The Development of for the Five Indriya of the Singburi Province Dhamma Practice Center

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were 1) to study the development of Indriya 5 of Sing Buri Provincial Dhamma Practice Center; 2) to develop Indriya 5 of Sing Buri Provincial Dhamma Practice Center; and 3) to present the development of Indriya 5 of Sing Buri Provincial Dhamma Practice Center. This was a qualitative research, field research. The key informants used in the research were in-depth interviews, totaling 21 people, focus group discussions, totaling 9 persons, and descriptive content analysis. The research results found that 1) the condition of developing Indriya of the practitioners must adjust these virtues to be balanced, faith and wisdom. If there was too much faith, it will make them believe blindly. Therefore, it was necessary to develop more wisdom to know the truth; 2) the development of Indriya 5 resulted in faith in the practice, i.e., a meditation center that was shady, clean, and orderly, with a place for practice that was ready; and 3) the guidelines for developing Indriya 5 started from studying, learning, analyzing, researching, setting hypotheses, and arguing for reasons. It was not enough to be the sense-faculties only when the practitioners tried it out with their own experiences. It was called meditation, which made one have, made one develop, and had mindfulness and awareness of the true nature of the Dhamma in the present moment.