Development of Quality of Life According to the Buddhist Integrated Auspicious Sutta

Abstract

This article is part of a research paper titled Development of quality of life according to the Buddhist integrated auspicious sutra. It has three objectives: (1) to study the concepts and theories of quality-of-life development according to modern science; (2) to study the Mongkol Sutta that support the development of quality of life according to Buddhist scriptures; (3) to present the development of quality of life according to the principles of the Buddhist integrated auspicious sutra. It is documented research. The results of the research were as follows: 1) Quality of life improvement according to modern science, Maslow's theory. It focuses on studying human behavior causing an important process that influences human adaptation which are dynamics related to the human behavioral component, to meet the basic needs as necessary for living to the ultimate need, that is, to the point of being able to understand oneself and see truly the value of self-awareness and life by creating motivation to achieve goals. 2) The Mongkol Sutta is a successful formula that supports the development of human quality of life that there are 3 steps of practice: physical development, which are 1st-18th Mongkols, mental development, which are 19th-30th Mongkols, and wisdom development, which are 31th-38th Mongkols. 3) the presentation of the development of quality of life according to the Buddhist integrated Mongkol Sutta. It is the integration of knowledge of Maslow theory together with the Mongkol Sutta, to meet the basic needs of human beings to the highest level, that is, physical development is the foundation for growth of mentality, the mental development will be the power to maintain a good physical. And the development of intelligence will return to supervise and support physical and mental development. It aims to make human aware of the principles, methods and motivations for achieving the goal, that is, the three levels of happiness, all of which are in the process of improving the quality of life that is a way of life.