The Youth Development Process Based on the Five Precepts Village Model of Buddhist Integration in Dan Khun Thot District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Abstract

This article is intended to integrate the youth development process based on the five precepts village model in Dan Khun Thot District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. It is a Qualitative Research.

The results of the study were found that:

The main purpose of project entitled ‘the five precepts village model in Dan Khun Thot District Nakhon Ratchasima Province’ is to cultivate a good quality of life in community. However, it needs to cooperate with families, Buddhist monasteries and school institution including with the community leaders and religious headers both Buddhist monks and lay peoples. In particularly, the creational activities have organizing for the harmony in community; and the project always forwarded and motivated by Buddhist monks to promote the five precepts in community. Future more, the project has organized in forms such as the committee reforming, the project’s process, monitoring and evaluation by emphasizing on cultivation to have a good friendship and relationship. Therefore, the factors that caused of projects successful in observing the five precepts were as follows; all participators have to cooperate seriously and have to dedicate the greatest benefit as soon as possible. The process of knowledge cultivation for youth based on principles of the five precepts village model of Buddhist integration has four factors, namely; 1) Family factor 2) Educational factor

3) Governmental factor and 4) Social factor.