AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF LIFE DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO BHAVANA 4 IN BUDDHISM

Abstract

The present study was a qualitative research attending to the three main objectives; 1) to study the life as provided in Buddhism, 2) to study the living based on the Four Developments, and 3) to analyzing as well as applying the Four Developments in Buddhism to the living. Findings of the study According to Buddhism, lives are initially originated from the three dominant factors viz. 1) the deed, referring to the area of life or as the farm 2) the consciousness, representing the plants of life or as the plant’s kernel and 3) the defilements, constituting the desireleavening of the life. Essentially, human being’s lives have been created only because of these three factors, not generated by God at all. Further the existing lives were controlled by defilements which, in later, were the causes of performing the action called the round of existences. Whenever the deed has been done, the consequence would absolutely followed that could be both of good or bad deed. However, if the good deeds have been produced, thus, the excellent planes would have been completely generated for example the human realm, the heaven and the Brahma world. On the other hand, if the bad deeds have been developed, the evil stages would have been totally created for example the woeful stage, the animal kingdom, the ghost-sphere and the host of demons.