An Analysis of The Roles of Gilãnupaṭṭhãk Monk For Well-Being of Monk

Abstract

This article is part of the research entitled “An analysis of the roles of Gilãnupaṭṭhãk monk for well-being of monk”. The research contains 3 objectives including 1) to study the roles of the patient attendants in Buddhist scripture, 2) to study the Buddhist virtue and patients’ well-being care for Gilanupatthaka Bhikkhus in Buddhism, and 3) to analyze the Buddhist virtue and patients’ well-being care for Gilanupatthaka Bhikkhus in Buddhism. The findings revealed that Gilanupatthaka Bhikkhus had more health knowledge than general monks. Health care according to Buddhism, the Sangha should encourage the monks to look after well-being and promote their own health, preceptors, teachers, and companions contributing to the discipline by applying the health knowledge from the Phra Gilanupatthaka course training correctly and appropriately. They must spend the time and intentionally give treatment, ready to look after the patient Sangha with diverse ways. To apply the Buddhist teachings in daily life, the Gilanupatthaka Bhikkhus must apply Buddhist virtues in daily life for enabling the patients to understand Dhamma and strengthen it in progress. For specific patient healing, the Buddha emphasized on mental development by Three Common Manners teaching, viz. impermanence, as its essence. To apply Dhamma for work aims to provide the helps, mental difficulty and suffering reliefs in which these sickness and death are the true state everyone must face and accept them all as the natural way.