Journal of MCU Buddhasothorn Review

Social Volunteer Development Process

2023-12-21T12:55:13+07:00

Volunteerism can enable everyone in the society to live together. It became a society to give and share with each other. Taking into account the interests of the community is the location that must drive the entire system, especially school-aged children. Because volunteerism and public mind are desirable qualities that must be cultivated continuously, therefore, the development of volunteerism is a process that focuses on personal growth and development in the mind and have visibility into the service culture and competencies involved in volunteer work volunteering development generally involves fostering good leadership. Promote personal and social responsibility and promote systematic thinking skills and Teamwork Skills Planning and Goal Setting. The process begins with planning and setting the clear goals for volunteer development. Goals should be set with the clear content and objectives. In this article, the author presents the content issues related to the process of social volunteer development, namely: training and learning personal skill development psychological support creation and knowledge sharing and social support to be a guideline leading to the development of the process of developing volunteer spirit for society.

Administration According to the Principles of Good Governance of the Subdistrict Administrative Organization in Khlong Khuean District Chachoengsao Province

2023-12-21T09:45:10+07:00

This research was a quantitative research design (Quantitative Research) by collecting data by distributing some questionnaires and interviews, and using the concept of administration according to the good governance principles as the research framework. The research area is the Subdistrict Administrative Organization in Khlong Khuean District. Chachoengsao Province. The target group was employees of the Subdistrict Administrative Organization; Khlong Khuean District, with the number of 115 people, including the purposive selection method. There are two types of tools used in the research: questionnaire. The used statistics in data analysis are frequency (Frequency), percentage (Percentage), and mean and standard deviation t-test value and f-Test value (One Way Analysis of variance). The research results found that:

For an administration according to the principles of good governance of the Subdistrict Administrative Organization in Khlong Khuean District. Chachoengsao Province, in the overview and each aspect was at a moderate level.
For a comparison of the opinions of employees in the Subdistrict Administrative Organization of Khlong Khuean District towards administration according to the principles of good governance, classified by gender, its result was found that the employees' opinions towards the administration according to the principles of good governance was not significantly different at the .05 level. When had been classified by age, it was found that the employees had the different opinions with statistically significance at the .05 level on some management according to the good governance principles.
Suggestions regarding the administration according to the principles of good governance of the Subdistrict Administrative Organization in Khlong Khuean District. Chachoengsao Province were found that there should be clear guidelines for using regulations with the standards for the quality enforcement. Moreover, the consciousness should be raised in everyone to apply Dhamma principles in their work and they can be able to apply them in everyday life. They should promote the moral activities based on the nine types of basic virtues used to direct behavior appropriately.

Participation in the Promotion of Buddhism of the People of Bang Khwan SubdistrictMueang Chachoengsao District Chachoengsao Province

2023-12-21T13:03:46+07:00

In this study, the objective were to study the participation in promoting Buddhism of the people of Bang Khwan Subdistrict; Mueang Chachoengsao District Chachoengsao Province and to study problems, obstacles, and suggestions for participation in promoting Buddhism among the people of Bang Khwan Subdistrict, Mueang Chachoengsao District. Chachoengsao Province The population used in the research includes people in Bang Khwan Subdistrict; Mueang Chachoengsao District Chachoengsao Province, with the number of 6,555 people. The sample group used in the research was the number of 382 people in Bang Khwan Subdistrict, Mueang Chachoengsao District in Chachoengsao Province, was obtained by using the success table calculated from the formula according to the method of Krejci and Morgan. The tool used in the study was a type of questionnaire with a 5-ranking rating scale (Rating Scale). Data was collected by sending the questionnaires to students. The used data analysis was the basic statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The results of the study found that:

1. For the participation in promoting Buddhism among the people of Bang Khwan Subdistrict. Mueang Chachoengsao District Chachoengsao Province, in the overview and each aspect was at a high level.

2. Suggestions regarding participation in promoting Buddhism among the people of Bang Khwan Subdistrict, Mueang Chachoengsao District in Chachoengsao Province were found that some monks should go out for alms to all villages so that Buddhists have lived far from the temple and they can participate in offering food, clothing, consumer goods and medicines. They have to arrange the several activities to coincide with public holidays so that people can easily participate, emphasizing the propagation of Dhamma via social media even more and provide opportunities for citizens to participate in solving various problems more.

