Khok Nong Na Model and Buddhist Sustainable Development

Abstract

This academic article aimed to study the Buddhist sustainable development according to the Khok Nong Na Model concept. Was it a theory for sustainable development in accordance with international conditions and Thai context? by applying The principles of human development which was a Buddhist guideline were applied to analyze and to be used as a guideline for integration in conjunction with the theory of sufficiency economy covering all issues Khok Nong Na Model, which was a project of the King's philosophy. The theory of sufficiency economy had been extended to solve the problem of the lack of water for agriculture and the limited amount of land in order to cover all problems distributing to a balance living, having food, use, availability, rotation throughout the year. From analyzing, it was found that it is a theory that answers the question of sustainable development in the context of agriculture and when the principles of human development according to Buddhism were integrated together, problems could be solved more comprehensively and sustainably.