
The
Great Spiritual Leader Spreading Love around the World
Welcoming
the Supreme Master Ching Hai who came to the United States to
Commendation, a grand greet-Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu on 25th October,
1993 at 6:30 p.m. This party was held by Mayor Fasi of Honolulu, and Mr.
Chen Hung Kwang, Chief Secretary of the World Cultural Communication
Association. On behalf of the United States government, Mr. Fasi, Mayor
of Honolulu awarded the International Peace Commendation, and the
Honorary Citizenship to the Supreme Master Ching Hai from Formosa. He
also announced the 25th day of October as the "Day Of The Supreme
Master Ching Hai". This is to recognize Her Contribution in
promoting the peace of the world, and the exchange of civilian
friendship.
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Mayor
Frank F. Fasi of Honolulu awards a certificate of "Honorary
Citizenship" to the Supreme Master Ching Hai. |
After the
great floods in the Midwest of the States, believing that others' agony
is our agony too, the Supreme Master Ching Hai Initiated a relieving
donation for the States of Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and
Louisiana amounting to a hundred thousand U.S. dollars. The Supreme
Master Ching Hai explained that this amount was donated by the fellow
practitioners in the States (mainly former Aulac refugees), supplemented
by seventy thousand dollars from the fellow practitioners in Formosa.
The Supreme Master Ching Hai also expressed that She would donate a
million dollars to the United States Government to help relieving the
flood disaster, and the veteran, medical research against AIDS and
cancer, the leprosy hospital on the Molokai island, and the homeless in
Hawaii, etc. The Supreme Master Ching Hai had also organized relief to
different countries around the world in the past. Alone in Philippines,
She and disciples donated the Pinatubo victims about US$ 2 millions
(2,000,000 US$). (just as this news articles to be published, the
Supreme Master Ching Hai has arrived in Los Angeles, and is preparing to
donate two hundred thousand dollars for the recent fire disaster in Los
Angeles.) Her sincere actions in adversities, and Her contribution in
promoting the cultural communication between the East and West are the
chief causes of Her award and Honorary Citizenship.