An Application for Mindfulness in Living Daily Life: A Case Study of Practitioners at Kubon Temple

Abstract

This research is of 2 objectives: 1) to study the daily-life living of the meditation
practitioners at Kubon temple. 2) to study the application of mindfulness in daily-life living
of the meditation practitioners at Kubon temple. It is a field-work qualitative research by
the tools of a documentary study, and the in-depth interview from key informants,
together with a participatory observation. From the research, it is found the followings:
Most of the meditation practitioners at Kubon temple live in the community
around the temple. The temple arranges for Vipassanã-kammatฺtฺhãna (Vipassanã-Bhãvanã)
retreat every month. In the period of rains-retreat, the practitioners will come to reside at
the temple for holding Uposathasĩla. Most of practitioners who come regularly for
meditation practicing at the temple are elderly women who preserve the five precepts
and have faith in the Triple Gems which is in line with the way to practice the related
mindfulness in Buddhism. To apply mindfulness in daily lives of the meditation
practitioners at Kubon temple, it is done by: 1) Encouragement for developing by the
Meditation Center in adjusting Indriya or the sense-forces in the practicing room for
strongly enhancing their faith, a creation of the culture of being attentive in practicing, and
being persistent in making homes to improve the nation, 2) The practice of mindfulness in
daily life (Daily Life Mindfulness Practice) which is the practice of mindfulness in the
lifestyle of awareness-cultivation by praying, finding times to practice during the day,
creating home the atmosphere of the temple, and adjusting the way of not harming
others; this is called M-SEC D-ISAM Model.