THE MODEL OF STRONG BUDDHIST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF BUENG KLUEA SUBDISTRICT, SELAPHUM DISTRICT, ROI-ET PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the Buddhist strong community development; 2) to study the Buddhist strong community development model of Bueng Kluea Subdistrict, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province; 3) to propose a Buddhist strong community development model of the sub-district Bueng Kluea, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province. This study was carried out by means of qualitative research by studying primary and secondary documents and interviewing 24 key informants. The obtained data were interpreted by descriptive analysis. The research results were as follows: The Buddhist strong community development is divided into four aspects: 1) lifestyle: it is to help the poor and grant scholarships; 2) society and environment: reforestation and community development through activities are promoted; 3) cultural traditions: it is to encourage people to preserve the Heet 12 Kong 14; 4) economy: it is to promote local occupations to generate additional income for the community.The Buddhist strong community development model of Bueng Kluea Subdistrict, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province is divided into five aspects: 1) lifestyle: activities of chanting, making merit, giving alms, helping the poor and bedridden patients; 2) society and environment: Puek Siao activities and planting forests; 3) economy: creating a career of weaving mats, making minced fermented fish, finding a market; 4) culture: making merit, offering food to monks, chanting, and dressing; 5) traditions: promoting lost traditions.The strong Buddhist community development model of Bueng Kluea Subdistrict, Selaphum District, Roi Et Province has four aspects: 1) people: the dhamma land and golden land; seek out local philosophers, make merit, offer alms to monks, eat food to know oneself, know moderation, know the time, and know how to choose people; 2) society and environment: the project ‘community helps the community, hundreds of hearts as one’ by chanting, planting forests, pilgrimages to know the cause, know oneself, know the community, know how to choose people; 3) culture and tradition: the project ‘hundreds of hearts as one’ with chanting activities, giving alms to know the cause, know the result, know the community, know the time; 4) economy: career creation project, find local philosophers, process products, weave mats, minced fermented fish, community markets, to know the cause, know the result, know oneself, and know modesty.