The Model of Mental Development According to the Principle of Suddhavipassanā Development to Reduce Stress

Abstract

This article is a part of the dissertation entitled “Model of Mental development according to the Principle of Suddhāvipassana Development to Reduce Stress” containing the following objectives: 1) to study the principles of mental development according to the principle of Suddhāvipassana in Theravada Buddhism, 2) to study the state of stress affecting the mind, emotions, and body, 3) to present a model for mental development based on the principles of Suddhavipassana meditation to reduce stress. The research method was qualitative, emphasizing on document work and in-depth interviews with 16 key informants. The results showed that Suddhavipassana development is an approach to develop the mind to reduce stress and focusing on solving the root cause of stress. in Buddhism, stress arises without awareness of the rise and falls of thoughts of mind. This focuses on determining the present moment for improving the mind and changing it for the better in order to facilitate the normal functioning of various systems. This Suddhavipassana exercise aims at reorganizing thoughts in every moment because thoughts naturally are not organized and overwhelmed by anger, greed, and delusion, which results in stress, additionally helps reasoning with mindfulness by contemplating on Tilakkhana or changing state of all mental formations arising-falling consistently, as they really are. The results of this type of contemplation support the mindfulness advance, knowing the state of stress occurring, such as pressured feeling, distracted, confused, stress, anxiety, as well as being oppressed It will cause the state of the emotions that arise. The model calls “3 ร” or STP-3 model (S=self-knowing, T= truth knowing, P= present knowing).