MAHACHULA-ACADEMICS: PROACTIVE PROPAGATION OF BUDDHISM AT KHON KAEN CAMPUS

Abstract

This paper claims that ‘Mahachula-academics always support the propagation of Buddhism’. Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Khon Kaen Campus has its vision to be ‘the International Buddhist University for Mental and Social Development’. Besides the academic development, the essential means used in the mental and social
development is the effective dissemination of Buddhist teaching. To reach the set goal of the campus, the model of the network building for the Buddhist proactive propagation is created and operated in collaboration with other organizations and educational institutes. This paper discusses the model of network building for the Buddhist proactive propagation of Khon Kaen Campus based on the research of the Deputy Rector of the campus, Phra Sophonphatthanapundit (Assoc. Dr.), conducted in 2016. In so doing, it will fi rst provide some of background of the topic: the dissemination of Buddhism in Thailand, network building of the main campus, proactive propagation of Buddhism in the northeast; and then it will provide some perspectives on the propagation of Buddhism based on the model.