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Ven. Master Chin Kung
Buddhism
as an Education
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
2
Chapter 1: The Cause of Our Chaotic World
3
Chapter 2: Buddhism as an Education
3
The Goal of the Buddha’s Teaching
4
The Core of the Buddha's Teaching
5
The Buddhist Educational Organization in China
5
The Four Current Types of Buddhism
7
Chapter 3: The Author's Own Experience with Buddhism
7
Chapter 4: The Methodology and Symbolism of the Buddhist
Educational System
9
The Continuing Education System for Teachers
9
The Artful Buddhist Teaching
9
Methods of Practicing Buddhism
13
How Buddhist Terminology Illustrate that Buddhism is an Education 14
Chapter 5: The Integration of Confucianism and Buddhism
15
The Five Human Relationships
17
The Practice of Confucianism and Buddhism
18
The Confucian Elementary School System
18
The Confucian Tai School System
19
World Peace Can be Achieved if the Mind and Body are Well-trained,
the Family is Well-run and the Country is Well-governed.
21
The Eight Basic Confucian Moral Principles
22
Chapter 6: The Buddha’s Teachings are for Everyone
23
Chapter 7: The Key to the Greatest Treasure
24
Elementary School is the Foundation of Happiness
25
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Chapter 1: The Cause of Our Chaotic World
Today’s societies in Taiwan and elsewhere in the world are
rather abnormal, a phenomenon that has not been witnessed
before either in the West or the East. Some Westerners have
predicted that the end of the world will occur in 1999 and that
Christ will return to earth for Judgement Day. Easterners have
also predicted impending disasters that are similar to those
predictions in the West, the only difference being the time frame,
which is some twenty years later. Some of these are ancient
prophecies, which we should not place too much importance on.
However, if we view our environment objectively, we will
realize that this world is really in danger.
Environmental pollution has become a serious