Origin
After the official opening of Tzu Chi (Singapore)’s Jing Si Hall on 30 October 2005, Tzu Chi University Continuing Education Centre (Singapore) was inaugurated on 18 December 2005. The opening ceremony was graced by Professor Chang Fu-Mei, Vice Principal of Tzu Chi University (TCU) and Mr Zeng Han-Rong, Director of TCU Continuing Education Centre (Taiwan). The Centre in Singapore is TCU’s fourth overseas Continuing Education Centre after Malacca, Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
Introduction to the Centre
 The opening ceremony of the Continuing Education Centre was witnessed by the Director of Tzu Chi University Continuing Education Centre (Taiwan), Mr. Zeng Han-Rong and several brothers and sisters from the Tzu Chi University’s International Affairs Division.
Tzu Chi University Continuing Education Centre (Singapore) operates within the premises of Tzu Chi’s Jing Si Hall in Pasir Ris. There are Flower Arrangement Classroom, Tea Appreciation Classroom and Multi Purpose Classroom designed to suit the needs of various courses offered by the Centre with antique furniture and elegant decoration creating a warm and welcoming environment for learning.
The Continuing Education Centre currently offers Yoga, Calligraphy, Flower Arrangement, Photography courses and etc. With syllabus geared to the interests of the community, the Continuing Education Centre gradually influences more people with Tzu Chi’s humanitarian and community spirit while providing the community with an opportunity for life-long learning. It is hoped that the offering of professional courses will allow students to enhance their spiritual well being in addition to gaining knowledge and skills.
Characteristics of the Centre
Tzu Chi’s humanitarian culture is reflected in its courses, emphasizing not only the imparting of knowledge and skills, but also cordial human relationships. Ultimately, it aims to cultivate good thoughts and guide students to learn with pleasure and inculcate wisdom.
In the Continuing Education Centre, friendly volunteers play the role of Tzu Chi’s humanitarian teacher. They assist in classroom management so as to allow instructors to impart knowledge without interruption. At the same time, students will feel more at ease while learning. Master Cheng Yen sincerely hopes that volunteers will go the extra mile to be a teacher, an adviser, a caregiver and more importantly, an advocate of Tzu Chi humanitarian spirit.
At the end of the course, students are awarded a certificate from the Taiwan Tzu Chi University Continuing Education Centre as a motivation to continue with life-long learning.
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A course designed specially for the women by sister Li Ah Li helps to enhance the spiritual well being of the women, by promoting self-awareness, thus cultivating in these modern women desirable traditional virtues. |
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Taiwan Tzu Chi University Continuing Education Centre administrative officer, Sister Ling Jia-Yin’s ‘Bulletin of Tzu Chi University Continuing Education Centre’, helps the volunteers to gain a better understanding of the ideas and development of continuing education. |
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The antique furniture coupled with simple yet elegant decorations instill a sense of calm. The students attend their courses in a warm and welcoming environment, cultivating and purifying their thoughts, thereby gaining further understanding of life philosophy. |
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At present, the Continuing Education Centre uses two classrooms. The classroom for Tea Appreciation is on the third floor. It is elegantly decorated with wooden furniture and Still Thoughts Aphorisms written in calligraphy. They portray the uniqueness of Tzu Chi’s humanitarianism culture. |
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Taipei Continuing Education Centre Flower Arrangement instructor, Chen Xiu-Lan integrates Master Cheng Yan’s wisdom into the art of flower arrangement, so as to inspire the overseas teachers to master this art. |
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At the 1st Tzu Chi Continuing Education Graduation Ceremony in Singapore, the guests experienced Tzu Chi’s humanitarianism culture of Truth, Goodness, Beauty. |
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