한국불교태고종 사회복지사업의 현 단계와 과제

Abstract

Social welfare is inextricably linked with religious organizations. Religious organizations have practiced religious ideologies such as mercy and love through social welfare activities. The Taego Order of Korean Buddhism is a large Buddhist Order, but hardly engages in social welfare activities. Therefore, this paper intends to diagnose the current problems and suggest future tasks for the vitalization of the social welfare of the Taego Order. The following four problems can be suggested as the problems of the social welfare of the Taego Order. First, the social welfare headquarter (사회복지원), the central organization for social welfare, is not functioning properly due to intra-group conflicts. Second, since most temples are privately owned, there is little interest in social welfare activities of the Order. Third, parish administrative headquarters (교구 종무원) are unable to plan, manage, and coordinate about social welfare business in the parish. Fourth, the social welfare delivery system has only an executive system, but no administrative system. Given these issues, future tasks are suggested as follows. First, the number of social welfare corporations and facilities should be increased to match the power of the Taego Order. Second, the social welfare headquarter should be able to manage the social welfare business, organizations and facilities of the Taego Order. Third, parish administrative headquarters should be able to support, coordinate, manage, and supervise the parish’s facilities while planning the parish’s social welfare projects. Fourth, a delivery system must be established from the social welfare headquarter to the client through the parish administrative headquarters and individual social welfare facilities. Finally, in order to solve the above problems, the awareness that the Taego Order is a spiritual community, not a profit community, must be raised.