INTEGRATING THE PRINCIPLES OF BUDDHIST PSYCHOLOGY IN BEHAVIOURAL DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL PRACTICE OF PEOPLE INCARCERATED IN DOI HANG TEMPORARY PRISON IN CHIANG RAI

Abstract

The material has objectives to 1) study the habitual behavior towards vocational
training of inmates in Doi Hang Temporary Prison in Chiang Rai Province, 2) analyze
Buddhist psychology principles and habitual behavior development towards vocational
training of inmates in Doi Hang Temporary Prison in Chiang Rai province and 3) to integrate
Buddhist psychology in the developing the habitual behavior towards vocational training of
inmates in Doi Hang Interim Prison in Chiang Rai province. This is the qualitative research
and tools to collect data were document and interviewing.The research result found that:
1) the habitual behavior towards vocational training of inmates in Doi Hang
Temporary Prison in Chiang Rai Province was that the vocational training was to refine
and develop in order to allow inmates to return to live on their own and not creating
burden to society and to prevent the recurrence of wrongdoings. Vocational training
in prison was to improve inmates’ lives by teaching them to work for their own living.
2) analyzing of Buddhist psychology principles and habitual behavior
development towards vocational training of inmates in Doi Hang Temporary Prison in
Chiang Rai province was found that the application of Buddhist psychology to refine
the minds of inmates who practice vocational training consists of Thittha
ThammiGathaprayoth(virtues conductive to benefits in the present; virtues leading to
temporal welfare), Phala 5 (controlling/power faculty 5), Sappurisdhamma 7(quality
of a good man; virtues of a gentleman), parisudhi 4(morality consisting in purity;
morality of purification; morality of pure conduct) and Mak 8(eightfold path). And
3) the integration of Buddhist psychology in the developing the habitual
behavior towards vocational training of inmates in Doi Hang Interim Prison in Chiang Rai
province with the 6 short courses as follows; 1. Thai traditional massage courses for
health, 2. healthy foot massage course, 3. coffee and herbal tea brewing course, 4. air
conditioning repair and maintenance technician course, 5. motorcycle mechanic
course, and 6. shoe repair course.