A Buddhist Tends to her Flock in Taiwan

Tzu-Chi temple and hospital, Hualien, Taiwan

At 4 am each day, a 70-year-old Buddhist nun rises from her sleep and leads 150 nuns in prayer in a modest wooden temple on the east coast of Taipei, nestled between a mountain range and the Pacific Ocean.

This unlikely setting is the home of the biggest non-government organization (NGO) in the Chinese-speaking…