Form of Administration of Sangha Affairs under the Sangha Act (No. 4) B.E. 2561 was Suitable for Landscape Society in Phetchaburi Province

Abstract

          This research article aims to 1) study the administration of Sangha Affairs under the Sangha Act (No. 4) B.E. 2561, 2) to study the administrative factors affecting the administration of the Sangha under the Sangha Act (No. 4), and 3) to synthesize the form of Sangha administration under the Sangha Act (No. 4) B.E. 2561.

             The research result finds that:

1. The administration of monastic affairs in Phetchaburi Province is governance, propagation, education, public utilities, educational welfare, public welfare, and the construction of Phetchaburi Phutthamonthon, all aspects operated simultaneously in accordance with their duties and responsibilities, with provincial priests district priest, sub district priest, and abbot administering the ecclesiastical affairs respectively.
2. Administrative Factors: The Sangha of Phetchaburi Province follows clear systematic practice regulations, should build human resources in attitude, expression, social behavior with participation in concrete activities, joint decision-making, responsibility, community development, but the Sangha administration has no serious penalties for failing to obey the command of the commander, thus making it unsuccessful.

          3. The model of Sangha administration in Phetchaburi province should play a proactive role in society, "change the role from recipient to giver", develop skills and expertise of personnel, such as governance, knowledge of the law, and dharma, propagation must work with multiculturalism, education must develop evaluation skills, public utilities need to explore the construction and maintenance procedures, education work to promote groups of people who need assistance, public welfare must integrate the role of monks, society and creation of Phutthamonthon must be driven by both the government, the business sector, and the people.