charity Fund donated RM66044.50
Assistance worth of flood relief to the victims, in
the hope that the victims can restore
Kavitha: People were their homes and resume their normal
assisted regardless of their lives soon.
race. That deeply touched
me. I’m incredibly thankful Delivery Driver of Flood Relief
for that. Caring Packs

Representative of Parent Teacher Luo Wen Jun: I have
Association of SKJ(C) Lee Min delivered around 6 trucks
these two days. It was quite
Guo Mei Lian: Thank you tiring but I was happy that
Bodhi Meditation for the victims were helped.
assisting the students here. Also, I’m thankful that the
21 of their families were Charity Fund extended
affected by the flood. The their helping hand when
help from Bodhi Meditation people were in need.
is timely. On behalf of the
PTA of SJK(C) Lee Min, I Commitee of the Charity Fund
thank you all.
Fu Han: I hope the relief
Official of Dewan Tainia MBSA package is able to help
them get through the
Arvindraj A/L Radha : I’d like difficult times. I’m thankful
to thank Bodhi Meditation to Grandmaster JinBodhi
Malaysia Charity Fund for for imparting to us the
assisting the flood victims merit of giving timely help
despite the pandemic. to those in need.

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JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary Graduates

Embarking on the Path of

Dream Pursuit

Time elapses like a flash. Beneficiaries who were still undergraduates
years ago are about to graduate, ready to tread the path full of
unknown and challenges to pursue their dreams.

Who hadn’t felt lost before when they
were young? Who didn’t dream when
they were still students? An aspiration
is like a seedling in one’s heart that
thrives and grows through years of
nourishment, ultimately providing one
with the courage to pursue their dreams.

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JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary

Strives On in the Midst
of the Pandemic

Initiated by Grandmaster JinBodhi, The
Founder of International Bodhi Meditation
Org. “JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary”
was launched to provide financial
assistance to deserving young Malaysians
to continue their studies.

The bursary is open to students who Countless families faced
have successfully obtained admission unprecedented financial pressure caused
to either any government universities by the pandemic. Underprivileged
or certain private higher educational students who were pursuing higher
institutions such as: Universiti Tunku education were confronted by greater
Abdul Rahman, Tunku Abdul Rahman challenges. Nevertheless, JinBodhi
University College, New Era University Higher Education Bursary is always
College, and Southern University College. there to assist the deserving students
Qualified applicants can get their course in their higher education pursuit during
fees fully covered until completion of the difficult time.
study.
As of 2021, the bursary has
The bursary is funded by the disbursed more than 8 million to
contribution and love of kind donors assist 530 students, 283 of whom have
for the underprivileged students. successfully graduated.

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JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary Graduates

Nursing: An Ordinary Yet Noble Profession
Overcoming Hardships With the

Power of Dreams Yap Kar Xin • Universiti Putra Malaysia

Unlike most of her peers who and accomodation fees.
eventually studied business courses, As opposed to other courses,
Kar Xin has been interested in human
science and dreamt to become a doctor nursing studies embody a good deal
since she was young. She understood of challenges. While others are having
her limits but owing to her passion for semester break and working part-time,
human science, she pursued nursing nursing undergraduates are assigned
instead. to become interns at hospitals working
from Monday to Saturday on an average
Kar Xin studies Bachelor of Nursing of 7-9 hours per day.
in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). There
are many stereotypes of the profession JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary
like long working hours, hence, only a was open for application for the first
handful of Chinese are nurses…etc. None time in 2017, the year when Kar Xin
of these was Kar Xin’s concern as she started her second year of study in UPM.
believed passion can eliminate all the Encouraged by her mother, she applied
worries. for the bursary.

Facing Life Cheerfully “After submitting the documents
and Positively and attending the interview, I was
granted the bursary. It relieved my
She comes from a modest family. burden in studies and gave me the vigour
She has two siblings, an elder sister and to move forward.”
a younger brother. Her father is a self-
employed excavator driver, her mother
a saleswoman in a shopping mall. Her
family lives in Tanjung Sepat, on the
southern coast of Selangor.

