SOVEREIGNTY ACCORDING TO BUDDHIST CONCEPTS
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Thailand‘s political society has widely developed whether rights or freedoms have expanded the scope of expressing political opinions including equality in choosing one‘s way of life both as an individual and as a group of people. Nowadays, under the sovereignty system is the most well-known term in the era of political seizures. There is the establishment itself as “sovereignty“ to appoint government administrators, there is sovereignty through the supremacy of the state, with the constitution being the supreme law to govern the country.Buddhism exercises power through the Dhamma and Discipline Act or Sangha Act by the board of Sangha. There are senior monks who are responsible for administering and following the Dhamma and Discipline established by the Buddha, judging according to the principles of Dhamma and discipline such as Sammukhavinaya (verdict in the presence) Sativinaya (verdict of innocence) Amulhavinaya (verdict of past insanity) Patinnatakarana (doing according to what is admitted) Yebhuyyasika (decision according to the majority) Tassapapiyasika (inflicting a penalty on one who is at fault) Tinavattharakavinaya (procedure for covering over (as) with grass).
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