Kontakt 2011, 13(1):30-37 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2011.005
Style of life of followers of the Diamond Way BuddhismNursing
- Zdravotně sociální fakulta Jihočeské univerzity v Českých Budějovicích, katedra ošetřovatelství
Nursing deals with holistic attitude to man and thus, even problems of the faith should not be omitted. In the course of providing the care, the healthcare professionals "support" the environment, in which values, traditions and spiritual convincing of individuals and their communities are supported. This necessarily includes good knowledge and skill of health professionals in giving the culturally differentiated nursing care. By the action of the migration, multicultural society is formed and its multicultural nature calls for trans-cultural understanding the society, groups and individuals, which means an intersection of particular cultures.
Buddhism originated about the 6th century B.C. in the territory of northern India, and in the course of the first millennium, it was stepwise displaced by Hinduism to southeast and east Asia. The origination of this religious-philosophic system is very strongly associated with an existing historical figure, the prince Siddhártha Gautama. Buddhism does not solely refer to one doctrine, but is divided into a number of schools, which are strongly different from each other. In spite of this, there is teaching recognized by all of them and associated with the first Buddha preaching. About 300 million people practise the Buddhism worldwide. This is the fourth most widely distributed religion throughout the world. However, its effects are more important than those expected based on the number of its followers.
The contribution presented here is related to followers of the Diamond Way Buddhism and focused on principles of healthy food, alcohol and tobacco product consumption, mental and physical activities, adhering to drinking regimen and meditations.
A quantitative research examination was performed with the help of a questionnaire, which was distributed among particular followers of the Diamond Way Buddhism. The research results demonstrated that the lay followers of the Diamond Way Buddhism adhere to principles of health food, do not smoke, adhere to regular drinking regimen and are involved in meditations every day.
Keywords: trans-cultural nursing; culturally differentiated nursing care; Buddhism; healthy life style; food
Received: February 7, 2011; Accepted: February 28, 2011; Published: March 28, 2011 Show citation
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