An Application of Khanti Dhamma Principle in the Performance of the Officers in Nakhon Si Thammarat Central Prison

Abstract

The objectives of this research article was to study an application of Khanti Dhamma principle in the performance of the officers and guideline for applying the principle of Khanti Dhamma principle
in the performance of the officers in Nakhon Si Thammarat Central Prison. The research sample consisted of 132 of prison officers in Nakhon Si Thammarat Central Prison, all of whom were determined by the Kreicie and Morgan”s sample size table. Five of the key informants were selected by purposive sampling.  The employed research instrument were questionnaire and interview form. The statistics employed for the data analysis were frequency, percentage, standard deviation, ​​and content analysis.

The findings were as follows; 1) the overall of an applying the principle of Khanti Dhamma principle in the performance of the officers in Nakhon Si Thammarat Central Prison was at high level ( = 3.81, S.D = 0.91), which specific aspects could be ranked from top to bottom as  follows: tolerance for hardship aspect  ( = 4.21, S.D = 0.78),  patience for suffering aspect  (= 3.78, S.D = 0.82) , and togerance for pain aspect  (= 3.54, S.D = 1.01); and 2) the guidelines for applying the principle of Khanti Dhamma principle in the performance of the prison officers that the prison officer should be (1) meeting to exchange hardships to solve problems together and also considered to lighten and encourage each other; (2) taking care of yourself to be healthy which no pain in order to perform duties comfortably and comfortably; (3) training activities about giving insights into practice, especially training on Dharma, which will make the mind calm. be conscious in work; and (4) encouraging and supporting to increase their knowledge so that they can be promoted or rewarded for their performance based on their abilities.