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Doing his bit: Actor Chi Bao at a ceremony held to review the UHP charity programme in HCM City last week. — VNS Photo Vo Le Hong |
HCM CITY — A charity programme run by popular actor Chi Bao has sold a self-improvement book by Zen master Minh Niem to raise money for providing heart and cleft palate surgeries for poor children.
The programme, called Hieu ve Trai Tim (Understanding the Heart Programme), has sold 27,000 copies of Understanding the Heart and the proceeds have funded operations for 78 children with congenital heart diseases.
Carried out in co-operation with the Heart Beat Viet Nam and VinaCapital Foundation, the programme will benefit a further 22 this year.
Bao, deputy president and manager of the UHP, told a ceremony held to review the programme last week: "I recently read by chance some stories in [the book] which I found very useful for myself. The book helps readers understand some basic concepts like happiness, unhappiness, love, and suffering.
"I introduced the stories to some people and received positive feedback. So, I decided to gather friends to publish the book for charity."
He has also lectured about the book at clubs attached to dozens of colleges and universities around the country and firms.
The 50 psychoanalytical stories in Understanding the Heart are simple and practical but profound, enabling youths to look into their soul.
Niem, the author, has followers around the world. His writings help readers discover themselves, seek to sow good traits like generosity and selflessness in their soul, and transform negative energy caused by anger, envy and other sentiments. — VNS