Participation of People for Health Care and Prevention from Covid-19 Using the Four Bases of Success

Abstract

This academic article emphasizes on the public participation for health care and prevention from covid-19 by applying Iddhipāda teaching or the Four Bases of Success by allowing people to participate the public opinion for guarding and prevention from problems in communities and societies. The essential teachings of Buddhism involve with moral cultivating, forgiveness, right deeds, taking best to oneself, loving those fellows around and the society. For the participation of the people in covid-19 prevention, commutants should adopt the four bases of success of Buddhism to practice in diary life.  The teaching of Iddhipāda or Four Bases of Success in which people have to take part for practical way in order to prevent from COVID-19 infection, which consists of 4 guidelines; namely, Chanda or will, Viriya or exertion, Citta or thoughtfulness and Vimangsā or examining. In terms of Chanda or willing, the people participate the government with willing to share the regulation to prevent oneself. For Viriya or exertion, people should be diligent for often checking themselves that they are rightly prepared and protected. For Citta, people who are mentally aware of what will happen caused by diseases and not excited until it had happened and should be aware of it with right intention. For Vimangsā, it means that people should have taken a part for self-prevention with clear understanding and diligently using wisdom to contemplate with reasons and finding out what one should do. Participation of people to care and prevention from covid-19 by using the teaching Four Bases of Success, will enable everyone to be united to mindfully look after themselves and society to be successful from Covid-19 spread and affection as expected.