ABSTRACT

                The objectives of thesis were to study on Morality of Patience in the life ways of people in TambonTamuang, Selaphum district, Roi-Et Province and to analyze the Use of Morality of Patience in the life ways of  people in TambonTamuang, Selaphum district, Roi-Et province by collecting data from Tipitaka, academic documents in Buddhism, research works related, and interview on the field with the describtive analytical method.

                The results of research were found that morality mentioned was patience to all things which tempt in both internal and external. The internal factor means greed, and external menas gossip etc. the kinds of patience were; tolerance, being not cruel, no creating any suffering, having always high spirits. There were four kinds as follows; being patient to trouble, being patient to suffering, being patient to indignation, and being patient to the power of defilements; greed, angry, and delusion. People could create the patience by holding the morality of shame and fear of evil and knowing the feeling coming to the mind. Two kinds of patience in Mongkala Sutra were; the basic patience joining with modesty-it was useful for general working such as Athivasanakhanti means being patient to offenders. But Khanti in the virtues of householder would be patient to life-living in all troubles. Bad effect of lacking of patience was having more fates. After death, they would go to the hell. But the good effect of patience was being lover of many people, being no cruel, having no trouble, having no delusion and after death, they would to the heaven.

                TambolTamuang people brought the teaching of patience to apply in life ways. They followed it by investigating the bad effect of angry which caused many problems and bad behaviors such as; abusing others, harming others etc., by having no pleasure  to needs such as; buying the expensive things, want to have other’s things etc.  while protected the greed, there would be no trouble in later. Life-living was to study and work on one’s own duty. Morality of patience was the important teaching for TambolTamuang people attained their success. It could help them have a good health by making their bodies healthy without weakness or being moody because of lacking patience, and help them have a good wealth. When having patience, they could be successful in all works. With having more mental health, because they could rescue their greed, angry, and delusion. Besides these, it can help them be successful on life-living in economics, society and morality.