THE ROLE OF TEMPLES AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE ELDERLY IN THAI SOCIETY ACCORDING TO BUDDHISM

Abstract

Elderly people are a large group and are a group that help patronize Buddhism by giving alms, keeping the precepts, and practicing meditation. This is the main way to lead their children to inherit and understand Buddhist teachings. Elders therefore have influences that receive teachings from monks and then inherit and pass on to their children. Therefore, the role of monasteries and the elderly have been connected from the past to present. The monasteries also have activities that allow the elderly to have activities together, spend their free time usefully, and create knowledge that can be further developed to make the quality of the elderly better, respectively, whether according to the activities, festivals or activities held by monasteries.

          Monasteries play roles in improving the physical and mental quality of the elderly to see self-worth and to know the state of mind that arises. Emotions are the control of both physical and mental states to be present and able to live happily. Chanting, contemplating, and meditating to make the elderly not to be lonely, not to be alone, and able to live happily in the present moment. The application of Bhavana 4 principles of meditation are as follows: 1. Kaya-bhavana, 2. Sila-bhavana, 3. Citta-bhavana, and 4. Panna-bhavana, encouraging the elderly to live with wisdom The main factors affecting the quality-of-life development of the elderly were: 1. Exercise 2. Diet 3. Refrain from smoking 4. Avoid alcoholic beverages 5. Reduce stress 6. Building good relationships, 7. Engaging in challenging activities