TEMPLE MANAGEMENT IN VUCA WORLD SOCIETY

Abstract

This article proposed temple management in VUCA WORLD society, which was a correct approach to temple management that was suitable for the context of Thai society and in the rapidly changing society. It was the management of the temple to be the center of community development for local people to participate in the ownership of the temple's activities according to Buddhist discipline and law. The principles of temple management in the VUCA WORLD society consisted of 1) Temple management according to 6 categories, 2) Temple management according to modern temple management principles, 3) Temple management in VUCA world society, 4) Temple management according to Buddhist principles (Adhipattaya III and Aparihaniyadhamma VII), and 5) temple management according to the 3S (clean, clear, calm) for the temple to be systematically applied in the temple management ready to cope with the world in a volatile era, have high uncertainty, highly complex, and ambiguous.