Over the Mountains, Into the Water – Year Round. Review of Dharma Drum Mountain Relief Works in Myanmar and the province of Sichuan in China.
In May 2008, Myanmar (located in the Indo-China region) was hit by a sudden cyclone and in the same month, China’s Sichuan Province was struck by an earthquake, both resulting in the deaths of thousands of people. Throughout the past year since the occurrence of the natural disasters, and under the instructions of Master Sheng Yen – founder of Dharma Drum Mountain (« DDM »**) – DDM’s relief team and volunteers endured both, Myanmar’s burning temperatures and waded through Sichuan’s muddy…