Mango Processing Integration to Enhance the Life Skills of Secondary 1 Students

2023-12-21T10:07:04+07:00

In this research, the objectives are to develop the integrated mango processing activities to enhance the life skills. There should be an efficiency criterion of 80/80 to compare the learning achievement on mango processing before and after studying by using the life skills enhancement model and to study student satisfaction with the integrated mango processing activities to enhance life skills of Secondary 1 students. The target population includes Secondary 1 students, with a total number of 20 students. The tools used in the study were one activity plan for integrating mango processing to enhance life skills, a test to measure academic and post-study achievement, and a questionnaire. The data analysis was used the basic statistics, including Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, E₁/E₂ efficiency determination, and t-test Dependent. The research results found that:

1. Efficiency of the integrated mango processing activities to enhance the life skills of Secondary 1 students had a value (E₁/E₂) equal to 79.20/80.18 according to the criteria 80/80.

2. For comparison of the academic achievement on the mango processing before and after studying by using the life skills enhancement model, it was found that the average score after studying was higher than before studying with statistical significance at the 0.01 level.

3. Students have satisfaction with the integrated mango processing activities to enhance students' life skills. In the overall and each aspect, they were at a high level in every aspect.

Behavior of Making Merit According to the Principle of Merit Behavior of Students of Buddhasothon Monastic College, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University

2023-12-21T13:11:01+07:00

In this research, the objectives were to study the behavior of making merit according to the principle of merit making and guidelines for making merit according to the principles of merit making by students Buddhasothon Sangha College Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. The research format was the type of quantitative research. The research area was Buddhasothon Buddhist College; Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. The sample group was the number of 136students in 1^st to 4^th year by using the random sampling method. The research instrument was a questionnaire with a 5-rank rating scale. Data were collected by sending questionnaires to the sample group. The used data analysis was basic statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The results of the study found that:

1. For the merit making behavior according to the principle of merit making of Buddhasothon Sangha College students in Chachoengsao Province, in overall and each aspect was at a high level.

2. Guidelines for developing the merit-making behavior according to merit-making principles, there were namely giving alms according to one's ability, adhere to the principle of pure intention at all 3 times: before giving, while to give and after giving things. They felt delighted that the donation had already been given. We should encourage all of students to always be restrained in body, speech and mind. Finally, they should be restrained in body, speech and mind and encourage students to pray and meditate at least for 15 minutes per a day and keep their mind calm and always seeking knowledge to increase one's own wisdom.

Application of the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy in the Daily Life of Monks and Novices, a Case Study of Wat Pitulathirat Rangsarit, Chachoengsao Province

2023-12-21T12:56:28+07:00

The objectives in this study were to study the application of the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy in daily life and suggestions regarding the application of the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy in the daily life of monks and novices at Wat Pitulathirat Rangsarit in Chachoengsao Province. The population used in this study were the total number of 40 monks and novices at Wat Pitulathirat Rangsarit in Chachoengsao Province. The tool used in the study was a questionnaire with 5-rank rating scale (Rating Scale). The reliability of the entire questionnaire was 0.916. The data was analyzed by using a statistical package. The used statistics in data analysis are frequency, percentage, and mean and standard deviation. The results of the study found that:

1. Application of the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy in the daily life of monks and novices at Wat Pitulathirat Rangsarit in Chachoengsao Province, in overall, it was found that it was at a high level. When have been considered in each aspect, there were on the receiving information about the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy, on the expense reduction and the consuming and conservation of the natural resources and it was at a high level. As for saving was at a moderate level.

2. Suggestions regarding the application of the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy in daily life were found that there should be a recycling bin, consuming the water from the temple's water plant to increase savings. The temple should organize activities to promote the continuous application of the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy as well as giving the good advice to the congregation regarding the application of the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy Combined with the principles of Sappurisadhamma 7, that is, the Dhamma makes one a good person or the qualities of a good person.

Passing Away with Awareness in the Theravada Buddhist Canons: the Practices for the Happiness in the Present Time and in the Heaven

2023-06-21T20:51:59+07:00

The purposes of this research study are to study passing away with awareness and the practices for peaceful deaths in the Theravada Buddhist canons and to analyze the preparations for the peaceful deaths in the canons. This study is a type of the documentary research. The data were collected from Tripitaka, Atthakatha, Tika, Pakaranavisesa and Theravada Buddhist texts. The results of the study revealed that

1. Mortality is the remembrance of death to create the awareness and mindfulness, including to Thinking, hurrying up and doing good deeds, it can give the results in reaching the highest level of enlightenment Arhatship in Buddhism, but for those who do not practice with death remembrance or are not interested in preparing for death. The symptoms of death may also result in a painful and restless death for those who have not prepared themselves.

2. With practices for preparing for a peaceful death, they should begin with the right views or the correct knowledge on the cycles of birth and death, etc., which will be the factors of conducting the charity by giving alms, observing the precepts, or not committing all sins, including the merit collection accompanied by meditation or mind training. This death would be introduced and explained to the closed people or the family members to understand its benefits and how to start practice until developing skills according to their abilities, because they understand what we practice for peaceful death with the intentions and know the skills for the peaceful death at the end of life.