Abstract:
Buddhism generally mentions about how to live a happy life in the society.
Relationships are based on human activities and thinking patterns.
Buddha’s teachings mention about human mind and their behavior.
When people have mutual understanding about each other it helps to build
healthy relationships between each other. And also if a person has patience,
kindness, equanimity and trust, this also contributes to build healthy mutual
relationshipsbetween each other. Aggaññasutta mentions about how to
initiate the family life. Sigālovāvadasutta mentions that there are sixty one
kinds of responsibilities for six social groups. In addition, purisabandana
sutta, iţtibandanasutta,parābavasutta and Dhammapada also discuss about the
relationships among human beings. If one builds moral behavior, consequently
he will be able to build good relationships with others. These are the Buddhist
tips for human relationship.
Today with commercialization and modernization people’s lives have become
more complex and instead being moralistic, people have become narrow
minded, selfish and they have forgotten the value of human relationships.
We can use Buddhist teachings to rebuild theseunhealthy, broken human
relationships by giving them some value. Hence all these Buddhist advices are
applicable to any time.
Everyone likes to spend a happy life. Without a good and strong human
relationship one cannot expect inner peace nor outer peace. Thus human
relationships are an essential part of social wellbeing. Nakulamātā and
Nakulapithāsutta mentions about how to live a happy life. This is the best
example for the relationship between husband and wife. Buddha also appreciated
their relationship. Because they had mutual understanding, trust, patience and
other essential qualities for the continuation of a healthy relationship. Thus, one
can apply these not only within families but also in other social relationships.
Thus the society will be a much better place for everyone to live in harmony.
