The Enhancement of the Quality of Life of the Retired Persons Bases on Buddhist Principles

Abstract

In this research, three objectives were purposely made: 1) to study the states of problem on the quality of life of the retired persons, 2) to study the Buddhist principles for supporting the enhancement of quality of life of the retired persons, and 3) to propose the guidelines on the enhancement of the quality of life of the retired persons bases on Buddhist principles. The methodology is a qualitative research; there are two methods 1) documentary research, and 2) the field study done by In-depth interview. The key informants consist of five Buddhist scholars and sixteen retired persons. The findings show that there are four states of problem: 1) body and mind, 2) society, 3) finance, and 4) housing. In the side of body, the retired persons have the hypertension with 28% and 6.25% in the side of mind and finance, there are no findings any problem in the side of social including the housing. The Buddhist principles for supporting the enhancement of quality of life are as follows: 1) body and mind:  4 Bhāvanā 2) social: 3 Puññakiriya-vatthu, 3) finance: 5 Bhoga-ādiya, 4) in the side of housing: 7 Sappāya. The way to enhance the quality of life are as follows: 1) body and mind: need to understand the truth of life, 2) social: need to perform theirs activities according to the health and time condition, 3) finance: well-planning on the financial term, and 4) housing: they should live in the good condition for well meditation.