THE SELF PERFORMANE ACCORDING TO KUSALA MULA OF BUDDHIST LAY PEOPLE IN WAT HONGPRADITHARAM HADYAI DISTRICT, SONGKHLA PROVINCE.

Abstract

The objectives of this thesis were as follows : 1) To study the self performance according to Kusala Mula of Buddhist lay people in Wat Hongpradittharam Had- Yai district,  Songkhla province. 2) To compare the self performance according to Kusala Mula of Buddhist lay people in Wat Hongpradittharam Had- Yai district,  Songkhla province in terms of sexes, ages, educational levels, and  occupations as differently and 3) To study the suggestions were concerned on the way to promote of  the self performance according to Kusala Mula of Buddhist lay people in Wat Hongpradittharam Had- Yai district,  Songkhla province. The samples were Buddhist lay people in Wat Hongpradittharam Had- Yai district, Songkhla province at the number of 313 persons, the instrument  for data collection was questionnaire both closed and open ended questions, data analysis by finding the value of frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t-test, F-test one way ANOVA and paired comparison of arithmetic mean by LSD method. (Least Significant Difference)

The research results found that.

1) The self performance according to Kusala Mula of Buddhist lay people in Wat Hongpradittharam Had- Yai district,  Songkhla province by  overview  was  at  more  level,  when  considered  in  each  aspects  found  that  the  aspect  of  Alobha  was  the  highest  mean and  followed  up  the  aspect  of  Adosa  and  the  aspect  of  Amoha,  classified  in  terms  of  sexes,  ages, and  occupations  found  that  by  overview  was  at more  level but in terms of educational levels found there were at more and moderate level.

2) The  comparative  results  of  the self performance according to Kusala Mula of Buddhist lay people in Wat Hongpradittharam Had- Yai district,  Songkhla province in  terms  of  sexes  found  that  there  were  not different  as  statistically  significance  at  .05,  and  ages and educational levels  found  that  there  were    different  as  statistical  significance  at  .001, but in terms of occupations found that there were not different as   statistically  significance  at  .05

3) The  suggestions  were  concerned  with the way to promote on  the self performance according to Kusala Mula of Buddhist lay people in Wat Hongpradittharam Had- Yai district,  Songkhla province found  that  the  highest frequency in the aspect of Adosa i.e. there should have practice meditation to decrease of greed, there should have trained on the way to control the greed control, there should have trained on mindfulness and clear comprehension and there should have trained on forgiveness