From President of Third Asian Vegetarian Congress

敬爱的理事长，亚洲素食协会执事先全体会员先进们；大家好！

感佩您们长期对全世界推广素食尽了最大努力，使得这块人们赖以生存的大地，能延续它的生机与生命，这是一份人类最伟大的慈悲心展现，也是因著您们的贡献，让人间更有希望，更加和平。

本人长期以来也是素食主义的爱好者，也为素食的推广尽一点绵薄之力， 欣喜能与亚洲素食协会主席会面，并允诺於2007年亚洲年会在台湾的神威道场举办，更是感谢万分，本人诚挚在此邀请有志於推广素食的爱者，都能莅临指导，共襄盛举。

The Asian Vegetarian Union and the undersigned being the President of Asian Vegetarian Union welcome you to the Third Asian Vegetarian Congress to be held at Kaohsiung City, Taiwan between 3rd November, 2007 and 7th November,2007

This is not a routine congress or a seminar, but a special one and I welcome you from my heart and with affection.

Are you not surprised that such a Congress is being held in Taiwan?, a country full of non-vegetarians, but we want to advance the vegetarianism to the people of eastern part of the world along with spiritualism. There are many vegtarians in Taiwan, but we want to increase the number of the vegetarians.

Dear  Friends of Vegetarians and Non-Vegetarians,

We are pleased to sincerely welcome you and family to visit beautiful and modern Taiwan and to join The Third Asian Vegetarian Congress (AVC III) will be held during  3rd – 7th  November  2007 at the I-Kuan Tao Center, Kaohsiung, South of Taiwan.

The congress will be hosted by  I-Kuan Tao Association and Asian Vegetarian Union.  Mr. Hsie Yuan Chi, the President of Tian Foor Foundation, Taiwan  and the President of Tian Foor Dharma Satharn Foundation, Thailand, will be responsible for the Congress.  The Committee of the Tian Foor Dharma Satharn Foundation are also very proud to join the organizing committee of this grand event.

From the Congress theme “Spiritual Perspective on Vegetarianism”, the aims of the Congress are to bring Asians and
other non-Asian people in the field of vegetarianism to meet each other and exchange their viewpoints as well as to contribute new scientific and spiritual knowledge for their mutual friendship and health benefits.  The 5-day program
will be full of important welcome party, speeches, interesting seminars, interactive symposiums, demonstrations, exhibitions, beautiful dancing and singing, delicious vegetarian meals, farewell party and much more.

We would like to invite all of you to participate in this momentous event so that you can share your experiences and expertise on a healthy vegetarian lifestyle and healthy eating. All of your contributions and comments during this conference will be fruitful and beneficial for our vegetarian promotion and cooperation in the future.  Any of your kind suggestion, contribution and donation to the Congress will be greatly appreciated.  Please find its details including program, sight-seeings, registration form and abstract form via our website :  http://www.tianfoor.com

Eagerly looking forward to seeing you in Kaohsiung in coming November.

With our best regards,