A Study On The Charity Practice Of Kunming Charity Foundation

Compassion is the important thought of Buddhism. Buddhism carries out charitable activities; and it brings benefits to the community from substances and spirits. This is the practice of spirit of compassion. In recent years, Buddhist community in China actively carries out charitable activities, and it has positive significance to the society and causes great concern of the society. Master Cheng Yen is the person who practices humanistic Buddhism; and she founds Tzu Chi Foundation. Tzu Chi Foundation actively carries out charitable activities, and the scope of charitable activities of Tzu Chi Foundation has covered the world; Tzu Chi Foundation has become a model for charitable activities of Buddhist community in China. Tzu Chi Kunming office is the organization of Tzu Chi Foundation in Kunming. Since Tzu Chi Kunming office was established, Tzu Chi Kunming office actively carries out charitable activities, for example, winter distribute, and environmental protection and humanities activities; And Tzu Chi Kunming office provides material aiding to people who are living in difficult; and carries out activities of spiritual caring for people who are living in difficult. Tzu Chi Kunming office carries out environmental protection, and improves the environment. Tzu Chi Kunming office leads people to doing good something to help others and serving the community. Tzu Chi Kunming office has positive significance to social development. Tzu Chi Kunming office emphasizes on Buddhist thoughts into these charitable activities, for example, winter distributes, and environmental protections and humanities activities; and pays attention to combining providing material aiding to people who are living in difficult and carrying out activities of spiritual caring up together. These charitable activities of Tzu Chi Kunming office realizes integration of religious significance and social significance. Tzu Chi Kunming office has important social functions.This article introduces the development of Tzu Chi, and elaborates the thought of Master Cheng Yen; and discusses the contents and features of these charitable activities of Tzu Chi Kunming office. This article analyzes the social function of Tzu Chi Kunming office. This article discusses the practice of Tzu Chi Kunming office by using the theories of sociology of religion and through social investigation and analysis of the literature. And this article analyzes the social functions and the significance of Tzu Chi Kunming office by using the functional theory of Merton. The introduction section of this article introduces the origin of this article’s studying and describes these situations that the academia research Tzu Chi Foundation; and describes the theories and methods by which this article uses to studying Tzu Chi Kunming office. This part discusses the significance of studying Tzu Chi Kunming office. The first part elaborates the thought of Master Cheng Yen by social investigation and analysis of the literature, and describes the development of Tzu Chi Foundation and the development of Tzu Chi Kunming office; and this article discusses the relationship between the thought of Master Cheng Yen and Tzu Chi Foundation and Tzu Chi Kunming office. The second part describes the situation about these charitable activities of Tzu Chi Kunming office, for example, winter distributes, and environmental protections and humanities activities, according to social investigation and analysis of the literature. The third part analyzes the features of charitable activities of Tzu Chi Kunming office according to charitable activities of Tzu Chi Kunming office. The forth part analyzes the social actions and the significance of charity practices of Tzu Chi Kunming office by using the functional theories of Merton. The conclusion part of this article describes the development plan of Tzu Chi Kunming office in the future; and the author gives to thinking about the development of Tzu Chi Kunming office in the future.