BUDDHIST MONKS ROLES DEVELOPMENT FOR PEOPLE’S RIGHTEOUS OCCUPATION PROMOTION IN RATCHABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

Objectives of this article were to study the current context, Buddhist monks role, and development of Buddhist monks roles in the promotion of righteous occupation for people in Ratchaburi province, applying the qualitative research collecting data from 25 key informants by in-depth interviewing and from 10 participants who were experts in focus group discussions analyzing data by descriptive interpretation. Findings were as follows: 1. The current context covers 6 aspects: 1) the righteous occupation leader development, 2) the workshop of community righteous occupation lecturers in provincial level, 3) the preparation for the team of community righteous occupation lecturers in village, 4) the preparation for target households, 5) the creation of community righteous occupation in village level, and 6) the establishment and development of an occupation group. 2. Buddhist monks can join as community righteous occupation lecturers by taking responsibility for knowledge-philosophy-principles and livelihood concepts that are the model of development to the community righteous occupation concept. 3. Development of Buddhist monks role in the promotion of righteous occupation of the people in Ratchaburi Province was found that: 1) creation of the righteous occupation lecturers curriculum for Buddhist monks, 2) establish the righteous occupation lecturers of the Sangha team, 3) public relations and selection of households/villages that are ready, 4) visiting the target household/village areas, 5) training the community righteous occupation according to the principles of Buddhism, and 6) concrete evaluation and establish Buddhist righteous occupation development group.