The Application of Ovādapātimokkha into Enhancing the Life Balance in accordance with Five Niyāmas

Abstract

The current society emphasizes on building human beings to be a perfect life with knowledge, skills, and valuable attitudes, including be good physical and mental health with a spiritual growth, public mind, and public services. All these seem to be perfect for human beings, but in fact, human beings lack of perfections of life balance. It causes the suffering of people in present. Moreover, in the future life they have to survive with imperfection of balance as well. Human beings have to be studied and understood thoroughly in life. Hence, this article aims to present the main themes for realizing and being balanced of life in the followings: 1) life balance; 2) life evolution; 3) element of life; 4) principles of Ovādapātimokkha; 5) adoption of Ovādapātimokkha principles to create life balance by five Niyāmas. The body of knowledge indicates that the approach to make life in balance is by practicing the five laws of natures in the followings: Utu-Niyāma, Pīja-Niyāma, Citta-Niyāma, Kamma-Niyāma, and Dhamma-Niyāma.