Trillium Learning
Global Language and Culture Project
TZU CHI
慈濟
Teacher：Momoko
student：
20109 Melody
20110 Katherine
20308 Peggy
20425 Venson
20426 Yang
Da Zhi Senior High School, Taipei, Taiwan
Religion is always growing
when the society is
orderless.
Buddhism
• Borned in about -6th century in India and
brought to China in about 4th century.
• mercy、calm、vegetarian……
• Help people release their own suffering and
pain or how to live better when they are dead.
Christianity
• Created in 1st century by Jesus
• Have many actions in about 13th century.
• Ex:transcribing various books、education……
The same part
• Scriptures
• Talk to them
• Clergy＆Monk （the people explaining the meaning of
scriptures ）
• Hope people’s behavior well
• Help people strong their mind
• Stabilize society
The different part
• To compare with Christianity ,it didn’t have
real action on the world. It only focus on how
to help persons release their own suffering
and pain or how to live better when they are
dead.
• Christianity has only one god,Jesus,and
buddhism has many gods.
MahayanaBuddhism
Theravada Buddhism
MahayanaBuddhism
Theravada
Buddhism
Distribution North and East Asia
Southeast Asia
Doctrine
the possibility of
Human liberation is
universal liberation
self-practice, and
from suffering for all ultimately achieve
beings and the
Nirvana, and thus
existence of buddhas out of the cycle,
and bodhisattvas
relief of pain.
embodying Buddha
Nature
mixing
traditional
Hybrid
Confucianism’s ideas
The different between Red Cross
and Tzu Chi
Red Cross
Environmental protection
X
Education and training
enough
Tracing people
V
Magazine
X
Television station
X
Religion
Christianity
Tzu Chi
V
not enough
X
V
V
Buddhism
Tzu Chi
Dharma Master Cheng Yen
The story of Tzu Chi’s founding
Tzu chi Logo
Tzu Chi
Mission of Culture and Education
Da Ai Television Drama University Jing Si Aphorisms Monthly
Plot introduction purpose Establishment
process
Establishment
process
How to appear Example
Tzu Chi
Medical Treatment
General Hospital
Volunteer Service Abroad Medicine
International Relief
Silent Mentor
Tzu Chi
What can we do ?
Why do recycle
Related devotions
How to reproduce
Eco-friendly product
How to deliver concern
慈濟和證嚴法師
Tzu Chi
and
Dharma Master Cheng Yen
Dharma Master Cheng Yen
• 1937 born in Taichung County,
the town Shimizu
• 1960 her father died so she
came into contact with
Buddhism
In 1961, Dharma Master Cheng
Yen left her family home to
embark on the spiritual path
Dharma Master Cheng Yen
• In 1966, at the age of 29,
Dharma Master Cheng Yen
founded Tzu Chi.
• Founded Tzu Chi poor clinic
in1972
• The news magazine TIME has
named Master Cheng Yen on
its annual list of the 100 most
influential people in the world
in 2010.
The story of Tzu Chi’s founding
• One day in 1966 three Catholic nuns visited Dharma
Master Cheng Yen, they had a discussion on the
teachings of their respective religions
Today we finally understand the
Buddha's compassion is the universal
spirit of all life with wrigglings
Buddhism teaches love and
compassion for all living beings
The story of Tzu Chi’s founding
• One day in 1966 three Catholic nuns visited Dharma
Master Cheng Yen, they had a discussion on the
teachings of their respective religions
But why have we not seen
buddhists doing good works for the
society, such as setting up nursing
homes, orphanages, and hospitals?
III
The story of Tzu Chi’s
founding
• She think buddhist usually help people
secretly but unorganized
• So she decide to founded Tzu Chi
Tzu Chi Logo
Tzu Chi
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Tzu Chi Foundation
Tzu Chi University
Tzu Chi hospital
Da Ai Television
Humanitarian aid activities
• In every major disaster, when
will sent a rescue team to
where it is needed
• We will introduce the relief
activities of Tzu Chi
Haiti 7.0 Strong
earthquake
North Korea
• North Korea faces serious food
crisis.
Agricultural crop
• Floods in June or July of this
year and August typhoons of
clubs, let North Korea
agricultural crop failures in
implementing food rationing
system, in some areas, each
person can only be assigned to
100 grams of food a day, food
is potatoes.
• 100 grams of grain, about equal
to Taiwan a pack of instant
noodles, how can this feed a
person in a day?
Lin Shan County Grandma said: "I
used to not be a man of ability to
work, but this time of disaster, I still
can't, in order to live, be sure to
make a meal. " ( Tsu-geological
disaster of North Korea mission)
• Eating a good meal in the
morning, starved to evening,
two meals a day, is the principle
of dignity, of North Korean
national, fail to hit anything.
Home visits is at noon, home to the
kitchen only to see a bowl of "grass
porridge", husband of Lady is
waiting for the cultivation of
agricultural land back out to dinner.
