THE GUIDELINE OF DISSEMINATING BUDDHISM OF VOLUNTEER GRADUATED MONKS TO HILL TRIBE PEOPLE ON HIGH GROUND

Abstract

This research entitled "The guidelines for the propagation of Buddhism for highland volunteers in the highlands". There are objectives as follows: to study the propagation background of the volunteer monks towards hill tribes on highlands, to study the problems and obstacles of Buddhism propagation on highlands, and to study the guidelines of Buddhism propagation for the volunteer monks on highlands. This study is a qualitative research with collecting documents, primary data from Tipitaka of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University version along with exegesis (Atthakatha), bill (Dîkā) and collecting from fieldwork. The propagation background of the volunteer monks towards hill tribe on highlands found that Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University focus on the importance of propagating Buddhism to hill tribes on highlands. Therefore, assigned to Chiang Mai Campus who is responsible for the implementation of the volunteer monks towards hill tribes in order to take graduate monks who graduated from university of every campus that are Interested in propagating Buddhism on highlands. Management style has a central administration committee, a regional administration committee, a duty to prepare an annual budget plan, providing the volunteer monks, preparing the strategic plan for the implementation, promotion, supporting, supervision and following, performance evaluation of the volunteer monks from fieldwork. The process of propagating Buddhism on highlands from the beginning to the present, thus, causing various tribes to believe in Buddhism, showing themselves as a Buddhist, taking children to ordain cooperate with monks to establish the hermitage, attending religious activities, tradition and culture increasing steadily, respectively.