Buddhist Ethics in Being Apprecaited a Specialist
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This research aims to study “Buddhist ethics in being apprecaited a specialist of civilized person of visakha”. The research results found that Buddhist ethics is based on life and worldviews that focus on personal liberation and social ethics because Mrs. Visakha is a great female laywoman who is known as a supporter of the four requisites. In addition, Mrs. Visakha also has various roles, such as the role of a mother, a daughter, a daughter-in-law, a wife, a great female laywoman, and a role in supporting Buddhism by adhering to the ten principles of advice, which are related to the six directions, with values that are practices for Thai women. As a mother, the values that are practices according to the four divine states of mind, the six directions, the four social principles, having firm faith in the Triple Gem by adhering to the principles of giving, morality, and meditation, not seeking benefits from Buddhism, diligently studying the teachings, having good knowledge about Buddhism, and being able to protect Buddhism, correcting and adjusting rhetoric. In terms of supporting Buddhism, the values that are practices include studying the teachings deeply to understand them, practicing according to the teachings personally to become more and more, and then disseminating the teachings. Performing the duties of a laywoman as a Dharma teacher.
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