AN APPLICATION OF TOLERANCE PRINCIPLES FOR LIFE IN BAN KOH SABA COMMUNITY, KOH SABA SUB-DISTRICT, THEPHA DISTRICT, SONGKHLA PROVINCE

Abstract

The study  was conducted with three objectives: 1)  to study the way of  life in Ban Koh Saba community, Koh Saba Sub-district, Thepha District, Songkhla, 2) to explore the Khanti principle (Forbearance) in the Theravada  Buddhist  scriptures), and 3) to apply  Khanti  principle in the way of life of Baan Koh Saba community, Koh Saba Sub-district, Thepha District, Songkhla .This research was qualitative, focusing on documents and in-depth interviews and presentation of research findings in a descriptive form.The results of the research were as follows: 1) Concerning the concept of way of life of Ban Koh Saba community, Koh Saba Sub-district, Thepha District, Songkhla, it was found that the community’s way of life is diverse with social, religion, economy, and education. 2)  Regarding the principle of khanti as appeared in the Theravada Buddhist scriptures, it was found that it is the Buddhist principle dealing with tolerance for hardship, suffering, pain, and power of defilements to develop physical, verbal and mind to overcome obstacles in order reach the final goal. This Khanti principle is truly essential for the way of life human beings. 3) Regarding  an application of the principle of khanti in the way of life of  Ban Koh Saba community, Koh Saba Sub-district, Thepha District, Songkhla, it was found that the community of Ban Koh Saba has applied the principle of Khanti in their daily life to solve a variety of social, religious, economic, and educational problems and as a result, it brings peace and happiness to the community of Koh Saba.