A Model of Cultivating Right View Habits for Students’ Parents in Nong Bua Lamphu Province

Abstract

The purposes of the research article were:1) To study the right view habits for parents of students; 2) To study the Dhamma principles for cultivating the right view habits for students’ parents in Nong Bua Lamphu Province; 3) To present a model of cultivating the right view habits for students’ parents in Nong Bua Lamphu Province. This study was conducted by means of the qualitative research methodology using documentary study was used for research design and data were analyzed using content analysis and analytic induction. Results indicated that:The right view habits for students’ parents: it is a training that introduces appropriate behavior and changes the behavior in the expressions of parents towards students. It is expression of an attitude whether it is speaking, acting, as well as having disciplines in expressing. The characteristics of cultivating the right view habits begin with theory and practice through repeated actions in daily routines and being a good role model of parents.The Dhamma principles for cultivating the right view habits for students’ parents in Nong Bua Lamphu Province: the Ten Sammādiṭṭhi Dhammas are used to cultivate the behavior : 1) giving is fruitful; 2) sacrificial offering is fruitful; 3) offering is fruitful; 4) the fruit of good and bad deeds is fruitful; 5) there is this world; 6) there is the next world; 7) Mother is virtuous; 8) Father is virtuous; 9) the apparitional is virtuous; 10) there are monks and brahmin who practice righteousness to  be enlighten in the world and the next world with great wisdom and then proclaim to teach others to become enlightened.The model of cultivating the right view habits for students’ parents in Nong Bua Lamphu Province: the model is divided into 4 types: 1) a model of applying Buddhist methods of teaching right-view by using Dhamma principles and scientific evidence; 2) a model of applying Buddhist methods of teaching the law of Kamma by using Dhamma principles and scientific evidence, and 3) a model for cultivating the right view habits;  4) a model of cultivating the right view habit in terms of theory and practice in daily life. The person in charge of cultivating this must have an art to dominate the mind, etc.