How does Buddhism develop and serve the society and the public?

Here is only one example, and many others can't be explained. Go and see Tzu Chi Buddhist Meritorious Society.

Cheng Yan Ren Shang, founder of Tzu Chi Foundation, 1937 was born in Taiwan Province province, and 1966 established Tzu Chi Meritorious Society for Overcoming Difficulties in Hualien, eastern Taiwan Province. The master pursued "self-reliance and no support" all his life. At the beginning, together with six disciples, she started charity work by sewing baby shoes and engaging in agriculture, and inspired 30 housewives to save 50 cents from the money they bought food every day and invest in bamboo tubes as relief money to help the elderly, the poor and the sick. Over the past 44 years, there have been 5 million Tzu Chi members and nearly 2 million Tzu Chi volunteers worldwide. There are Tzu Chi volunteers in 47 countries, and 67 countries have received assistance.

Tzu Chi's Four Ambitions and Eight Laws and Seals

Charity, medical care, education and humanities are collectively called "four great aspirations";

Then invest in international disaster relief, bone marrow donor, environmental protection, community volunteers,

These eight items are promoted at the same time, which is called "one step eight printing method".

Internationalization of charity

Long-term poverty alleviation, emergency assistance and home care.

Taiwan's Hualien Jingsi Jingshe is the birthplace of Tzu Chi, which started as a charity, spanning from Taiwan Province Province to international relief.

199 1 Helping the floods in Bangladesh has opened the curtain for Tzu Chi's international disaster relief.

199 1 year, a once-in-a-century flood occurred in central and eastern China, and Tzu Chi launched relief operations. So far, Tzu Chi volunteers have traveled to 27 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in mainland China to carry out various charitable work, provide livelihood materials for the affected people, and build Aida village, nursing homes and hope primary and secondary schools.

Provide scholarships for poverty alleviation, build water cellars in Gansu, emigrate to rural areas and donate bone marrow.

In February 2008, the Tzu Chi Foundation was approved to be established in Chinese mainland.

1999 "92 1 earthquake" in Taiwan Province province, the disaster situation was investigated on the spot, and it was decided to build a combined house for the severely affected households. In order to continue the century-long education, 5 1 school was adopted to rebuild or build simple classrooms.

200 1 new york "911Event" launched the global "Love the world, plant Futian,

One person, one good deed, stay away from disaster ".

In 2003, in the name of "Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation", it officially became a member of the UN NGO.

On May 12, 2008, an earthquake with a magnitude of 8 on the Richter scale occurred in Sichuan Province. Tzu Chi has completed short-and medium-term emergency rescue and resettlement care, and entered the disaster-stricken areas for free clinic, material distribution and aid construction.

Popularization of medical service

There are six Tzu Chi hospitals and the International Tzu Chi Medical Association in Taiwan Province Province.

Tzu Chi bone marrow donor Information Center was established on 1993. By August 30th, 2009, there were nearly 330,000 voluntary donors, and more than 2,000 cases of bone marrow were received. Bone marrow was donated by 27 countries, of which 835 cases were sent to Chinese mainland.

When Tzu Chi Medical College 1994 was founded, with the concept of "life has only the right to use, but no ownership", it initiated the general atmosphere of donation by Chinese people and created a unique "simulated surgery teaching" in the world.

The International Tzu Chi Medical Association was established in 1 1 countries, with 58 free clinics and more than 7,000 medical volunteers, providing free medical assistance in 39 countries, forming a systematic global medical service network.

Complete education and occupation

From 65438 to 0989, Master Yan Zheng founded Tzu Chi Nursing College with great courage and foresight. By July 2000, he had completed "complete education" in kindergartens, primary schools, middle schools and universities.

Deepening of humanistic ambition

AIDA TV, AIDA Internet Radio, Chinese and foreign periodicals, classic magazines, Jingsi Humanities and Publishing Department.

Tzu Chi Radio has a history of 24 years and now broadcasts on 16 radio stations at home and abroad.

In 2005, Ada Internet Radio was officially launched worldwide, hoping that Chinese people all over the world could "move their fingers and listen to Ada".

Tzu Chi's humanities spread from words to sounds and images, from plane to three-dimensional, and Tzu Chi's media flows around the world through satellites and the Internet.

Over the past 46 years, Tzu Chi volunteers have gone beyond the humanistic feelings of "people hurt me, people suffer and I mourn"

The boundaries of race, country, language, skin color and religious belief. Pay with gratitude, soothe suffering with great love, and hope to achieve the ideal realm of purifying people's hearts, social harmony and disaster-free world.