Model of Wisdom Development of Dhama Practitioners According to Metta Bhavana of Wat Siriphong Thamnimit, Bang Khen District, Bangkok Metropolis

Abstract

This article is a part of the thesis on “The Development of Wisdom Model of Practitioners Based on Loving-Kindness at Wat Siripongthamnimit, Bangkhen District, Bangkok metropolis”. The objectives are 3: 1) to study the development of wisdom of practitioners based on Loving-Kindness in Theravada Buddhist scriptures, 2) to study the development of wisdom of practitioners based on Loving-Kindness at Wat Siripongthamnimit, Bangkhen District, Bangkok metropolis, and 3) to present the development of wisdom model of practitioners based on Loving-Kindness at Wat Siripongthamnimit, Bangkhen District, Bangkok metropolis. This research is qualitative research with a documentary research method including interviews with 4 qualified persons, 8 Vipassana meditation teachers, and 9 practitioners, totaling 21 persons.

The results were found that the development of wisdom model of practitioners based on Loving-Kindness at Wat Siripongthamnimit, Bangkhen District, Bangkok metropolis is through giving alms, keeping the precepts, and developing Loving-Kindness, Karuna meditation, Mudita meditation, and Upekkhāmeditation, or called Mettā-Āppamaññā which is the expansion in sequence of people, not specifying 5 types of people, specifying 7 types of people, and expanding to 10 directions, called developing loving-kindness or Ceto-vimutti. When the state of the 4th Jhana is complete, it will be able to develop to the 4th Arupa Jhana and reach the 9th level of Metta Jhana, which is Saññāvedayita Nirodha. Then raise Metta Jhana to Vipassana Bhavana according to the principle of Satipatthana 4 (Mindfulness), which is the consideration and determination of form and name according to reality until it becomes wisdom or Ñāṇa, namely wisdom 1, the factor that allows beings to exist, up to wisdom 10, the person comprised of 10 qualities, is an Arahant.