MODEL OF SANGHA RESIDENCE DEVELOPMENT TO RAISE THE STATUS TO BE TEMPLE OF SANGHA, RATCHABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

Objectives of this research were to study the general conditions, components and present the development model. This research used a qualitative research methodology for collecting data by in-depth interviewing 25 key informants by using a structured in-depth-interview script with a content validity index (S-CVI) at 1.00 as a tool for data collection and data were also collected from 8 participants, the experts, in focus group discussion. The data with analyzed by contextual content analysis techniques.

The findings of this research were as following; 1. The administrators of Sangha organizations closely took care of all levels of but some Sangha residents had the financial problems. People in every area wanted to have a temple in their community and the process of considering permission to use the land in the ownership of various government agencies was with strict rules and many operational procedures. 2. The components of Sangha resident development to raise the status to the Buddhist monastery in Ratchaburi Province Sangha were the personal aspect, financial matters aspect, materials aspect and management aspect. 3. The model of development was a form of accommodation management for monks to be ready for upgrading to Buddhist temples according to the "Ministry Regulations on the creation, establishment, integration, relocation and dissolution of temples. Requesting a royal grant of Wisukhamasima and raising an abandoned temple to become a temple where monks could live in during the Buddhist Lent 2016.” Emphasis was placed on the development of the Sapp ya 7 to create the readiness to upgrade the sangha resident to the status of Buddhist monastery.