As both her parents had jobs,
they were able to make ends meet.
Nevertheless, Kar Xin’s education fees
were high. She could only pay the
miscellaneous fees of her lessons with
PTPTN loan after deducting the tuition

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“I had the opportunity to participate basic knowledge I learned in my first year
in Bodhi Meditation Malaysia Charity of university is part of my professional
Fund events after becoming a recipient skills.”
of JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary.
I realized what I study and learn is so Nursing is a profession that may
much needed in this world.” seem ordinary yet noble. Kar Xin knew
very well what’s behind the hardwork
Kar Xin expressed sadly that she and effort: to bring joy and health to
couldn’t afford to join the university people by providing nursing care to
activities as all her money was spent whoever that needs it.
on the expenses in her studies except
the activities held by the Charity Fund Kar Xin loves this profession and
for she didn’t have to bear the cost of her life. Having survived the pandemic
the transport, accomodation and food and got through the low point in life,
arranged for her. She found the Charity she believes that everything begins with
Fund’s actions heart-warming and gained the first step. She learned that to enjoy
great insight from the activities. every moment of excitement in life, one
has to deal with the challenges with
What impressed her most was the courage and composure.
summer camp in Pahang. Apart from
holding a camp for the children, they also
helped out at an elderly care centre, in
which she was responsible for feeding
the elderly. She then discovered that
what she had studied and excelled in
was what others found difficult.

“Some of my peers didn’t know
how to take care of an elderly person but
I found it easy. This is when I realized the

The Charity Fund’s events left a deep impression on her.

Warmth and Love in Bodhi Events
Kar Xin Rediscovered Her Sense
of Purpose

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JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary Beneficiaries

Education is the key to realising our dreams

Most people are filled with determination, hope and
curiosity as they step through the gates of higher education.
In fact, it’s the turning point of one’s life, the place where
independence and skills are acquired, like a ray of light
upon the path towards one’s dream.

“Due to heredity, my father, younger brother and
sister are physically disabled, while I am fortunate
enough to have an able-bodied physique.”

said Chen Yi lightly of Muar, Johor during the sharing session
at JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary event.

Chen Yi comes from a humble family. Chen Yi estimated that all the
His mother is a housewife, his father a family’s savings had to be spent to pay
name card designer. He has a younger his university fees. There were also other
brother who’s in form 3 and a sister who’s expenses and living cost while studying
studying in primary 5. The disabilities in which would be a heavy burden for his
his siblings and father are genetically father and the family.
inherited. The only difference between
them and normal people is the ability “I understand how difficult it is for
to walk. my father, a physically challenged person,
to bear such burden. I have grown up. I
He is currently studying Mathematics shouldn’t worry my parents.”
in Universiti Malaya (UM). Although
he has been interested in various If he didn’t receive the bursary,
occupations, he ultimately enrolled he might have to work part time while
in Mathematics. He hopes that he will studying. With the bursary, he can place
be able to provide greater room of all his focus on improving and preparing
development for the disabled and needy himself for the future.
when he succeeds.
He admitted that Mathematics is
In order to ease the burden of the a tough course to study. Nevertheless,
family while pursuing his dream, Chen he believed that the hardships he
Yi applied for JinBodhi Higher Education experienced will help him develop
Bursary, hoping that it could help him a stronger mindset to cope with the
move closer to his dream. competitive workplace and create
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benefit those in need.

A Dream Inspired From Family’s Disabilities
Building an Ordinary Life Out of Adversities

Sia Chen Yi • Universiti Malaya (UM)

Life Itself is Education. Finding Joy in Daily Life.

Chen Yi remarked that his father a high fever right after the exams which
is the best example to him. Although he described as the low point of his life.
his father doesn’t have many words
of wisdom, his positivity in life and He acknowledged that it was the
perseverance made Chen Yi proud and care and company of people around
inspired him to pursue a dream. him that gave him the strength to break
through his timidity and found his goal
“Life isn’t like a movie; there is no in life.
golden saying that can transform one’s
life. There is no special plot for one to “One’s effort may be limited, but
portray. But the philosophy I learn from if love and care from people around
how my father and family live their lives one are added to it, one can create a
daily is imprinted on me, which is useful wonderful life, ordinary but joyful and
in forging my future path in life.” blessed life.”

While waiting for the university’s
results, Chen Yi’s father came across
JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary on
Facebook. Considering the burden of the
tuition fees, he applied and was selected
as a recipient.

