Developing the Quality of Life of People According to the Principles of Meditation in Pratu Pa Sub-district Municipality, Mueang District, Lamphun Province

Abstract

This research aims to 1) study the quality of life of people in Pratu Pa Subdistrict Municipality, 2) compare people’s opinions on the quality of life of people in Pratu Pa Subdistrict Municipality, and 3) propose guidelines for developing people’s quality of life according to the principles of meditation in Pratu Pa Subdistrict Municipality, Mueang District, Lamphun Province, by applying Buddhist principles. The research used mixed methods: quantitative research, which collected data using a questionnaire with a reliability of 0.915 from a sample group of 368 people in Pratu Pa Subdistrict Municipality. The data were analyzed using statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, t-test, and F-test. Qualitative research was conducted by in-depth interviews with 12 key informants. The data were analyzed using descriptive content analysis.

The research results found that

1)The level of quality of life development of people in Pratu Pa Subdistrict Municipality, Mueang District, Lamphun Province is at a low level overall.

2) Comparison of people's opinions on the development of quality of life in Pratu Pa Subdistrict Municipality found that people have different opinions on the development of quality of life of people in Pratu Pa Subdistrict Municipality, Mueang District, Lamphun Province. Therefore, the research hypothesis is accepted.

3) The guidelines for developing the quality of life of people in Pratu Pa Subdistrict Municipality by applying the 4 principles of meditation are as follows: 1) Physical meditation, which is taking care of oneself to be happy; 2) Moral meditation, which is being a person with morality and ethics; 3) Mental meditation, which is training the mind to be strong; 4) Paññā meditation, which is training oneself to have concentration that gives rise to wisdom.