A Development of the Elderly People’s Life Quality Buddhist Way in Wanghong Sub-district Municipality, Muang Phrae District, Phrae Province

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study the development of the elderly people’s life quality under the Buddhist way, 2) to study the conditions and problems of the elderly people’s life quality in Buddhism in Wanghong Sub-District municipality area, Muang District, Phrae province, and also 3) to study the development approach of the elderly people’s life quality accordancrd with the Buddhist way in Wanghong Sub-District municipality area, Muang District, Phrae Province. This research was a qualitative Research by studying the document and the field work research by using interviewed approach with fifteen of the elderly people were is penous who had participated in the elderly people project in the Wanghong Sub-District municipality area, Muang District, Phrae Province.

The results found that :- 1) concerning the result of the research of developing the elderly people’s life quality  the Buddhist way by using Bhavana IV, in four aspects as follows : 1) physical  aspect 2) social aspect 3 ) mental aspect and 4 ) intellectual aspect, they practiced themselves under the cognitive meditation which made them truly enlightened and understood in the natural state, having good opinion towards the society, and they had free from control and knew how to look at everything with wisdom.

2) As for conditions and problems of developing the life quality of the elderly people accordance with the Buddhist way in Wanghong Sub-District municipality area, Muang District, Phrae Province. it was found that : 1) physical aspect 2) social aspect 3) mental aspect and 4) intellectual aspect, it was found that it lacked of the person who had guided the practice which made the elderly people did not know and keep up with changes in the world of reality and this thing would had led them worried and did not confidently in their way of life.

3) Regarding the guide for development of the elderly people’s life quality under Buddhist way in Wanghong Sub-District municipality, Muang Phrae District, Phrae Province,it was found that 1) physical aspect, they were carefully in health care both physical aspect and mental aspect, should relax themselves by practicing the Vipassana Kammathana or concentrating the meditation for making the more power in their mind and good health and practice their mind until they get enlightenment in the existing state so they can maintain their life happily in  society.