Chen Yi indicated that he never
thought he could go to university as his
secondary grades were average. With
the encouragement of his family and
teachers, he studied so hard until he got

Sia Chen Yi is grateful for the bursary. It’s an encouragement and a
blessing from Grandmaster JinBodhi which reinforces his resolution
to bring warmth to the disabled by providing them with more career
opportunities.

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Bursary Disbursement & Deed of Donation Signing Ceremony

Entering the
Fate-Transforming Gate

Realizing the Education
Dream Amidst the
Pandemic

All physical events are replaced by to alleviate their family’s burden and the
virtual events during the pandemic.In time and focus for their studies.
2021, the Charity Fund held JinBodhi
Higher Education Bursary disbursement During UTAR JinBodhi Bursary
ceremony online several times. The Award Presentation e-Ceremony 2021,
ceremony on September 4 was one the sharing of each of the 10 beneficiary
of them; a total of RM140,5967 was students touched the hearts of every
disbursed to 10 deserving students, participant. They were in a plight even
enabling them to pursue their studies before the pandemic. Their situation
in UTAR. worsened when the COVID-19 outbreak
started. Amidst the pandemic, some
In 2021, 80 university students of their family members lost their
have benefited from JinBodhi Higher jobs; some of their closest ones were
Education Bursary. A sum of RM1,120,000 diagnosed with critical illness; some of
is allocated to help the students realize the beneficiaries even lost their parents.
their education dream.
Despite all these, their desire to
Most of them come from a single- pursue higher education never faltered
parent family. Although each of them as they deeply knew that education could
has a different background, they share transform their fate.
a common need: they need the bursary

JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary
beneficiary students have graduated!
Bodhi Meditation Malaysia Charity Fund was
present to witness the graduation of 3 TAR
UC beneficiary students! The Charity Fund’s
committee members were also there to send

their blessings and gifts to them.

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RM300,000 Worth of JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary

Was Disbursed to Help Deserving Students Pursue

Higher Education in 2021

TAR UC JinBodhi Bursary Signing The Chairman of the Charity Fund,
Ceremony was held online on Teacher Ling Shan:
October 20. Tar UC Jinbodhi Bursary,
a bursary jointly established by Bodhi “JinBodhi Higher
Meditation Malaysia Charity Fund and Education Bursary isn’t
TAR UC to assist deserving students, just a financial aid, but
has disbursed RM300,000 in 2021 to also an encouragement
TAR UC students in need. and blessing from
Grandmaster JinBodhi
The deed of donation was signed by for the beneficiary students. In addition,
the Charity Fund’s Chairman, Ling Shan and the bursary is the convergence of love
Prof Ir Dr Lee Sze Wei, TAR UC President, of numerous people and the cycle of
and witnessed by Fu Han, Charity Fund’s kindness. It brings hope and illumination
Trustee and Assoc Prof Dr Chook Ka Joo, to the students who are in need.”
Vice President of TAR UC.
The President of TAR UC,
From 2017 to 2020, TAR UC Prof Ir Dr Lee Sze Wei:
JinBodhi Bursary has provided 148 TAR UC
underprivileged students with the financial “TAR UC is deeply
assistance to pursue higher education. In grateful to Bodhi
spite of the pandemic, the Charity Fund Meditation Malaysia
holds on to the compassionate mission Charity Fund for aiding
and persists in spreading Grandmaster the deserving students
JinBodhi’s compassion and blessings to the in their pursuit of higher
underprivileged students. education during the
pandemic.”

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Primary and Secondary Education Subsidy

Concerned Over Deserving Students’ Education

12 Meetings on Assistance
Optimization Were Held
The Ministry of Education has announced Free Meals Programme” for collaborating
that schools would reopen in October. schools from various states to discuss
In view of this, the Charity Fund held how they can provide the most
12 meetings named “The Optimization comprehensive aid to the beneficiaries.
of 2022 Primary Education Subsidy and
The school authorities who
attended the meeting acknowledged
and praised the Charity Fund for such
a comprehensive programme.

One of them was the headmaster
of SJK(C) Khai Mun Chamang, Zheng
Xiu Feng who expressed his gratitude
towards the Charity Fund, stating how
great and helpful was the subsidy and
the timely food aid during the pandemic
to the beneficiaries. Those who received
the caring packs were touched and
couldn’t thank the Charity Fund more.

