WALKING TOWARDS FREEDOM: THE MODEL AND CONTEMPLATIVE WISDOM PRACTICING PROCESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH DHUTANGAVATTA

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Abstract

              A study on “Walking towards freedom: The model and contemplative wisdom practicing process in accordance with Dhutangavatta” objectivized three aims,i.e. 1) to investigate religious hiking-based for mental training; 2) to analyze religious hiking-based journey to freedom and 3) to develop a model of monkhood mindful journey in practicing religious hiking. This research was a Mixed Methods Research of a qualitative research and action research focusing on the targeted group of 15 interviewees on sites through conducting in-depth interviews and the focus groups of the related persons including participant observation over the activities to develop a model and a process of the religious hiking-based for mental training involving 1) a knowledge set e.g. the 13 religious-hiking methods, history and principles and 2) the religious-hiking activity sets on mental training for 10 days with pre-post evaluations. The results revealed that: Under the pre-post evaluation of 15 involvers met 2 differences, i.e. 1) before evaluating all activities participants partially understood the religious hiking-based mental practice process and the activities using the dharma practice process for them needed additional studies which demanded additional development; and 2) with all these post-activities, most participants better understood the religious-hiking-based mental practices, activities of processing dharma practices, and emphasizing knowledge-given which most participants better understood.