BUILDING A NETWORK FOR BUDDHIST WAYS DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAL SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE OF PEOPLE AND ELDERLY OF THE FUTURE

Authors

  • Phra Srivajiravati
  • Phramaha Niwat Mahachotiwatthano
  • Phramaha Wiruth Wirojano, Khwanjai Keawseang and Orawan Kaewmat Mahamakut Buddhist University Isan Campus, Thailand.

Keywords:

networking, developing a Buddhist way of life, ideal society, Promoting community enterprises

Abstract

Building A Network For Buddhist Ways Development Of Ideal Society For Promoting Community Enterprise Of People And Elderly Of The Future The purposes of the research were 1) to study the creation of a network to develop a Buddhist way of life, and an ideal society to promote community enterprises, 2) to develop guidelines for creating a network to promote community enterprises, and 3) to create a network to develop a Buddhist way of life, an ideal society to promote community enterprises. The research design is mixed methods. It has quantitative and qualitative research plans. The target group consists of a total of administrators, leaders, and members of the silk weaving community enterprise group, Huai-Kae Subdistrict, Chonnabot District, Khon Kaen Province. There were 9 groups and 75 people. The instruments used in the research were a questionnaire and an interview. The quality of accuracy has been developed by the Consistency index value (IOC), Validity, and the Reliability of Cronbach Alpha was equal to 0.96. The researcher performed quantitative and qualitative analyses of the results.

The finding of this research found that. 1) Factors affecting the development of a Buddhist way of life, an ideal society to promote community enterprises. Overall, the opinions were at a high level and opinions in each aspect, it was found that the happiness aspect was at the highest level, while the other aspects were at a high level, namely (1) morality and ethics, (2) the promotion of community enterprise groups, (3) network creation, and (4) the safety environmental aspect balance. 2) Buddhist way of life, ideal society to promote community enterprise according to the principles of dittthadhammikattha benefits, it was found that there were opinions at the highest level, both overall and in each aspect, as follows: (1) the aspect of satiation of life, (2) the aspect of arakkhasampada, (3) the aspect of kalpa-yana mitta data, and (4) the aspect of Utthana Sampatha. 3) The relationship between the factors affecting the creation of a community enterprise promotion network and the Buddhist ideal society lifestyle was found to have a positive relationship at a low level and Significant at 0.05 level.

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Published

2025-02-26

How to Cite

Phra Srivajiravati, Mahachotiwatthano, P. N. ., & Khwanjai Keawseang and Orawan Kaewmat, P. W. W. (2025). BUILDING A NETWORK FOR BUDDHIST WAYS DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAL SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE OF PEOPLE AND ELDERLY OF THE FUTURE. Journal of MCU Buddhapanya Review, 10(1), 867–877. retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jmbr/article/view/273490

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