การพัฒนาคุณภาพชีวิตของผู้เกษียณอายุตามหลักพุทธธรรม

          In this research, the three objectives were : 1) to study the states of problem on the quality of life of the retired persons, 2) to study the Buddhist principles for supporting the enhancement of quality of life of the retired persons, and 3) to propose the guidelines on the enhancement of the quality of life of the retired persons bases on Buddhist principles. The methodology of this research is a qualitative research; there are two methods 1) documentary research, and 2) the field study done by In-depth interview. The key informants consist of five Buddhist scholars and sixteen retired persons.

          The findings show that there are four states of problem: 1) body and mind, 2) society, 3) economic affairs, and 4) housing. In the side of body, the retired persons mostly have the hypertension with 28% and only 6.25% in the side of mind and economic affairs, there are no findings in any problem concerning the side of social  including the housing . Here the Buddhist principles for supporting the enhancement of quality of life of the retired persons are as follows: 1) body and mind aspects: Pañca-khandha, Tilakkhana, four kinds of Bhāvanā, four kinds of Satipațțhāna and Ti-sikkhā, 2) social aspects: three kinds of  Puññakiriya-vatthu, four kinds of  Brahmavihāra, four kinds of Saṅgahavatthu and eight kinds of  Loka-Dhamma, 3) economic affairs: four kinds of  Dițțhadhammikattha,  Santosa and five kinds of  Bhoga-ādiya, 4) in the side of housing : four kinds of Kula-cirațțhi-dhamma, seven kinds of Sappāya. The way to enhance the quality of life base on the Buddhist principles are as follows: 1) body and mind aspects: the retired persons need to understand the truth of life and the nature, 2) social aspect: the retired persons need to regularly perform theirs activities according to the health condition as well as the time and they need to understand the limited on social role as well, 3) economic affairs: well-planning on the financial term should be carried out including good knowledge to find and save the money properly; the expenses need to be done through the controlled account accordingly, and 4) housing aspects: they should  live in the good and calm condition without too many noisy for well meditation fruition.