This Thesis have three objectives namely : (1) to study the three characteristics of existence in Theravada Buddhism, (2) to study the people’s suffering in the present society, (3) to study the application on the three characteristics of existence in the Relieving of People’s Suffering in the Present Society. The research is qualitative research.
The result of research found that :
The three characteristics of existence (Tilakkhana) are (1) Aniccatā ; all conditioned things are impermanent, (2) Dukkhatā ; all conditioned things are subject to stress and conflict (suffering) and (3) Anattatā ; all things are not-self or soulless. Being and non-being are under the controller of the three characteristics of existence (Tilakkhana)
The suffering of people in Buriram province concluded into two kinds ; (1) Kāyikadukkha ; physical suffering as abnormal body, disable body, Infectious disease, and (2) Cetasikadukkha ; mental suffering as sadness, be stray from beloved things, mind fluent on non-beloved things and four kinds of general suffering are family, economic, social and mental suffering.
The application of the three characteristics of existence in relieving of people’s suffering in the present society and in Buriram province is physical and mental suffering. Generally, there are four kinds of suffering as (1) family (2) economics (3) social and (4) mental. In the solution of four kinds of problem, we have to know and understand in the three characteristics of existence. Aniccatā ; to know that all things are changing, Dukkhatā ; to knows that the change of things is painful. Anattatā ; to knows that there is no control over the change of things. Once we understand this three characteristics of existence, it will alleviate the suffering of the people in the present.