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Secondary Education Subsidy Helped

Secondary Underprivileged Students
Get Through the Times of Hardship

The pandemic seems to have slowed Malaysia to help reduce the burden of
the pace of life and made cities their family. Each student is granted
quieter. Nevertheless, the education RM2000 worth of subsidy a year, to
assistance never halted. Observing all help cover expenses such as school
the precautions against coronavirus, miscellaneous fees, transport fees,
Bodhi Meditation Malaysia Charity Fund tuition fees, the purchase of reference
hosted a talk for secondary deserving. books or expenses related to education.

To ensure social distancing, the Our days are filled with tests
talk was moved from the center to a and uncertainties in the new normal.
parking lot. A total of 16 deserving Nonetheless, the Charity Fund will be
students attended the talk that day. there for the disadvantaged children
and families in their time of need.
A total of RM40,576 has been
donated to 43 deserving students across

During the talk, the Charity Fund gave a packet
of rice to every parent who accompanied their
children and bags of special gifts to students
who had participated in the Charity Fund’s online
events. The Charity Fund hopes that the students
are able to persist in their studies with the help
of the subsidy.

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Primary Six To Secondary Education Subsidy

The government has imposed the Movement Control
Order (MCO) to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Adults were required to work from home, students were
asked to attend virtual classes at home, all activities in
the world seemed to have halted…

Breaking Through Obstacles
Amidst the Pandemic
Education Assistance Never Ceases

Poor families, who have been struggling with their
living, found the circumstances even tougher, the
burden of their children’s education heavier.

Upholding Grandmaster JinBodhi’s The Charity Fund’s volunteers
notion of helping the poor and assisting spent a good deal of effort in reviews
the underprivileged students, Bodhi and took every necessary pandemic
Meditation Malaysia Charity Fund carried preventive measures while arranging the
on with assisting the underprivileged delivery of RM200 subsidy, a set of school
students in spite of the obstacles in uniform and two packs of rice for 256
purchasing, packaging and distribution deserving secondary one students who
posed by the pandemic. Additionally, are from across the country including
standard operating procedures were Penang, Perak, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan,
strictly followed in every process to Malacca, Johor and Selangor, relieving
ensure safety. their worries over educational expenses
during the pandemic.

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Mid-Autumn Festival and Parents’ Day Event for the
Beneficiaries of JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary

Warming the Hearts of Parents
With Loving Pancakes

Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival with Sweet Mochi

Fruitful and Joyful Online Meetups

Prior to the pandemic, beneficiary students of JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary would
gather for festive celebrations. They would play games together, share interesting stories
and socialize with one another. During pandemic times, all physical events were suspended,
but that didn’t dampen the students’ vigor and vibrancy online where everyone interacted in
front of the screen.

Parents’ Day celebration is the to the Mid-Autumn Festival.
celebration of both Mother ’s and In ancient tradition, it’s believed
Father ’s day. It’s a day to express
respect and gratitude to our parents. that every dish signifies a wonderful
Thus, in conjunction with Parents’ Day wish. The round, sweet and sticky mochi
celebration, the Charity Fund organized denotes bliss and perfection; the sesame
an online baking activity named “Bake seeds symbolize steady progress and the
for Your Parents With Love” to show sugar signifies happiness. These are the
the university students the simple way wishes of Bodhi Meditation Malaysia
of making a pancake. Charity Fund for all beneficiary students.
The joy and enjoyment of the students
Besides the Parent’s Day online were manifested in their laughter and
event, beneficiary students also took beaming looks.
part in the event to make mochi during
the Mid-Autumn Festival. Even though
they were miles apart, they made mochi
online together, solved riddles and
chatted about interesting stuff related

Under the coordinator’s careful
guidance, every participant was able
to make pancakes with love and warmth
for their parents in gratitude for their
love and care.

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Online Events for Secondary Beneficiary Students
Amidst the Pandemic & the Walk With Malaysia Event

The Walk With Malaysia

Event Is Launched

Exercising at Home to Accumulate the Steps

Turning Perspiration Into Charity Donation

Many kind people and groups have come together to contribute their effort and
assistance to healthcare providers who were short of medical equipment and
supplies due to the raging pandemic in Malaysia.

