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초록

‘Good Hands (Global Community Society)’ is a Buddhist international development cooperation organization established in 2004 by Taegong Wolju (太空月珠, 1935-2021). During his term as executive director of the Reform Order (1994–1998), he actively promoted the socialization movement of the Enlightenment, a new social movement. The Good Hands is a Buddhist civil society movement that inherited the new social movement of Enlightenment socialization. There are four Buddhist ideas regarding Taegong Wolju's international development cooperation. The first is the ‘enlightenment of Bodhi through the practice of Samantabhadra (以普賢行 悟菩提).’ The second is ‘enlighten the source of the mind to benefit all living beings (歸一心源 饒益衆生).’ The third is ‘the world is one root with me, all beings are one with me (天地與我同根 萬物與我一體).’ The fourth is ‘the law of causality (緣起法) and the great compassion of One-body (同體大悲).’ These four ideas are attributed to the idea of a symbiotic relationship (共生). The main projects of Good Hands are ‘drinking water support,’ which involves digging wells and managing water tanks, ‘educational projects,’ which support the construction and operation of schools, kindergartens, and youth centers, ‘regional development,’ which cultivates farms and distributes fruit trees for nomads, and ‘emergency relief’ to help neighbors in emergencies domestically and globally. Since its launch, Good Hands has continuously expanded the scope of its benefits to each area. The first development task for Good Hands was ‘fund development and strengthening publicity.’ Strengthening the publicity of nonprofit organizations is inseparable from fund development. Because the promotional expenses of Good Hands are insufficient compared to those of other large international development cooperation organizations, strengthening social media promotion is necessary. The next step involves a combination of economic support and psychological healing. The international development cooperation activities of Good Hands, a religious organization, secure the characteristics of their activities as a Buddhist organization when they provide support for psychological healing as well as support for economic independence. The last step is to strengthen active education and enhance a sense of calling. To this end, the life and thoughts of Great Master Taegong Wolju and the mission and activities of the Good Hands should be reflected in the curriculum of the Symbiotic Relationship Education Center. In addition, education must be provided so that members have a sense of calling during Good Hand activities.

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