AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE ROSARY AS A PRACTICAL TOOL MEDITATION OF LANNA MONKS

Abstract

This research has 3 objectives as follows: To study the history of the rosary, 
to study the rosary as a tool for the practice of Buddhist monks, and to analyze the 
rosary as a tool for the practice of the Lanna monks. This research is qualitative, using 
research 
from 
documents, 
primary 
data 
from 
Tipitaka 
of 
Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalays version, along with commentaries, judgments, and 
field data collection. The results of the research showed that 1) History of the Rosary: 
means round balls. A bunch of strings for counting at the time of prayer. Rosary 
made of different materials such as sandalwood, hardwood, rattan, dried fruits, 
colored stones, plastics, even jade by punching a hole in the middle, stringed with a 
bunch of threads or strings. Rosary for religion is considered to be spiritual into 
meditation and to train the willpower to be strong. 2) The use of rosary beads as a 
tool for monks to practice meditation: counting the rosary is one way of praying for 
precepts, concentration and wisdom. It is a strategy for practicing mindfulness. Get 
the amount that you set your mind in the first place. Therefore, obtaining the result 
of counting along with chanting in remembrance of Phra Rattanatrai 108 beads areused to count the beads to remember the virtues of the Buddha, the Dhamma and 
the Sangha. Monks will use the thumb, middle finger of the right hand only. The 
counting will be counted until 108 beads are counted and then counted back again. 
3) The analysis of the use of rosary beads as a tool for meditation practice of monks 
in Lanna. It can be separated into tools for practicing meditation in 3 positions: As a 
prayer tool, As a counting tool, and as a tool to commemorate. The rosary has long 
been a tool in the practice of Lanna monks. It is an important monk  object that the 
Lanna monks must have when they are ordained. It is a way of using the rosary in 
practice. Lanna monks in the past, such as Kruba Sriwichai and the rosary.