This Dissertation comprises three main objects: 1) To study morality and investigate the causes of decline moral values of people of Mahar Aung Myay Township, Mandalay, 2) To analyze the Buddhist Five Precepts in the Theravāda Buddhism, 3) To promote the Buddhist Five Precepts to rise the moral values of people of Mahar Aung Myay Township, Mandalay.

In this research, the area of the study is concerning the doctrinal matter in Theravāda Tipiṭaka and the analyses of the Five Precepts as existing in the interview as well as related information from both sources. The Five Precepts are although the rudiment of the Buddhist ethics, they necessarily mean for the laity. Thus, the five precepts are the crew of Buddhist ethics. In fact, they are morality for the Buddhists and the preliminary stage to the intellectual goal of wisdom. This study instead of presenting the whole morality of Buddhism, will then concentrate on the Five Precepts as an approach to encourage moral values of people of Mahar Aung Myay Township.

The results show that there is a higher tendency of people to break the precepts during the last couple of years (2017-2018) due to the continuous stimulation on such human natures as greed, avariciousness, and wants by mainly capitalism, and materialism. Besides, an in-depth interview gives informative knowledge about the causes of decline moral values of people of Mahar Aung Myay Township as well as the way to promote moral values of their people in the township. In addition, the use of Training Program as an approach to promote moral values of people is successful. About 26 participants or 26% of total 100 participants drink alcohol, and 12 persons have decided to stop drinking alcohol. 

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