The Knowledge Integration of Principles and Practicing According to Religious Way for Developing Peace Building Process

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Phramaha Duangden Thitañāṇo
Master of Arts Program in Peace StudiesMahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
Phrapalad Somchai Payogo
Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
Phramaha Danai Srichan Upawattano
Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
Weerasak Jayadhammo Suwannawong
International Buddhist Studies College, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University

Abstract

This Research has three objectives; 1) To study the principle and the practical method for making the peace by various religions, 2) To compare the principle and the practical method for making the peace between various religions, 3) To integrate the principle and the practical method for making the peace in various religions. This research is a qualitative study from the document consisting of the primary source, secondary source, and from interviewing the experts who have the mastery knowledge in various religions.


             The results found in this research are:


             1) For the principle and the practical method for making the peace by various religions, they give the significance on the goal of human beings who has a desire to have serenity, safety, and happiness in life without using any violence towards each other.  The request or demand to have peace originates from the state of conflict circumstances that has occurred tremendously in different society. Not for the fact that it is the conflict between individuals, conflict between organizations, and up to the conflict between countries. There are fighting a battle till making a war.


2) From the comparison of the principle and the practical method for making the peace between various religions, it was found that religions give value and importance of religion in order to have both the inner peace and the outer peace. However, with the understanding in each religion, it would initiate an adaptation or practice. Then, it would bring the religious teaching to make use for creating peace towards the society in different dimensions by preserving the purity of the teaching.


             3) From an integration of the principle and the practical method for making the peace in various religions, it was found that part of the real objective in each religion is the self-reliance without any relying on all outside materials but the inner one. However, there is some reliance which is necessary to health, sanitation or the 4 basic necessities, but it is not for seeking to lead astray the mind to gather more until there is no sufficiency.

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Thitañāṇo, P. D., Payogo, P. S. ., Upawattano, P. D. S., & Suwannawong, W. J. (2018). The Knowledge Integration of Principles and Practicing According to Religious Way for Developing Peace Building Process. Journal of MCU Peace Studies, 6(2), 474–489. retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/journal-peace/article/view/108490
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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2018): (April - June)
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Research Articles

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Author Biography

Weerasak Jayadhammo Suwannawong, International Buddhist Studies College, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University

Venerable Weerasak Suwannawong, widely known as Ajahn Tah, he is a noble follower of the Dhamma, who is walking on the footstep of the Buddha and ordained as a Buddhist monk with taking the name Bhikkhu Jayadhammo since July 13, 2011. He obtained Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA, BIT major in computer and networking) from Edith Cowan University, Western Australia and obtained Master of Arts in Peace Studies from Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (MCU), Thailand. Ajahn Tah started his spiritual journey under the tradition of Ajahn Panyanandha Bhikkhu, a blossom Dhamma friend (kalyanamitta) of eminent Buddhist monk Ajahn Buddhadasa Bhikkhu of Suanmokha. He is a resident of Wat-Panyanantaram, which is located in Pathumthani, Thailand. Venerable Weerasak Suwannawong has 11 published items, including Common Buddhist Text: Guidance and insight from the Buddha (Thai version), Buddhist Peace Means: Integration theories and Conflicts management tools and Manual for Academics Works: Research Papers, Theses, Dissertations and Articles (with Professor Dr. Frank J. Hoffman). Currently, he is a Lecturer at International Buddhist Studies College, MCU along with conducting as the editor for the Journal of The International Association of Buddhist Universities (JIABU) under MCU. His research interest is Theravada Buddhism, Abhidhamma, and Early Buddhism. Apart from his research conducting, Ajahn Tah offering a spiritual scholarship for both Thai and Foreign Dhamma seekers in guiding Mindfulness Meditation practice and teaching Buddhist Philosophy at the International Center of Wat-Panyanantaram.