The Pattern of Offering Dāna Helping One to the Enlightenment of the Dhammas in the Present Thai Societies

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Phrakrubhavanavaranulak Kanlayanadhammo

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This  research  is  of  the  3  :- (1) to  study  the  principles  and  methods  in  offering  Dãna  according  to  the  principles  of  Theravada  Buddhism, (2) to  study  analyzed  the  problems  and  the  obstacles  in  offering  the  alms  in  the  present  Thai  societies, and (3) to  present  the  patterns  of  offering  Dãna  helping  one  to  attain  the  Dhammas  in  the  present  Thai  societies.
        From  the  research,  it  is  found  that  the  presentation  of  means  that  anyone  who sacrifices  and   deserves  any beneficial belongings or things to the receivers  both  of mind and matters for their own personal benefits to be able to leave  out  the  avariciousness, for abandon  the  stinginess and to discard  the  egocentricity (selfishness). In addition, one  is able to normally achieve ones happily-leading life both in bodies and in mind for the advantages of receivers.   According to the utmost benefits for all parties, their ambitions intended via the Dukka  the  quenching and  the  ending of whole problems  absolutely without any defilement,  in  other  words,  the enlightenment. Nowadays, Thai Societies  have  offered  the  alms  giving,  emphasizing  on  almost egoistically  becoming  as  self-centeredness.;  that is  – the increase  of  defilement  and desire  mostly  present  and  future,  in  spite  of both  of  the  principles and  the  methods  of alms-giving  are  approximately  similar  and  nearly  different.  However, these  actions still  depend  on  the  alms-giving  patterns  according  to  the  Tipitaka  principles  as  well  as the   commentaries  and   sub-commentaries.   In  terms  of  providing  with  the  four requisites,  the  objects  or  any  things  beneficial  to  the  receivers  called  “material gifts”, the  givers  really  trusted  on  the  donation  with  a  portion  as  charity,  generosity, sacrifice;  or  greed:- covetousness.  For  this  reason,  the alms-giving  emphasizing   on  the   self-benefits  without  revenges  with  anyone  the  fact  of  which  is  called  “benefaction alms-giving” or “angry relief”. Moreover,  when  the  delusion  or  the  ignorance  relieve,  it  must  be  the  alms-giving  by wisdom.  In  other  words,  the  Concentration  and  Vipassanã Development  are  called “gifts  of  the  Dharma”.  For  these  reasons,  both  of  the  givers  and  the  receivers  have  a good  chance  to  develop  their  minds  to  be  free  from  the  powers  of  defilements  and the  desire  until  truthfully extinguish  through  the  enlightenment.  For  the  pattern  of alms-giving  assisting  the  enlightenment  in the  contemporary  societies,  these  actions before  either  action  or  donation  should  be  of  faith  and  wisdom.  In  the  meantime,  the  present  donation  should  be  composed  of  sati – “Mindfulness” and “Sampajañña”- clear  consciousness  or  awareness.   After  the  completion  of  alms-giving,  ones  should trust  on  ones’ mind  as  emptiness  without  any  thought  as  oneself.  Otherwise,  one will   actually  restraint  one’s  mind  without  any  return.

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