Kindness has no distinction between ages 15 to August 30, the Charity Fund
or status. Even secondary beneficiary would donate RM64 with the name of
students wished to contribute to the the participant to MERCY MALAYSIA
country. COVID-19 PANDEMIC FUND to assist the
affected groups and provide hospitals
In conjunction with the with the needed medical items.
Independence Day and Malaysia Day,
Bodhi Meditation Malaysia Charity
Fund organized the Walk With Malaysia
Event for the energetic students.

For every 64000 steps accumulated
at home in two weeks, from August

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The participants’ enthusiasm to them admitted that it was hard and tiring
contribute wasn’t weakened by the at the beginning, but thinking that this
limited space at home. Maximizing the was the only way to help the frontliners
use of their space, they jogged and during the Movement Control Order
jumped on the spot, climbed up and (MCO), they felt motivated.. Rather than
down the stairs, walked from the living doing nothing except attending online
room, to the kitchen and back to their classes, they would “move”for the good
room repeatedly everyday to achieve of others.
64000 steps.
When one’s fire of kindness is
These exercises may sound simple ignited, even beneficiaries of the Charity
to the youthful participants but given the Fund can contribute to the country in
small space, it requires great persistence times of need.
for one to complete the task. Many of
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Beneficiary Students’ Work Gallery

Using Mandarin Oranges as
Chinese New Year Decorations

Although the Spring Festival vibes this year aren’t as
thrilling as the years prior to the pandemic, it provided
secondary beneficiary students the chance to bond and
work together with their families on Chinese New Year
decorations, to add warmth and colour of festivity at
home using mandarin oranges as the main item.

Welcoming the Chinese New Year with Butterflies’
Chirps and Tea Fragrance - Leong Ho Yi & Leong Chi Hen

This work is the combination five blessings and the reunion of
of poetry and mandarin oranges. our family of five. The poem above
I set a teapot and three mandarin describes the scene I created. The
oranges as teacups on the table as mandarin oranges placed at the
there will be guests coming to our bottom right represents how we feel
houses during the Spring Festival. when we receive the red packets.
This is the ancient way of hospitality. Although the Chinese New Year
I drew the Chinese calligraphy of festival wasn’t celebrated in the usual
“Spring” and tree branches and way as visits were restricted due to
flowers on two sides to represent the MCO, there is always sweetness
the arrival of spring and new life. at the end of bitterness, just like the
The butterflies that are created by sweet aftertaste of the bitter tea.
the mandarin oranges denotes the

Celebrating and Welcoming the New Year with
Laughter and Joyous Reunion - Lee Kim Hung

The work brings the pandemic. So I
out the meaning and think reunion means
importance of reunion. having the chance to
I wouldn’t feel that spend time with your
reunion is particularly family happily, just like my
difficult until this year work. I hope that the country can
when those who are return to the way it used to, where

living overseas are there is no SOP to worry about and
unable to return for the everyone is able to toss Yusheng and
reunion dinner due to have a joyful reunion dinner.

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My Moonlight
Treasure Box

On the day of the event, the secondary school
beneficiary students of Bodhi Meditation Malaysia
Charity Fund unleashed their creativity to design
and make their own “Moonlight Treasure Box” with various materials! The legend
has it that the “Moonlight Treasure Box” could transcend space and time. If you
had the treasure box, what would be your most desired wish?

I wish to time-travel to the world of I want to go to the world of cartoon
2095, meet with the top scientists and visit my favourite character,
in the world and return with the Crayon Shin-Chan, at his house.
cure for Covid-19 disease to heal I’d like to return to the ancient times,
everyone. to experience the old times and
I wish to go back in time to watch find out who my ancestors were.
how the heroes fought their ways in I wish to see my dad one more
the battles, to learn about the local time, to tell him ‘don’t worry dad
culture and tradition and to enjoy the as I have grown up.
sceneries and delicacies there, etc.

I’d like to go back to the times when I’d like to travel to the past to meet
they first invented exercise books my old self, urging “me” to study
and ask them ‘why do they want to hard and share the burden of house
invent homework as well?out who chores with my parents.
my ancestors were.

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the treasure box and revealed their desired wish.

Stories From BMYC Youths

The presence of a group of
vibrant volunteers can always be seen
in the activities of Bodhi Meditation
Malaysia Charity Fund, among which
are the visits to the disadvantaged
families. These volunteers are known
as the volunteers of Bodhi Meditation
Malaysia Youth Team.

