In early
June, Sara Lytle from Harvard University flew from America to do a research on
“How Buddhism helps the end of life patients”.
Spending
most of her time in Pure Lotus, Sara finds great joy in getting acquainted with
the nurses, volunteers, talking with the patients. She interacted very well with everyone, and
they missed when she left.
She was very
impressed with the nurses and volunteers who came to care for the well being of
the patients, giving and supporting them emotionally and psychologically.
Sara finds
Sifu Lyan Shih a very compassionate leader and though she stayed for a period
of one month in Pure Lotus, she never felt home sick.
Sara was a
very warm person and adapted very quickly to the environment. She had a very
good rapport with the volunteers who took her sightseeing in Penang Island and
she loved Penang.
To the
surprise of most of us, she is a Buddhist and a vegetarian, therefore, she
easily blended in the environment in the Hospice. We hope to meet her again one
day.
