AN ANALYSIS OF THE DHAMMAPADA ATTHAKATHA᷉ ON THERAVA᷉DHA BUDDHISM : AN ETHICAL NARRATIVE

Abstract

This research article is qualitative and aims to 1) analyze the ethics in the Atthakathã of Dhammapada 2)analyze the interdisciplinary approaches in the Atthakathã of Dhammapada and 3) analyze the motif of stories in the Atthakathã of Dhammapada.It is a documentary research by collecting document data from the Tripitaka and the Dhammapada Commentary, Yamakavagga, and analyzing and processing ethics, interdisciplinarity and motif of stories.
The results of the research revealed that the ethics in the Atthakathã of Dhammapada on Yamakavagga had opposite dharma characteristics, such as bad thoughts and good thoughts, reservation and non-reservation, breaking unity and unity, people with unstable mind and people with stable mind, etc. Interdisciplinary knowledge indicates social phenomena such as geography, governance, culture, occupation, etc., and the narrative motif have components that are completely consistent with the Dhammapada, consisting of 3 types of motifs ; Motif of Character, Motif of Object, and Motif of Action.