AN ANALYSIS OF BUDDHIST ETHICS ON AUTHENTIC HAPPINESS ALONG BUDDHADASA BHIKKHU

Abstract

This research aims to 1) study the ethical concept of authentic happiness, 2) study the Buddhist ethics of authentic happiness along Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, and 3) analyze the Buddhist ethics of authentic happiness along Buddhadasa Bhikkhu. This is a qualitative research using documentary research under the analytic, appreciative, and applicative approaches to lead to the analysis of philosophical and Buddhist knowledge. The research results found that 1) Hedonism views that all human actions have the goal of happiness and comfort, while Non-hedonism emphasizes wisdom, knowledge, and peace of mind. Humanism views that human nature consists of both body and mind, so it includes both hedonism and non-hedonism because hedonism emphasizes the body too much, while non-hedonism emphasizes the soul too much. 2) The origin of suffering comes from attachment to the ego from the fusion of ignorance, craving, and clinging. As for the cessation of the ego, it is through the feeling that causes the state of the mind without the feeling of “self – mine” to cease, which is the state of the original mind. 3) Buddhist ethics aims at developing the quality of life of each person. And everyone in society should have a good quality of life and be happy, and also make others happy without expecting anything in return. The wish for others to be happy without expecting anything in return is loving-kindness. Buddhadasa Bhikkhu saw that the only problem that should be solved is the self, by practicing the cessation of Dependent Origination throughout the entire chain and in the Noble Eightfold Path completely.