Abstract:
Counselling psychology is one of the most important things in the world
today. There are many categories of counselling. The family counselling is
most useful and constitutes a major caegory of counseling. Due to of many
reasons, the peace in family is waning. In such situations, counselling could
provide immense comfort. Buddhist positive thinking has great practical utility
on such family matters. The tipițaka contains positive thoughts which were
preached by the Buddha. Buddhist philosophy provides for family counselling
through Buddhist positive thinking.
Buddhist positive thoughts towards family can be found in many suttas that
give useful instructions on the wellbeing of families. The way of achieving
positive development of body and mind in the family is explained in Buddhist
suttas. And social and economic aspects that effect the family have also been
explained. A complete positive family development with a good balance and
noble ethics has also been described. Even though they originated 2600 years
ago, they are still applicable for practical problems in family life. Sri Lanka
is the main country with Theravada tradition. The use of Buddhist positive
thoughts in family counselling could create a peaceful and cool society in this
burning world.
