An Application of the Principle of the Tenfold Wholesome Courses of Action for Reducing the Youths’ Aggressive Behavior in the Community of Buhome Village, Buhome Sub-district, Chiang Khan District, Loei Province

Abstract

The purposes of this research are; 1) to study the Tenfold Wholesome Course of Action in Tipitaka scripture in Theravada Buddhism 2) to study the present situation of problems related with the youths’ aggressive behaviors in the Buhom community of the village ,Buhom Sub-district, Chiang Kan District, Loei Province and 3) to apply the Tenfold Wholesome Courses of Action in reducing the youths’ aggressive behaviors of Buhom Village, Buhom Sub-district, Chaing Kan District, Loei Province. This research is the qualitative research by collecting the data from the documents and interviewing the key informants and to analyze the data by using the descriptive analysis.
The result was as follows:
1. The results of research are found that to interview the data of the Sangha, community, general people and youths in the Buhom village, Buhom Sub-district, Chiang Kan District, Loei Province in three aspects, that is, physical, verbal and spiritual action can be seen that everybody can understand and study the Buddhist doctrine, that is, the Tenfold Wholesome Courses of Action in differently.
2. Due to various situations of problems such as aspect of family, community, society and environment and the youths in the Buhom village, it must have the way of practice in searching for the way of solving the problems or abstaining from the evil in one’s thought that has the less thought in the youths’ group who knows the principle of the Tenfold Wholesome Courses of Action. Most of them only knows how to preserve the Five Precepts.
3. Some apply the principle of the Buddhist teaching for use for excuse and apply the Buddhist teaching for assistance, that is, the principle of loving-kindness for creating the harmony just like the family model and to keep their own mind from the evil.So they must not have the revenge and to have the bad intention for each other and then it must make us happy.