A Guideline of Application of Pancasila-Pancadhamma Principle for Value Enhancement of the Elderly's Living in Thai Society

Abstract

The objectives of this article were   1) to study the life codition of the elderly in Thai society, 2) to study the Pancasila-Pancadhamma principle in Buddhist scriptures, and 3) to propose guidelines for applying Pancasila-Pancadhamma principle to enhance the quality of life of the elderly in Thai society. It was qualitative research focusing on document analysis, synthesis, and presentation of descriptive type. The research found that The guideline to apply the Pancasila-Pancadhamma principle to enhance the quality of elderly’s life in Thai society includes: 1) the elderly should refrain from harmful killing along with lovingkindness performance, 2) refraining from stealing along with livelihood or honest and legal works causing no harm to oneself and others, 3) the elderly should refrain from sexual misconducts along with being aware of sexual desire, having one beloved spouse, 4) the elderly should refrain from lying along with being truthful, true speaking not lying oneself and others and 5) elderly should refrain from any intoxications along with being mindful and awareness, in which mindfulness precautions of what one does, speaks and thinks while awareness helps knowing while doing, speaking and thinking. Pancasila and Pancadhamma must be work together serving as basic human right, and the virtues of every elderly for the benefit and happiness of both individuals and society as a whole. The research model gained is ‘DTSJV Model’.