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This article outlines the contribution of Buddhist ideology to social welfare. The Buddhist doctrine and philosophy of social welfare can be simplified into the following two words: reciprocity and interdependence. In order to achieve that goal in reality, the Buddha in old days already taught us the eight-four the Buddhist priesthood and gave the detailed explanation to the people in different book chapters. In accordance of the Buddhism, Social welfare theories and practices can help those activities by creating and managing an effective framework which can produce a maximum performance of meeting human needs (happiness) with related suppliers, beneficiaries, and supporting legislation, using limited resources: human and physical, organizational, institutional, and information resources.

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