KRUBA WAY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRENGTH COMMUNITY IN HUAY TOM COMMUNITY, LI DISTRICT, LAMPHUN PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this study were ๑) to examine the Kruba way as a cultural
capital in Huay Tom community, Li district, Lamphun province, ๒) to find out the
Kruba way and development of strength community, ๓) to investigate the moral
values of Kruba way as a tool of community development in in Huay Tom
community, Li district, Lamphun province. This research was conducted by using the
qualitative research methodology and the data collected by using in-depth interview
with the key of informant ๑๘ persons from Buddhist ecclesiastical officials. The tools
used in structured interviews by analyzing data content (Content Analysis Technique)
and then presented in a descriptive form.
The findings of this research as follows:
1) Kruba way as a cultural capital was found that the concept basis of
bringing culture to develop for value. It affected to the way of life and well-being
excellently. Kruba Chaiyawongsaphattana propagated Buddhism, Venerable taught
the tribal to pay respect in Budhism, followed the teaching of Buddha, Venerable
practiced meditation for example, made Karen occupations with land for doing
agriculture and resident, live with community. Venerable built the community for
easy administer, Venerable had kindliness to build city plan of tidy community,
including water system, electricity system and public utility for community
convenience, there was discussed the Dhamma with community leader and
propagated the Dhamma to Karen by storytelling for the villagers considered
themselves and understood in the principle by natural way because Dhamma means
“nature” that was cultural capital according to Buddhism
2) Kruba way and development of strength community in Huay Tom was
found that Krubachaiyawongsaphattana after Venerable propagated the Dhamma to
Karen by storytelling, Venerable propagated Buddhism by sermon, moralizing and
composing workings from remarkable composition. At the present, Venerable is an
example in eating vegetarian, donated for supporting temple fund, school fund,
hospital fund and restoration of religious places for the villagers understand in Dhamma more and more, including the promoting occupation by community
representatives to learn various occupations for transferring knowledge to
community. They can make income to community, including silverware, hand
weaving, fabric processing, Blacksmith, laterite mining and basketry. There are the
development of products (OTOP) of community and accepted from customers and
tourist that can make famous to community until the present. Venerable built
community leader for administering in community development in Huay Tom Village.
Meanwhile, Venerable applied the Dhamma principle for mental development and
applied in development of further strength community.
3) The ethical values of Kruba way as a tool of community development
was found that the practicing principle of Krubachaiyawongsaphattana practiced by
using the principle of Dhamma in Buddhism for propagating Dhamma guidelines
coupled with advancing of community development, including thought, intelligence,
living. The principle of Buddha teaching was compass to take life to sustainable
prosperity. It was the ethical values in Buddhism, including Prahmavihara IV, Panca
Sila V, Sangahavatthu IV, Iddhipada IV, the principles of democratic participation, the
principle of harmony and sacrifice. These principles were the ethical values of
Krubachaiyawongsaphattana to bring development of strength community through
until the present day.
4) The interview result was found that the key informants, most of them
integrated with the principles and applied in community of Huay Tom village on
different occasions. The villagers were proud toward invaluable cultural capital in
Huay Tom village, lived happily with cultural capital that they have it. The
community leaders have development guidelines of strength community and
organization more and more. Meanwhile, there was conservation of cultural
traditions and promoting occupation for making income to community. All people
have the same way of life that were working every day, no working on Buddhist day
or Buddhist holiday, they took their family to make merit vegetables. All people who
observed the precepts, chanting (Bhavana), vegetarian, all enjoyed with good moral.