Faith Enhancement for Vipassana Development Based on Four Foundations of Mindfulness: A Case Study of Wat Bangkrating, Hinkon Sub-district, Lam Plai Mat District, Buriram Province

Abstract

This article was a part of dissertation entilted “Faith Enhancement for Vipassana Development Based on Four Foundations  of Mindfulness: A Case Study of Wat Bangkrating, Hinkon Sub-district, Lam Plai Mat District, Buriram Province” contained 3 objectives: (1) to study the faith in the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism (2) to study the practice of vipassana meditation according to the Four Foundation of Mindfulness, (3) to study the faith enhancement for the of Vipassana meditation practice based on Four Foundation of Mindfulness in the case of Wat Ban Krating, Hin Khon sub-district, Lam Plai Mat district, Buriram province. It was a qualitative research and in-depth interview.  Its finding was that the faith enhancement of Vipassana meditation development based on the 4 Foundations of Mindfulness of Wat Ban Krating, Hin Khon sub-district, Lam Plai Mat district Buriram province indicated that the procedure of insight practice starts from precept observance, meditation receiving, vows to the Buddha, purposive intention, meditating for Vipassana practice to observe what is rising and falling away etc. As for the form of faith enhancing for Vipassana meditation, it consists of 4 foundations: 1) for body base, practitioner follows the moral deeds, doing good, keeping mindfulness at all times, 2) for the feeling base, one while receiving 3 feelings arising, concentrating, being mindful and aware of the rise and falls of suffering feeling, until the mind detaches from the suffering, 3) for the consciousness base, one focuses on calming the mind, not overly excited or overjoyed, encouraging the faithful mind to lead the practice, 4) for the mental formation base, one must emphasize on clarifying the mental formations  as they appear and extinguish until confident mind in the teaching of the Buddha became undoubtful.