DEVELOPING THE QUALITY OF LIFE ACCORDING TO BUDDHA DHAMMA OF OFFICIALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AT DOI HANG TEMPORARY PRISON IN CHIANG RAI

Abstract

This article has objective to 1) study the model for improving the quality of life
of the officials of the Department of Corrections, Doi Hang Temporary Prison in Chiang Rai
province, 2) study the development of quality of life according to Buddhist principles of
the officials of the Doi Hang Temporary Prison Department of Corrections in Chiang Rai
province and 3) to create a knowledge set for improving the quality of life according to
Buddhist principles of corrections officers Doi Hang Temporary Prison in Chiang Rai
province. This is the qualitative research using document and interviewing as tools to
collect data. The research result found that:
1) the model for improving the quality of life of the officials of the
Department of Corrections, Doi Hang Temporary Prison in Chiang Rai province was in the
following forms: caring for health to be ready for work, living supporting, operational
facility, reducing of tough working burden and moral support and enhancement.
2) The development of quality of life according to Buddhist principles of the
officials of the Doi Hang Temporary Prison Department of Corrections in Chiang Rai
province was through the application of Buddhist principles that consisted of the
following; Trisikkha 3 (three studies; morality, concentration and wisdom), Chak
4(virtues wheeling one to prosperity), prayer 4(cultivation; training; development) and
Mongkhon Sutra (sacred thread which Buddhist monks wear around a holy water
vessel). And
3) creation of a knowledge set for improving the quality of life according to
Buddhist principles of corrections officers Doi Hang Temporary Prison in Chiang Rai
province, the body of knowledge was done in books or textbooks for those who took
care of temporary prison inmates(there was self-development in Doi Hang through
the application of Buddhist principles to improve the quality of life, in order to gain
moral, concentration, wisdom, and consciousness every time when care for the
inmates.