Buddhist Ethics: The Concepts and Principles to Strengthen of Strong Family and Social Thailand in the 21St Century

Abstract

A study of Buddhist Ethics: The Concepts and Principles to Strengthen of St st Strong Family and Social Thailand in the 21 Century. the objective is to study the concepts and principles of strengthening the family and Thai society in the 21 century and integrating the principles of strengthening family and society in accordance with Buddhist ethics. This research is a qualitative researching. The research found that; the family is a group of people who have ties and live together. and the family also acts as the main institution of society. which is an important foundation for living in the 21st century. The family has a variety of styles that change according to the social. economic conditions. and change according to family life cycle. the family life cycle begins with a single family consisting of parents. and become an extended family when children are married and live with their parents in the early stages of living. then separated to create a new family that became a single family. it therefore creates a family life cycle. And there are also Buddhist ethics that can be integrated to strengthen families and Thai society in life. by virtue of the 5 Precepts (5 Panca-Sila). the 4 Principles of service and social integration. (4 Sangahavatthu). and the 6 Directions (Disa 6). The family members have a duty to treat individuals in a society that is like the 6 Directions. it is resulting in good results at the individual and social level. and it makes people responsible for their duties to themselves and others. makes life a normal pleasure in society. and make society peaceful. family has love. caring for each other. have good wishes importantly. there is a complete happiness of life of a householder.