alias birth_place teacher color location nationality title background birth_date article_title name
huizhang qingshui city -rrb- , taiwan , taichung county -lrb- now part of taichung yin shun black tzu chi republic of china -lrb- taiwan -rrb- venerable #ffd 068 11 may 1937 cheng yen
 cheng yen 證嚴
cheng yen

cheng yen -lrb- ; born 11 may 1937 -rrb- is a taiwanese buddhist nun -lrb- bhikkhuni -rrb- , teacher , and philanthropist .
she is often called the `` mother teresa of asia . ''
in 1966 , cheng yen founded the buddhist compassion relief tzu chi foundation , commonly known as tzu chi ; its motto is `` instructing the rich and saving the poor '' .
later , cheng yen 's charity , medicine , education , and culture missions developed , and to the present the tzu chi foundation has become involved in international disaster relief , bone marrow donation , environmental protection , and community volunteering .
