ABSTRACT

            The research is entitled with “Teaching Children in accordance with the Buddhism Ethics in Thai Society: A case study of outstanding parents in Nakhonsawan province”.  The objectives of the study include: 1) to study Buddhism Ethics in teaching children, 2) to study teaching children in accordance with the Buddhism Ethics in Thai Society, and 3) to study how the outstanding parents in Nakhonsawan province adapt the Buddhism Ethics for teaching children.

The research findings are as follow:

1) Teaching children by using Buddhism Ethics is a good way of life and a good behave since the parents follow the Four-Brahma-Viharas. These parents are responsible for teaching, advising, and educating their children to behave in a good way and to avoid any bad things as well as committing crime.  Other Buddhism ethics could be also deployed including the 4 objects of sympathy, the 6 directions.  These ethics can be absolutely adapted for any families bringing the family as well as the society peace.

            2) the basic principle of Buddhism has been used by outstanding parents in Thai society for teaching their children including a indirect method of teaching children such as the parents maintaining their good role models.  This direct method has been framed by using the Four Sublime States of Mind, the Five Percepts, the Four Gharavasa-dhamma, and the Six Directions. These parents take roles of moral instruction, moral behavioral sample, and other good models for their children.  By this way, the children would be moral persons who were morally inculcated and given the good examples of life.

                   3) the analysis on Buddhism Ethics for teaching children of outstanding parents in Nakhonsawan province would focus on the Five Percepts in Buddhism as a basic teaching tool to make children be conscious of good things and good behaviors. In addition, the Four Gharavasa-dhamma and the Six Directions shall be applied for teaching the children to respect themselves as well as respect their parents, teachers and others; the children learn and are aware of faith, helping each other, and loving parents.  These are the basic principles of Buddhism which have been deployed by outstanding parents in Thai society for teaching their children to be good people.

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