BUDDHIST TEACHINGS THAT APPEAR IN THE TRADITION OF BOON SARATH KHMAR : A CASE STUDY OF PHING PHUAI SUB-DISTRICT, SIRATTANA DISTRICT, SISAKET PROVINCE.

Abstract

This thesis has the objectives; 1) study the history of the forms and rituals of the Boon Sarath Khmer tradition, 2) study the Buddhist teachings, that appear in the Boon Sarath Khmer tradition in  Phing Phuai Sub-district  Sirattana  District, Sisaket Province, 3) study the value of the Boon Sarath Khmer tradition on the quality of life of the Phing Phuai Sub-district community Sirattana District, Sisaket Province, Which is a documentary the study, and presenting the data in the form of descriptive writing, With the proposal of the researcher by focusing on the objectives and problems that need to be known,  from the study, it found that, the tradition of the Thai people of Khmer descent in Sisaket province. There has been a tradition passed down to the present day due to the following main reasons,  Influenced by beliefs about ancestor worship, and god worship of Brahmanism, in beliefs about worship according to Buddhist principles, and receive ancient beliefs about the occult power. Allowing it blames the spirits of ancestors, and the sacred things that, it  exist in the community,  Because Cambodian, Thai people believe that,  When the festival of the Sarath month is   the tenth month, the underworld door will open,  Beavis will travel to visit relatives to ask for merit from his relatives Cambodian people, therefore have to prepare food to welcome the spirits of those ancestors at dawn on the 15^th day of the 10^th lunar month, it Will bring the food, snacks, boiled rice to the monks at the temple, In order to devote merit to their ancestral spirits, Such,  rituals are called "Making merit on Sarth Lek Day" and believe that, the ancestral spirits would come out of the underworld for 15 days, after that, they had to go back to take action in the underworld.