A MODEL FOR ENHANCEMENT OF VIRTUES AND ETHICS TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATION ACCORING TO THE PRINCIPLE OF FOUR VIRTUES FOR A GOOD HOUSEHOLD LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING WAT SUTHAT THEPWARARAM RATCHAWORAMAHAWIHAN

Abstract

In this dissertation, three objectives were purposely made: 1. to survey the present states of living and problems needed to be solved by the community surrounding Wat Suthat Thepwararam Ratchaworawihan, 2. to analyze the principles for enhancing virtues and ethics to support the participation according to four virtues for being a good household life of the community surrounding Wat Suthat Thepwararam Ratchaworawihan, and 3. to propose the model for enhancing the virtues and ethics to support the participation according to four virtues for being a good household life of the community surrounding Wat Suthat Thepwararam Ratchaworawihan. This research employed the qualitative research methodology collected data from field research. In this, 25 Key Informants, Buddhist monks and personnels in various organizations and people who were regarded as virtues supporters were selected as population whereby in-depth interview was done and then the contents analysis was done through the description.

The findings are as follows:

When it comes to the present states of living of people in the community, most of them have been running their own trading since the past till the present. Most of population in the community are of Chinese origin as the majority where variety of tradition and belief. As regards problems need to be solved by the community, they are of the support of virtues and ethics both in religion, changing social values, introducing in inappropriate cultures and corruption that are not improper to people in the community etc.

As far as the principles for enhancing the virtues and ethics to support the participation according to according to four virtues for being a good household life whereby they would uplift the states of living of people in the community to higher level based on the need and ability of such a community resulting in utilizing the existing resources, be they thought, physical power, or skills that are tacit in people or community are concerned, they need to bring more income to the community while working for the cost of living; they must be in the ways that could transform mind-set and feeling of people in the community leading to the betterment of living life where they are enthusiastic, paying attention and voluntarily helpful to the community in order to solve problems accruing to the principle of four virtues for being a good household life together so as to obtain the bodily, verbal and mental happiness and this would be possible when people in the community are made fully aware of the transformation of the community to the good condition that would benefit the whole community as a result of such changes.

The model for enhancing the virtues and ethics to support the participation of people in the community needs be varied both in direct and indirect ways where people find the opportunity to join, learn how to live together, being supportive one another, depending on each other, working and benefitting the collective ones where people in the community would realize the community’s will in changing that needs to be raised. Finally, in this matter, there must be truthfulness, endurance, patience, and generosity that would support the community surrounding the temple living happily and peacefully while developing the community to meet the model in enhancing certain virtues and ethics. It is said that people are transformed through truthfulness, endurance, patience, and generosity leading to the place where they understand how to solve and adjust themselves if needed; they know how to be patient while undergoing the difficulties in order to get their community developed with a view to putting the clear-cut goal at the higher level in front of the changing through building up the virtues and ethics by people where the great deal of benefit and happiness would be yielded respectively.