Abstract:
The objectives of this study were 1) to study well-being promotion process of the elderly in accordance with the principle of Buddhist doctrine in nachos phantom Province 2) to study the integrity method between Buddhist doctrine and well-being promotion of the elderly in nekton phantom Province, the implementation for the research was qualitative research. The data collection was derived from key informants totaling 105 monks / lay-people, and from those who were involved with the elderly, the working was made by the way of In-dept interview, and also the data analysis was made by description approach.
The research's results were found that the Buddhist well-being promotion process to be integrity could be designed into 2 categories included: 1) the promotion method had been made according to the principle of health care methods such as food, excretion, rest, exercise, and self-cares in all aspects intensively, the elderly should not expect to depend upon their own children only, because they have been struggling for their own survival if the children could not take care their parents properly, they should not be treated as the ungrateful ones. Because the social factor has already been changed from the old custom, the elderly should have to prepare their own dependence for the old age which is a process that the elderly could do.2) how to use the integrity method between Buddhist doctrine and well-being promotion of the elderly in Nekton Phantom Province should be made through 4 development principles namely: Physical development, Moral development, Mental development and Wisdom development.
As for physical development being made through 5 sense organs that is to say; Ears, eyes, nose, and tongue, it was the touching selected for relationship with good and useful things, moral development was the process to promote good relationship for themselves and others and to develop spiritual action to be progressive through the process of praying, dhamma hearing, dhamma teaching, and merit making according to local tradition, mental or meditation development was the process to promote mental and physical health strongly and to live the life in good way, moreover the elderly had done the hobbies they like and it was useful for their own life implementation and all social environments, and it also was Buddhism extension for so long, for wisdom development it was found that the elderly could solve their own life-problems and get rid of mental evils rightly, with the wisdom development the elderly could be aware of their own emotional and physical sickness as what really is, they could create happiness for themselves and other people properly.