Peacebuilding Strategy to Support the Elderly Society: A Case Study of Sawai Subdistrict, Prang Ku District Sisaket Province
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The research article consists of three objectives: 1) to study the strategy and community’s context of the aging society of Sawai subdistrict as well as the peaceful well-being enhancement according to the policy of the government and modern sciences; 2) to study the principles and methods for enhancing the peaceful well-being for the elderly according to Theravada Buddhism; and 3) to develop and propose the strategy on enhancing peaceful well-being based on the Buddhist integration for the elderly of Sawai subdistrict, Prang Ku district, Sisaket province. The study is qualitative research by a field study and focus group discussion with key informants acquired by means of purposive sampling. The acquired data were descriptively analyzed. The results of the research are as follows: 1) From studying strategy, context of the aging society, and peacebuilding according to the government policy and modern science, the following four strategies are found: 1st strategy on the development of physical body for health rehabilitation; 2nd strategy on the development of environment and livelihood; 3rd strategy on the development of behavior and recreation; and 4th strategy on the development of mental health. 2) From studying the principles and methods for enhancing the peaceful well-being for the elderly according to Theravada Buddhism, Trisikkhā (the Threefold training) is found as follows: Sīla (morality) refers to the stable practice according to law, morality, ethics, customs; Samādhi (concentration) refers to stability, determination, and learning to let go; Paññā (wisdom) refers to having awareness, knowledge and understanding sustainably. From studying Trisikkhā, it results in philosophy on “being strong according to the age, having a strong mind and a joyful wisdom”.3) After integrating the four aspects of strategy with Trisikkhā, the following results are found: 1st aspect on health; 2nd aspect on sustainability; 3rd on stability; and 4th aspect on happiness, by which of these four aspects are under the “Happiness Goals”.
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