4county
13,000 tons of rice
The release of
400,000 people,
143,000
households
• Aid to Hurricane Ida Survivors in
El Salvador
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• Relief efforts in the Philippines
and Indonesia
• Thursday, 08 October
• In September, 2011, volunteers
began the happy campus
backpack food program in
Romero-Cruz Elementary
school. (Photo by Luo YiChuan; date: 09/16/2011;
location: CA, USA)
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Tzu Chi Carries Out
Winter Distribution for
Vancouver Natives
Tzu Chi General Hospital
The first Tzu Chi General
Hospital was founded on
August 17, 1986 and persist
the life-respect principles,
practicing medical care of
patient-orientation in the
eastern Taiwan. In May,
1995, Tzu Chi General
Hospital was promoted to be
the first medical center in
eastern Taiwan and received
the ISO 9002 certification in
March, 2000. It became the
only one medical center with
ISO 9002 certification among
18 medical centers in Taiwan.
Volunteer Service
BEFORE
Volunteers shall take
courses
of ’’revocational
training’’ and ’’onthe-job-training’’
before serving and
when serving in the
hospital. The
courses include
psychology, and
basic nursing
classes etc.
What
they
do ?
1.Caring patients in the hospital
2.Concerning prisoners in the jail
3.Visiting the local poor and helpless people
4.Providing home nursing care, home care
and hospice care .
5.Social workers seek resource for patients.
Dieticians teach them about good diet.
6.Providing free clinic of traditional Chinese
medicine two days a week for Rueisuei
Township .
Abroad Medicine Mission
Tzu Chi Medical Association
spread the arms of medical
love into Philippine、
Indonesia、Vietnam and
other countries without
sufficient medical resource,
conducting surgery and
general free clinic services.
Tzu Chi Medical Association
has served more than
249,367 people worldwide .
International Relief
Tzu Chi have started to
the international disaster
relief since 1991,flooding
in
Bangladesh .They provide
food, clothing, grain
species,
drugs, emergency
assistance,
but also assistance in
housing, school, help
develop
water resources, provide
medical consultations.
In Japan
One of the Silent Mentor said ’’ when you
become a doctor , doctors are medical
Bodhisattvas . I will give you my body to
experiment .You can make many mistake on
me ,but never make a mistake on a patient .’’
These words should be deeply embedded in
all medicine students’ his art . Medical
students and nurse call these great body
Donors’’ Silent Mentors’’ ;they pay their
respects before and after each class .
Tzu Chi Great Body Donation Unit will
perform a memorial service to pay the most
respect for these Silent Mentors.
The farewell ceremony for Silent Mentors
Media publishing
• Da Ai Television – Drama
Tzu Chi Monthly
The Tzu Chi
Monthly is a free
magazine that was
first published on
July 20, 1967. It
was originally a bimonthly four-page
newsletter that was
published on the
5th and the 20th of
every month.
In the beginning,
Tzu Chi Monthly
was published to
list the names of
Tzu Chi's
benefactors and
the amounts of
their donations.
Over time, it has
evolved into a
publication that
reports on all that
is true in the world.
Tzu Chi University
• Purpose
For social fostering "respect for
life， people-oriented" ，embrace
the concept of saving the world
and helping others and
practice the spirit of volunteer
service talents .
• October 16, 1994, "Tzu Chi
College of Medicine" founded
• August 1, 2000 renamed "Tzu Chi
University."
• In September 2000, "Tzu Chi
University Affiliated High School,
Experimental Elementary School"
founding ceremony
• September 2007 added
Humanities and Social Sciences
Campus
Jing Si Aphorisms
Jing Si Aphorisms
compiles from
master ordinary
day to the disciple,
the Ciji member or
social populace's
writing out and
talks.
• 不要小看自己，因為人有無限的可能
。
• Do not underestimate yourself ,
everyone has unlimited potential.
• 每天都是生命中的一張白紙，每一個
人、每一件事都是一篇生動的文章。
• Every single day is like a blank
page of our life. Every person we
meet, every event we participate in
is a lively essay.
• Tzu Chi is different with other
religious group it will be engaged in
the educational work ,like Tzu Chi
University .but as early as in 1860,
the Western missionary then
arrived at China to be engaged in
the educational work. Along with
thorough development which does
missionary work, some Missionary
school sets up.
• 1.Missionary school's course
content has three aspects; first,
religious education. The curriculum
mainly passes through for the Saint.
In addition, the student also
participates in each religious
activities, like prayer, worship and
so on. Second, Chinese tradition
Confucianist Confucian classics.
Third, Western scientific
knowledge.
Service items
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International help
Surrounding & Recycling
Health care
Education
Media
Technology
Neighborhood
Why do recycle
20 years ago，plastic products
are all around the surrounding of
Taiwan and make it dirty .
One of the followers decided to
improve the environment. She and
her neighbor do recycling.
After that more and more people
follow them.They use the recycled
plastic bottles to make all the other
living things.
How to reproduce
Steps
• Eco-friendly products
color
How to send them？
• respect
90ﾟ
Surrounding
• Green Building
Taiwan is a high tech country .Why
you are still using
labor to classify？
Because this
process can
clean your
heart and can
indirect safer
the society.
What have they done？
lid
• She works at the department store ，she advised
”Breakthrough psychological
defense ,just do it！”
What can we do?
• Use soap
• Bring a spoon、bowl、mug with
you
• Use less (paper、water……)
• Turn off the power switch
• Eat less meat
• Do recycle
• Riding a bike instead of driving a car
• Use handkerchief
summary
• Taiwan is connected to the world by Tzu Chi
and the world is interaction with Tzu Chi .
• Tzu Chi contributes selfless love to the society.
• Religious beliefs are transmitted to the whole
world by new forms.
• Religious use their action to improve the
world.