The Application of Sammappadhana for National Cultural Conservation

Abstract

This academic article aimed to present the concept of conserving Thai culture by using Buddhist Dhamma principles. The results of the study found that in the conservation of national culture, the guidelines should be implemented in accordance with Sammappadhana which is a Dhamma principle in Buddhism as a framework. Therefore, the conservation of Thai culture should be carried out in 2 steps: 1) in the stage of exploring cultures in each community or area, there were 4 types consisting of  phrasal culture, culture of folk traditions, material culture and folk art culture; and 2) in the cultural preservation stage, it should be carried out in 4 ways: the effort to prevent (Sangvarapadhana), the effort to abandon (Pahanapadhana), the effort to develop (Bhavanapadhana) and the effort to maintain (Anurakkhanapadhana).