Life Education Program for Tea Zen for Parents and Stress Adjustment

I. Background

People now seek enjoyment of materials.  A number of them lose the meaning and values in life. Young people are under great changes in body and mind and in time of making selection in future.  It is most likely for them to get confused in values and lose meaning. They tend to feel depressed, anxious and empty, resulting in negative and anti-social behaviors. To help them find meaning in life and establish valuable goals will help them grow in mind and body. Ministry of Justice is now promoting Correction Institution Life Education Program. We hold Tea Zen for Parents and Stress Adjustment course with the main purpose to have mental reconstruction for students here under changes in current society.  A number of foreign studies show meaning in life is closely connected to human psychology and behaviors. Those with high meaning in life tend to be healthy in spirit and mind and have good social behaviors-law abiding, fulfilling responsibility, doing good for others and self-realization. We hope this program will change the bad thoughts and behaviors of students and reduce the rate of re-committing crimes.

II. Foundation

Fajiaojuezhi #0980903198 Letter from Ministry of Justice on 19 November and Correction Institution Life Education Program

III. Goals

1. Combination of mental practice on body, heart, mind, soul, nature and environment to promote whole person development.
2. Establishing aggressive and positive philosophy to make adolescents understand ideas of respect, appropriation, care, service and love for life.
3. Internal life values to purify mind of adolescents to that can have consciousness, truth, goodness and beauty, moral values and final beliefs.
4. Blending individuals knowledge, emotions and behaviors to integrate personality, make progress in emotion management, enhance self-confidence for self-realization and going beyond.

IV. For

350 students at the school in seven classes

V. Name of characteristics

Taoyuan Reform School Life Education Program for Tea Zen for Parents and Stress Adjustment

VI. Period

March 2010 thru 31 December 2010

VII. Inner mind practice course

Tea zen education

1. Goals: to make adolescents understand meaning of being good in doctrines; assistance in religions to help them correct bad habits and understand value and meaning in life.
2. Teaching methods: j narration instructions, kinteractive instruction, 1 course in a recycling unit of two months; class given every other week; each cycle in 8 hours.
3. Voluntary worker study conference held once a month
4. Course details

• Life is continuous; mental growth requires company.
• Repeated life: repetition is because of people’s own repetitive behaviors.