THE CONCEPTUAL VALUE OF SENASNA BASED ON BUDDHIST ETHICS

Abstract

Senasna means place for sleep, for sit or place for doing private activities and place for doing the public activities of novices and monks. There are 2 kinds of residence, first it is the residence that is emerged by nature such as trunk of trees, mountains, valleys, caves, cemetery, thorn forest and outdoor. Second it is the residence that are created by human such as monk’s houses, caves, buildings and palace. To build residence has different purpose based on the donor’s need and Buddha also allowed his disciples can use both kinds of residences.

The concept of building residence has two purposes, it is to support the demand of monks and people in society. And the value of residence also has two things, they are the major value and minor value. The major value can divide into two things, the first one is the value as Buddhist prospective, that is a value as their duties that were determined in the disciplines part (Vinaya pitaka). The second one is the value in general prospective, it is the residence that does not only build for supporting religious demand but it also support the aim of society. The minor value is the value that result from the major value; for example, the gold hall of Wat Phra Kheo, in fact, it mainly was built for religious purpose but the hall has an excellent in art so there are many people come to visit.