Cultivating Morality in Buddhist Family

Abstract

This academic article studied the moral and ethical situation of people in Thai society, using the 5 important virtues according to the criteria for evaluating the strength of Thai families and the process of cultivating Buddhist morality and ethics in family members. It was a study of interpreting information obtained from documents and analyzing the content (Content Analysis) according to the specified important points, then organized into categories.

               The results of the study were found that the moral and ethical situation of people in Thai society was a lack of awareness of discipline, consideration of personal benefits, lack of honesty, lack of unity causing conflict in society, lack of public consciousness, Lack of social responsibility, selfish, Lack of skills in screening and selecting good cultures from foreign countries to apply in daily life and accepting people who have more status than good, virtuous people.

In assessing the strength of Thai families of the Department of Women's Affairs and Family Institutions, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, the second aspect, namely, the role and duty of the family, standards for a strong family consisted of five important virtues used in the lives of family members : 1. honesty, 2. diligence, 3. sufficiency, 4. discipline and 5. generosity.

               The process of cultivating morality and ethics in the family according to Buddhism consisted of persuasion from good friends and using wisdom to consider oneself, giving rewards, support, praise and encouragement for doing good deeds and allowing society to punish as a measure of social control, cultivation linked to various situations to bring about deeper understanding and knowing timing and opportunity so that family members can be prepared first.