ANALYTICAL STUDY THE CONCEPT OF BUILDING A TEMPLE IN BUDDHISM OF ETHNIC GROUPS TAI YAI, A CASE STUDY OF KUMAN MONGKHONCHAI TEMPLE SAN PU LOEI SUBDISTRICT DOI SAKET DISTRICT CHIANG MAI PROVINCE

Abstract

This article aims to 1) study the concept of temple construction in 
Buddhism, 2) study the history of the Tai Yai ethnic group in Chiang Mai, 3) to analyze 
the concept of building Wat Kuman Mongkhonchai in Buddhism of the Tai Yai ethnic 
group in Tambon San Pu Loei, Doi Saket District, Chiang Mai Province. This research is 
a qualitative research with the area of Wat Kuman Mongkolchai, San Pu Loei 
Subdistrict, Doi Saket District, Chiang Mai Province. The tool was an interview form 20 
monks/person and content analysis. The research results revealed that 1) the 
concept of building a temple In Buddhism, it is to build a temple to be a residence 
for monks in Buddhism, to be a place of worship in Buddhism, and to be a center for 
education. 2) Tai Yai people in the past settled in large groups in Shan State, 
Myanmar. Later, around the 24th-25th Buddhist century, borders demarcation during 
colonization by the west causing the country of the Tai Yai people to be divided, the 
people immigrated and scattered to many countries. In northern Thailand, there are 
immigration and movement of Shan groups to Chiang Mai. 3) There are 3 concepts of 
building temples of Tai Yai people: 1) To make Buddhism stand firm in the future, up 
to 5000 years referring to the prediction that the Buddha had said 2) to be the center 
of the mind of all Buddhists to come together to develop their minds and develop 
temples to further prosper 3) To provide a place to live for the poor or people 
traveling back and forth in long distances from every direction.