Political Concepts In Buddhism

Abstract

The concept of governance in Buddhism is a principle composed of virtues, with the aim of benefiting, for the happiness of the people throughout the angels, for the sake of the earth, and the environment. Buddhism places great emphasis on moral rulers. A good parent must behave and control his behavior to be acceptable to the public. With the 3 principles of government as implied by the Sovereign Sutra. The goal of Buddhism, or Buddhist politics, is to create conditions that allow human beings in society to behave according to Buddhist principles. It gives people peace and tranquility. Until there is a need for protection and punishment measures. In the end, the people elected one of them to be their chiefs and entrusted them with the duties of a keeper of justice.”MahaSamata” (whom everyone appoints )  King (The King) Monarch (who make people happy) so it happened. There are only three duties of a guardian in the Agganya Sutta, namely:  1) reprimanding those who should be rightly reprimanded; 2) reprimanding those who deserve to be blamed; 3) expelling those who should be driven. Chase Likely (Punish) It can be seen that the duties of the parents in each of them all have the word “likely” behind them. Because that is the agreement of the subordinate with the ruler. The term right here refers to justice where elders need to be based on righteousness. Especially the exercise of power in the duties and scope of the exercise of the ruler's power It can be considered a determinant of the progress or deterioration of society.