Dhammarãjã in Theravãda Buddhist Philosophy

Abstract

In Hindu philosophy, The Ruler called Dhammarãjã is from a Royal Caste holding the status of both Dhammarãjã (the Righteous King) and Devaraja (the Divine Right King). He rules the kingdom under the principles of Devadhipataya. (the Divine Authority) wishing all castes of people live happily in the Divine State. According to Theravãda’s philosophy, Dhammarãjã ruler should be a moral person having a moral duty to society, ruling the state by supremacy of the righteousness purposing to upgrade everyone being a good and happy person in the Righteous State In Buddhist philosophy and Hindu philosophy, there are either some corelated ideas or contradictory ideas. The important contradictory point in Buddhist philosophy against Hindu philosophy is the concept of Righteous sovereignty. It disputes the concept of the Divine Right sovereignty. And the concept of Dhammavijaya (Righteous conquering) contrasts to the concept of Sangamavijaya (Conquering by war) From the above mentioned analysis, it implies that the sovereignty in Hindu philosophy has utilized the belief in the power of God paving the way to seize political power. Such a belief is hard to accessibly prove and reach to the God’s power. The author agrees and supports the concept of Righteous sovereignty in Buddhist philosophy. For the reason that is practiced good in body, verbal and mind to pave the way to the political objective.  This could be practiced and proved by everyone in the actual world  with their own intelligence.