APPLICATION OF IDDHIPᾹDA DHAMMA TO PROMOTE THE MANAGEMENT OF TAI-YUAN TEXTILE HANDICRAFTS AT DON RAE SUBDISTRICT, MUEANG DISTRICT, RATCHABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were (1) to study the level of application of Iddhipāda Dhamma to promote the management of Tai-Yuan textile handicrafts at Don Rae Sub-district, Mueang District, Ratchaburi Province, (2) to compare the opinions towards the level of application of Iddhipāda Dhamma to promote the management of Tai-Yuan textile handicrafts at Don Rae Sub-district, Mueang District, Ratchaburi Province by classifying according to personal factors and (3) to study problems, obstacles and suggestions for the application of Iddhipāda Dhamma to promote the management of Tai-Yuan textile handicrafts at Don Rae Sub-district, Mueang District, Ratchaburi Province. The research methodology was a mixed method research. In part of quantitative research, a questionnaire was used as a tool to collect field data from 367 Tai-Yuan people who were over 18 years old and lived in Don Rae Sub-district, Mueang District, Ratchaburi Province, and data was analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, hypothesis testing by t-test, F-test, one-way ANOVA and in part of qualitative research, document analysis and interview forms were used as the tools to collect field data from 9 key informants and analyzed the data using contextual content analysis techniques. The results showed that; 1) The level of the application of Iddhipāda Dhamma to promote the management of Tai-Yuan textile handicrafts at Don Rae Sub-district, Mueang District, Ratchaburi Province, in general, was at high level of practice and when considering individually, it was found that the practice with the highest level was focused and responsible (Citta) and the practice with high level in all 3 aspects, namely passion of doing (Chanda), manage commitment (Viriya) and investigation (Vīmaṅsā), respectively. 2) The comparative results of the opinions toward the level of application of Iddhipāda Dhamma to promote the management of Tai-Yuan textile handicrafts at Don Rae Sub-district, Mueang District, Ratchaburi Province by classifying according to personal factors, it was found that the genders and incomes were different with statistical significance at the 0.01 therefore, the research hypothesis was accepted. As for ages, education and careers was no difference therefore, the research hypothesis was rejected. 3) The problems and obstacles were that Tai-Yuan people lack of participation in the management of textile handicrafts, lack of management networks, lack of understanding of teamwork, lack of innovative development on weaving skills, the government did not promote textile handicrafts management and weaving skills development, not generous in business management, not developing analytical thinking to create added value for textile handicrafts and suggestions were seeking the value and benefits of weaving handicrafts, have a good attitude, have a sense of working responsibility, work as a team, prudential, knowledgeable, keep learning in textile handicrafts, including creativity, innovation and always increasing product value.