Research Title: A trend of Buddhist monks and novices number in the next decade of Thai Society
Researchers: Phramaha Sahas Thitasaro Phramaha Narongsak Thitiyano Dr.Intha Siriwan Mr.Sanau Phadungchat Mr.Boonlert Chirapatra
Department: Faculty of Education, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
Fiscal Year: 2547 / 2004
Research scholarship sponsor: Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
ABSTRACT
A trend of Buddhist monks and novices number in the next decade of Thai Society is a documentary research which be used to collected deeply data for making a questionnaires to ask people, Buddhist monks and novices about general database and view-point. A trend of monks and novices number is a independent factor, otherwise a dependent factor or variable factor consist of Value of Becoming a Monk (First Factor), The Economical State to Becoming a Monk (Second Factor), The Practice Way of Buddhists (Third Factor), The Faith (Forth Factor), another is Governmental and Buddhism Education (Fifth Factor).
The data have been collected from people, monks and novices in different parts of Thailand including in Bangkok and its surrounding totally 376 persons. There are 219 persons for Buddhists and 57 persons for monks-novices.
Found that a trend of Buddhist monks and novices number in the opinions of people, monks and novices is decreased. But those considering factors are in the high and medium range. It shows that being monkshood in the short time or out of Buddhist lent is popular.
High and Medium Range of Value, Faith, Economical State, Practice Way and Governmental and Buddhism Education is good for supporting Buddhism, Moreover female have higher value and faith in becoming a monkshood than male. They consider that Governmental and Buddhism Education are good for Buddhism and people who graduate Bachelor Degree or lower give more interested in being monkshood than higher ones. For, people who lived in the northeastern and northern parts of Thailand got higher value and faith of becoming a monk than the others. In this sense, it seems to support being monkshood in the Buddhist lent. The teacher views that trend of monks and novices number are higher than other occupations. This shows teacher may become a monk more than other occupation. Monks and novices view 20-40 years old persons get higher faith in Buddhism more than others.
People get Value, Faith in high level compose of Economical State, Education and Practice Way which effect to becoming a monk are good. This is a good chance to change the value of being a short time or out of Buddhist lent monkshood to be Buddhist lent monkshood by showing how good monkshood in Buddhist lent is, setting study and practice lesson up for more understand in Buddhism, more practice. Then apply it to daily life and work, be better human than the past. These could help to increase number of Buddhist monks and novices in the next decade.
Government, individual and Buddhist organization Co-operation Policy should be developing educational management, Buddhist monks and novices, practical way of Buddhist monks and novices and inviting to apply Buddhist teaching in daily life with the good morality. This will be activated value, faith, good practice way of Buddhists to be important and increases the number of Buddhist monks and novices.
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