Participation, Reconciliation: The Borworn Power in Thai Society

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the state of people's consciousness; 2) to analyze the factors affecting the creating of people's consciousness; and 3) to strengthen the process of creating people's consciousness according to the Borworn (house, temple, school) principle to create a reconciliation in Thai society. It is a qualitative research emphasized on action research by conducting in-depth interviews with 45 key informants by organizing a forum for 21 key informants. The results of the research showed that 1) the state of consciousness had 4 dimensions: 1.1) human beings, making merit, offering food to monks, listening to Dhamma, taking oaths, adhering to the principle of "Heet Sipsong Kong Sib Si"; 1.2) concerning the environment, there should be cherishing and conserving forest resources to remain abundant for the next generation, waste sorting based on 3R concept; 1.3) on the side of social relations, the correct culture was transmitted. The adults should take the children to learn different cultures, traditions, have unity, not quarrel, be mediate leaders, promote tourist attractions during the festival for different people; 1.4) on the side of social, there should be responsibility network meeting, receive a policy to pass on to the residents to take care of the forest, small house policy in the big forest, no trespassing, no hunting, no sawing, iron rules, penalties, research and development, processing method, product Safety analysis, adjusting the method  by cutting some vegetables that had not yet been registered but the taste was the same, residue analysis; 2) the analysis of factors affecting consciousness building found that 2.1) Buddhist concepts; 2.2) local values; ​​2.3) local wisdom; 2.4) personal learning; 2.5) family leaders; 2.6) projects in the area; and 3) on the side of the result of enhancing people's awareness process according to the Borworn (house, temple, school) principle to create a society of reconciliation in Thai society, it was found that there should be organizing activities to develop consciousness through cooperating unite all parties, families, people, community organizations to help create awareness for the community, especially young people who were considered as being important.