Whether it’s the delivery of
food aid to the orang asli villages or
the home visits to the underprivileged
families, the youth volunteers communicated with the beneficiaries with benevolence
and sincerity. Apart from gaining various insights and inspirations from the charitable
activities, they brought vigour and enthusiasm to people around them.

My future is in my own hands #BMYC inspires dreams in youths

What are the keywords for adolescence?

The definition given by society at
large is the key to an individual adaptation
to social life and personality traits
formation, the future and hope of the
country, but for the youths, adolescence
is confusion and doubts about one’s future,
the anxiety of growing up and the tough
communication with parents and elders.

Grandmaster JinBodhi
established Bodhi Meditation
Youth Camp (#BMYC) to inspire
youths with the enthusiasm and
determination to dream and
pursue their goal, to improve
their wisdom through meditation
activities and help them cultivate
important virtues in life.

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In light of the pandemic, most > Partaking in Bodhi Meditation
people in the country were required to
work from home; all outdoor activities Malaysia Charity Fund food aid event:
were suspended or reduced. However, BMYC youths spread kindness in orang asli
none of these was a hindrance to the new villages! Each youth participant was moved
generation of youngsters. Their energy, in different ways and gained the awareness
enthusiasm, imagination and creativity of giving and helping others.
were wholly manifested either in virtual
or physical events, filling every event with > Online Debate Competition: The only
warmth and joy. time in history that the core team youth
members participated in a youth event
Bodhi Meditation Malaysia Youth (internal event) and engaged in a fiery
Team conveys Grandmaster JinBodhi’s encounter with other fellow youths.
compassionate teachings, encourages
youths to take part in activities and plays > Love of Reading Online Sharing
an important role in the Charity Fund. Session: Sharing the highlights and
With the participation of vibrant BMYC insights of each favourite book.
youths, the Charity Fund is able to radiate
the loving sunshine that warms the heart > The First Dancing MV - “We Rock”:
of the underprivileged students. Feat. JinBodhi Higher Education Bursary
Recipients

>“My Future Is in My Own

Hands”Online Drama Competition:
participated by BMYC youths and BMMB
students who spent a month in preparation.
They created, directed and acted the script
on their own. 215 audiences joined in to
watch that day!

> Youths Participation in Home Visits

With Charity Volunteers:
Their hearts were inspired with kindness
after witnessing the plight of the
disadvantaged.

○ Inspire Dreams
○ Expand Social Circles
○ Improve Skills
○ Step Out of the Comfort Zone
Facebook Official Page: BMYC MY https://
www.facebook.com/bmycmy

Bodhi Meditation Malaysia Youth Team:
Come and join us!

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Charity Participation

It’s a Pity if Only One Person Quits Suffering and Abides in Joy;
It’s a Bliss When Everyone is Free From Suffering and Find Peace

Doing Good Deeds

Begin With You

As society changes and develops at a rapid rate, our possessions become abundant,
our standard of living improves, and our lives become peaceful and stable.

However, these changes aren’t blessings to
everyone. There are still those who suffer
from poverty and food shortages, those who
can’t afford their children’s education, and
the elderly who are unattended.

They are known as the disadvantaged
or marginalized group. Due to their limited
capability and power, they are unable to earn
an adequate income and live in inconspicuous
and dilapidated homes.

Protecting the environment, respecting
every life, every group and culture make us
better and the world a wonderful place.
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Follow “Bodhi Meditation Malaysia Charity Fund”
Website — https://www.puti.org.my/ch/bmmbcharity/
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Igniting the Hopes of the Underprivileged begin the path of charity, assisting the
underprivileged students, helping the
“It’s bliss when everyone frees poor, sending aid to hospitals during the
themselves from suffering.” pandemic, etc, to bring warmth and care
to the disadvantaged group.
Grandmaster JinBodhi saw that
there are still many people experiencing Mencius said, “Humans are kind
hardships and difficulty because of in nature.” It’s the human nature that
poverty, children who can’t graduate gives rise to charity, the selfless heart
because they have lost their parents and that willingly spreads warmth, positivity
finances, and the elderly without kin who and energy to others.
are in desperate plight as they can’t take
care of themselves. Everyone in the world should have
a bright future. We believe that your
In view of this, Grandmaster led participation in the charity will fill the
every Bodhi disciple across the world to world with joy and love.

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