An Analytical Study of the mindset of the elderly for living to the Tipitaka

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study the mindset of the elderly according to Yonisomansikāra, 2) to study the concept of the elderly in Tipiṭaka, and 3) to analyze the mindset of the elderly for living according to the principle of Yonisomansikāra in Tipiṭaka. The research results were found as follows;

1. The elderly refers to those who have an old body, or who got old. It can be said that one who is over 60 years of age. In Tipiṭaka, it valued the elderly as the experienced ones, the previous benefactor, and conducted themselves.


2. The Lord Buddha taught them about mindset in Buddhism by considering the five aggregates and the three characteristics that all processes are impermanent. In Buddha’s time, the elderly had the idea the living with a laity mindset and getting suffering. Because they had to struggle to make a living. When they were getting old, their mind and body also deteriorated. So, they wished to be ordination for the liberation of suffering.


3. The consideration of Dhamma is based on analytical thinking called Yonisomansikāra. This mindset can be applied to examples of living for the elderly in the physical and mental aspects of the elderly.