College Students’ Spirituality Growth through Buddhist Sutra Adaptation Experiences

Abstract

The paper analyzes a religion-based college's spiritual education through Buddhist sutra adaptation (BSA) experiences to explore the students' perceptions of good, filial piety, and environmental ethics, as well as their behavioral modifications, accordingly. The BSA is an artistic presentation of singing and signing in the Tzu Chi Missions for moral reflection on desire, anger, and ignorance. The participating students are interviewed and observed for their after-school participation of BSA experiences, and in the context of humanities course performance. This paper intends to highlight a special form of moral education through BSA experiences.