Sister Alice Jean shares her perspective as a resident physician and clinician and how past experiences have provided the wisdom to truly be in the present moment. She also shares how she has learned to best support her patients and others she works with. "The more we clear our minds, the brighter the light." In order to be our best selves, having a clear and open mind helps us better support and bring out the light in others.

"The mind is so powerful that just one thought determines one's journey." In this short sharing, Sister Chin Yen Foo describes how she embarked on the path of service during the challenges early on in the pandemic. Ultimately, by stepping out of her comfort zone and making the most of opportunities to serve, she was able to transcend fears and collaborate with others on the Boddhisatva path.

"How do we cultivate our light and make it shine bright like a diamond so all of us can see and benefit?" Brother Jack Fan delves into the topic of Blazing Wisdom, from The Ten Grounds of Bodhisattvas. By continuously cultivating our blessings by helping others and growing our wisdom through Dharma, we can grow our radiating light into a blazing wisdom.

Since 2010, Dr. Stephen Denq, CEO of Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, has been involved in numerous international relief efforts through TIMA (Tzu Chi International Medical Association). In his sharing, he relates the power of stories in gaining wisdom through experiences. "Through each experience, we can learn and create new ways of solving problems." By repeating experiences over time, we are able to progress on the path of wisdom.

Sister Rowena (BB) shared how a personal loss during Typhoon Haiyan embarked her on her Tzu Chi volunteering journey. She disclosed how her involvements in various Tzu Chi missions, such as the Eye Center in the Philippines, helped her recognized her blessings.

Sister Diana first joined Tzu Chi as a volunteer for an English teacher in Seattle Chinatown. Before joining Tzu Chi, Sister Diana felt that she didn't have much direction, and wasn't leading a healthy life. Sister Diana shared the story of her transformation in this podcast.

In this podcast, Brother Yang describes how we can practice the ground of radiating light. It is through purifying our minds, and illuminating ourselves and others. To do that, we want to cultivate patience for the sake of Dharma, and for sentient beings. We should try to endure hardship no matter how people treat us.

Sister Siew Ching joined Tzu Chi in 2007 through recycling, and started listening to the morning Wisdom at Dawn five years later, and also joining the water repentance sutra adaptation. The wisdom she learned helped her clarify the questions and doubts she had. Listen in to the podcast as Sister Siew Ching described her personal journey of faith, vow, and aspiration through the Tzu Chi Bodhisattva path.

What is freedom from defilement? Sister Irene shared that defilement is carrying discriminating mindset towards others, and noted the affliction that she went through before she joined Tzu Chi. Through the Dharma expounded by Master Cheng Yen, Sister Irene learned to constantly reflect to make sure that her actions pose no harm to others, her words are kind and her thoughts are pure.

To be free from defilement is to achieve a state of tranquility, and one way to achieve this is to not have discrimination towards others. Brother Pick-Wei cautioned our tendency to have pre-conceived notion towards others, pointing to an example he had in San Diego when hearing a sharing from a homeless person. He learned then that there were many conditions that led to a person being homeless, and it was not just due to a lack of motivation.