Ritual Sacrifice with Alcohol of Surin People: in the Buddhist View, It Should Remain or Change?

Abstract

This article aims to examine three questions: 1) what is the ritual of sacrifice? 2) To study the lifestyle of Surin on the ritual. 3) To determine the value of sacrifice, oblation, or with alcohol. This article is a qualitative study. The authors studied data from documents. And attend the seminar to conclusions and solutions to today's society. Surin has found that most people in the sacrificial offerings of spirits over 80%. Surin, mostly Buddhist ethnic native Khmer and Lao people are a very tribute offense as well as the National Federation of the original. Surin is a revered ancestor worship spirits, but long. The sacrificial offerings to ancestors, who have passed away with alcohol. The use of alcohol is one of the sacrificial instruments in the ritual of the Surin. It should be continued as just a sacrificial instrument. It is not intended for worshipers to eat, so it is not wrong to precept 5 in Buddhism. But if people drink alcohol from the sacrifice ceremony, it is considered a violation of the 5 precepts in Buddhism.