A Comparative Study of Treatment of Body and Mind to Improve Quality of Life: A Case Study of Willpower Institute Branch 6, Samutprakan Province and Dhamma Medical Health Camp of Suan Pa Na Bun 3, Pathumthani Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research article are:  1) to study the treatment the body and mind in Theravada Buddhism in Thai society, 2) to study concept of the ways to develop the quality of life of the Willpower Institute Branch 6 and the Dhamma Medical Health Camp of Suan Pa Na Bun 3 and, 3) to compare the treatment of t body and mind in order to develop the quality of life. The research paper is a qualitative study and interview religious scholars, Thai traditional medicine scholars, and patient groups. The results of the study were found that: Physical and mental treatment in Theravada Buddhism in Thai society refers to the balance of our body. This life of man is a body and a mind. Therefore, there must be Balance of the mind as well. Both body and mind must have this balance. The Institute of Willpower and Dhamma medical health camp are the places for physical and mental development, so it goes hand in hand in terms of making merit for oneself and extending the merit by extending merit for others to receive further by expanding the area. or expand opportunities for others, by giving and telling and by passing on merit as a teacher who recommends good things to others. It also creates machines by balancing the body and mind, Including creating suitable places that lead to the development of the mind and body, being happy and reducing physical ailments so that one can make benefit to society. Both institutes have proposed the concept of treating the body and mind in terms of interdependence. The principles of treating the body and mind must use the principles of self-development and coexistence as the main principle. Finally, the practice method for improving the quality of life is to improve the body and mind by creating a clear curriculum of practice, which is the creation of holistic treatment, not separation.