Internal Tranquility; Internal Peace; Process of Morality; Moral Experience; Peace Development; 內在寧靜; 內在和平; 道德進程; 道德經驗; 開展和平; 現代佛教=近代佛教=Contemporary Buddhism; 佛教的倫理觀
摘要
Internal tranquility creates external peace and leads to the formation of social peace through moral cultivation of the mind. This is because the mind is the source of peace. If one has a good mind,then both speech and action are also good. A teaching of the Buddha Called Vijjaa-sutta is a method of development for an individual's mind that can lead to internal tranquility. The researcher has adjusted this Buddhist teaching to become a lesson in the process of morality. This process contains the following activities:regularly visiting a temple,generosity,listening to the doctrine,observing the precepts, and mental development. An individual who undertakes these activities gains moral experiences, which enable him to attain internal tranquility and peace. The objective of this study is to reveal whether the process of morality enables people to attain the internal peace. The ex post facto method for the collection of the data was applied to the target group of 10,010 Buddhists who participated in religious activities at Dhammakaya temple. The sample is divided into the following five categories: 1) non-moral experience group 2) first moral experience group 3) 1~24 months moral experience group 4) 3~4 years moral experience group 5) more than 5 years moral experience group The result of the research show that people who had five years of exposure to moral experiences more early attained internal tranquility than the other group. They have good moral base,which includes moral rational,right understanding in the world and life,good attitude to oneself and others and moral behavior.