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Buddhist Concepts in Kaew Kao’s Novel
This paper aims to analyze the Buddhist concepts and practices in 29 of Kaew Kao’s novels. The study found that Kaew Kao clearly presented these Buddhist concepts through conversations and other 4 methods namely character building, presentation through scenes, flashback stories and presentation through story titles. These presentation methods has made Kaew Kao’s novels fascinating and has showed the author ability to incorporate the Dharma principles into own imagination. Thesen qualities have enabled Kaew Kao work to become outstanding work in terms of entertainment that includes an insertion of Buddhist concepts.The Buddhist concept presentation in Kaew Kao novels showed that the Dharma principles are rooted in Buddhist ways of life. Moreover, they are also important factors that determine thoughts and beliefs of Thai people. Therefore, reading novels as fiction is a way to appreciate the pleasure and to conceive Dharma principles reflected in novels.