Promoting the Health of the Ederly Pleple According to Buddhadham in nakhon ratchasima Province

Abstract

This dissertation entitled ‘Promoting the Health of the Ederly Pleple According to Buddhadham In nakhon ratchasima Province’ has three objectives: 1) to study the ideas on the enhancement of the elderly’s health according to the Buddhist principles, 2) to study the ways on the enhancement of the elderly’s health in Nakhon Ratchasima province, and 3) to propose the guidelines on the enhancement of the elderly’s health according to the Buddhist principles in Nakhon Ratchasima province. This research employed the qualitative research methodologywhere the sample was of the following: 1) in the in-depth interview, the population were the elderly whose ages are sixties up and thirties activity participants, out of them one was the master of Watpasattharam, six Buddhist monks, fifteen elderly, five volunteers, and three health expertise from Watpasattharam, Meuang district, Nakhon Ratchasima province.

         In the research, it was clearly found that the elderly’s health basically means the elderly’s physical and mental healthiness where they are able to live in the real world. By virtue of this, the health by definition embraces the bodily and mental transformation of the elderly. Viewed from the body, most of them have been facing the physical malfunction and thereby greatly affecting upon the mental health. If they are properly treated in accordance with the Buddhist principles, they will be benefited from both bodily and mental strongness including the realization of the Buddha’s teachings because their mind is purified resulting in utilizing mindfulness and wisdom to enhance the physical health through the threefold training, the precepts, concentration and wisdom whereby the quality of life is also upgraded. Suffice it to say that they know how to control themselves where the development of a society, mentality, public aids and following the morality and ethics including intellectuality are gradually made. As far as the research is concerned, it clearly showed that the enhancement of the elderly’s health in accordance with the Buddhist principles principally means the quality development of life through the physical and mental activity based. In this respect, it is aimed at the supporting of the temple and the elderly where the activity is utilized as the centre of such development. Through the temple, the enhancement of the elderly’s health would be done. Consequently, the processes to get health improved by means of the Buddhist principleswould be sustained.