The Relationship of Householders of Spouse in Buddhist Perspective

Abstract

The research of "The relationship of spouse’s household according to Buddhist perspective" has three purposes; 1) to study the concept of relationship building in the spouse's household, 2) to study the 4 path of accomplishment (Iddhipada 4) and other principles that support the use of a spouse's relationship, and 3) to synthesize and propose the ways to build the relationship of the spouse's household in accordance with Buddhism. This research is a mixed methods research Included documentary research and qualitative. The interview groups were 16 individuals who are in the status of husband or wife with a specific method.

The results showed that the society comes from a family consisting of spouses namely; husband and wife and maybe children, relative living together. Enhancing the family life of the spouse to quality should consist of love reasonably, promote each other, be honest with each other, honor and trust each other, give respect to each other's parents, and together build family’s stability. The relationship of the spouse's household should be based on the 4 path of accomplishment (Iddhipada 4) that is; (Chanda: aspiration), (Viriya: effort), (Citta: thoughtfulness), and (Vimamsa: investigation or examination). These principles are supportive base in helping each other, commonly fixing each other's flaws, keeping the family happy, sharing responsibility for the mission to create a family atmosphere to live and enjoy, and supporting to all close friends including the use of gold savings.3

The way in building relationships in the spouse’s household of Buddhism that is everyone in the family should response their duty and help working in the family. They should take care of their relatives and neighbors as necessary, follow the mutual agreement, respect the rights of all family members, know how to save money in part to spend in need, and use the knowledge, experience, skills to work, earn some income, cooperate in provided counseling based on their abilities, share knowledge, experience, and empathy with the community with willingness, diligence, determination, and contemplation.