The Integration of Buddhist Philosophy in the Mahajanaka Jataka for the Life Quality Development in the Present Thai Society

Abstract

This dissertation aims to 1) study the concept of quality of life development in contemporary Thai society; 2) study Buddhist philosophy in the Mahajanaka Jataka on quality of life development; 3) integrate Buddhist philosophy in the Mahajanaka Jataka for quality of life development in contemporary Thai society; and 4) create new knowledge and integration model for quality of life development in contemporary Thai society with Buddhist philosophy in the Mahajanaka Jataka. This is a qualitative research using the method of document research in philosophical dialect and reasoning with judgment under the process of analytic, appreciative and applicative approaches to lead to the creation of new knowledge in philosophy and Buddhism.

The research results have shown that integrated quality of life development must be developed simultaneously in 4 aspects: physical, social, emotional and intellectual, which will lead to the development of quality of life in Thai society that can live with quality and achieve sustainable peace. Buddhist philosophy in the Mahajanaka Jataka has a set of explanations on the Five Aggregates, the Three Characteristics, Dependent Origination, the Principle of Karma and the Cycle of Existence. Integrating Buddhist philosophy in the Mahajanaka Jataka to develop the quality of life in contemporary Thai society includes: 1) Developing physical quality of life, having good health, free from illness, and living in peace; 2) Developing moral quality of life, living together in society safely; 3) Developing mental quality of life, making the mind to progress, be strong, and stable; and 4) Developing intellectual quality of life, developing wisdom to know and understand things as they really are. New knowledge from this research is the 4Ss-Model.