On July 20th, 2025, Compassionate Service Society organized a gathering with a Food Offering Ceremony on the occasion of the 100th day Memorial of sister Katherine Kim Liên Nguyễn. Sister Katherine was a very active and dedicated member of CSS and her life was an inspiration to other volunteers. Her heart went out to all who suffers and always try to think of way to help others. 170 persons attended the ceremony and 115 dishes were prepared by attendees as offering to sister

(Translated from a talk given by Venerable Hằng Trường in Vietnamese on July 5th, 2025) Let me tell you a story. There was a couple who had been married for 22 years and had three children. After living together for 22 years, the wife realized that their marriage needed to end. Why was that? I listened carefully to understand. The story began with a very beautiful love. But gradually, life brought pressures and changes, such as changes in careers and responsibilities. Their r

In the past, when Venerable Master Hsuan Hua returned to Taiwan for the first time, many spirits of aborted babies came to him for help. He had been in the United States for a long time before visiting Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia on that trip. He was very surprised by the large number of those spirits in Asia. Therefore, he performed a ceremony that very few people have ever conducted. It was called the "Transmission of the Precepts in the Dark Realm" ( U Minh