Foreword: On the morning of December 26, 2004, a powerful earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale shook the seabed off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, triggering destructive tsunamis that caused severe damage and heavy casualties in countries around the Indian Ocean. More than 290,000 lives were lost and the number of casualties is still rising.

As Supreme Master Ching Hai teaches Her disciples, "We don't just meditate. We also help people when they're in need... If we just send money and food, it's not as good as delivering it ourselves with love and care.

In so doing, we also lend some of our blessings from Heaven to these people. So it has a longer effect, as well as the personal contact being perhaps more comfortable for the victims."

Thus, when members of The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association learned of the South Asian tsunami catastrophe, their immediate response was to directly express their love and care to the victims. With compassion and courage, they flew thousands of miles across oceans to the affected areas to personally share Master's care and concern. Below is a composite report on the relief work conducted by Quan Yin practitioners in the disaster-stricken areas.