Buddhadhamma Principles in Thai traditional medicine services in Thai society

Abstract

This academic article aims to study the Buddhadhamma Principles in Thai traditional medicine services in Thai society found that; The Buddhadhamma principles in Thai traditional medicine was the doctrine discovered and declared by the Buddha in order to teachtractable beings to release frommental intoxications or defilements. The Buddhadhammaprincileswere the ethical criteria the Buddha appointed as the religious standards. Also, the Buddhadhamma principles in Thai traditional medicine were the Four Noble Truths, the Three Characteristics, and the Four Holy Abidings (Four Sublime States of Mind) with the purposes to have people lead their lifeideologically and to make them perfect with intelligence and definitive happiness, the human supreme perfection. Buddhism granted Thai people a motto of dependence upon oneself in order to deal with disappointment or suffering. When they were unable to clear up those problems, they had to accept the truth of human life and acknowledge that one had to depend upon oneself. Buddhism had four bases of sympathyor the principle for coexistence in society for Thai people. That principle referred to the performance of duties in society, harmony, custom, munificence, kindness, and considerateness. The teaching of the Buddha was targeted practical consequences for all people to deal with their own living lifein this world at present. For example, the Buddha taught human beings to know themselves and understand their own bodies and mindsin order to nurture their bodies and minds happily.