THE CITIZEN DEVELOPMENT IN BUDDHIST INTEGRATION OF BAAN SAM-KHA. MAE-THA DISTRICT. LAMPANG PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this thesis were to: 1) study concepts and theories of citizen development in accordance with Thai society norms; 2) study Buddhist principles supporting citizen development; and 3) synthesis guidelines for developing citizen of Samkha Village. Mae Tha District. Lampang Province based on Buddhism integration. Besides. this was a qualitative research comprising document research and field research. The analysis and synthesis were conducted with documents. concepts and relevant research papers. The in-depth interviews were made with 12 key informants

The findings revealed that: 1) Concepts and theories of citizen development in accordance with Thai society norms. human quality development was one of key mechanisms for building good citizenship. social norm observation. decent attitude and value to society. able to live with others in society and wisdom and potential to develop society and country. The good citizenship obviously reflected basic qualifications of individual as citizen under the democracy. Meantime. the good citizenship qualifications suitable for the 21st century; 2) Buddhist principles supporting citizen development. the Five Strengths were basic support significant for individual development and for implementation with other principles. Moreover. Mangala Sutta was target for citizen development. such as (1) Attasammapanidhi. living with sufficiency. self-reliant and does not full of lust; (2) Winayo Cha Susikkhito. disciplines or rules as social norm; (3) Anakula Cha Kammanta. responsibility to duties of citizen; (4) Anawatchani Kammani. working without harms to oneself and others for living together peacefully in the society; (5) Yatakanancha Sangkhaho. public mind to help society; and 3) Synthesis guidelines for developing citizen of Samkha Village. Mae Tha District. Lampang Province based on Buddhism integration. Samkha Village had citizen development under the communitarian. Each members of Samkha Village had equal rights. listen to each other. self-reliant. living together with nature. and comprehensive and clear village rules. Subsequently. the rules have been improved to acquire strict rules. It maintained rights and benefits for everyone and live together peacefully. The rules covered environment and infrastructure with aims to allow villagers to utilize resources in the village.