When Amitabha Buddhist Centre hosted the Jade Buddha statue for Universal Peace in prestigious Orchard Road, Singapore, they selected the 16 Guidelines for Life as the theme for the public exhibition surrounding the statue. Each of the Guidelines was featured on a beautifully designed giant banner, organised by ABC volunteer Sin Wee Tay, with the aim of sharing a universal message of peace with the thousands of visitors who may not be open to a traditional Buddhist presentation. On the 20thof January, UWE volunteer SabreenaAndriesz gave an introductory talk about the Guidelines to over 100 people. We are very grateful to Amitabha Buddhist Centre for choosing to collaborate with us in this way, and are always open to suggestions from other groups who are interested in working together to promote compassion and wisdom for peace.

Sin Wee Tay writes:

At the exhibition site we designed and printed large-format colour printouts of the 16 Guidelines and placed them on curved exhibition panels so that visitors to the exhibition could not miss them. The majority of visitors to the site would have seen andphotographed the exhibition, or maybe even listened to the talk, which we hope will help achieve the aims of Universal Wisdom Education in helping people to develop their natural capacity for compassion and wisdom. As this was in Orchard Road, many foreigners as well as Singaporeans came to visit this exhibition.

I am very glad to share with everyone that many peopleread the panels on-site and also took photos of the different 16 Guidelines using their mobile phones. The talk given by Sabreenaenabled people to gain a better understanding of the Guidelines.