The Creation of Buddhist Political Righteousness

Abstract

Politics is about the methods of obtaining power to govern and administer state affairs. It is an activity that must involve groups of people, society and administrative processes. The process of allocation of benefits for groups of people, societies, countries to live together in an orderly manner and to use the acquired power for the welfare of the people must be justified in the acquisition of power. Adhering to Dharma as the principle of governance according to Buddhism is to uphold righteousness as a decision-making tool in the administration of the country. Therefore creating political legitimacy in the Buddhist way to support the government called “Dhammathipataya” is based on correctness, therefore creating political legitimacy in accordance with Buddhism.