KALAMA SUTTA AND SURVIVAL OF THAI SOCIETY IN ONLINE AGE

Abstract

Kalama sutta or the Ten Beliefs in Buddhism appeared in the Kesamutti sutta, Pattiya sutta, and Salaha sutta, which are similar in contents, as the message of the Buddha in the Kesamutti sutta: "You deserve to be skeptical, deserve to be hesitate, and you have doubts as you should truly have.” The contents include ten principles: (1) Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing, (2) nor upon tradition, (3) nor upon rumor, (4) nor upon what is in a scripture, (5) nor upon surmise, (6) nor upon an axiom, (7) nor upon specious reasoning, (8) nor upon a bias towards a notion that has been pondered over, (9) nor upon another's seeming ability, (10) nor upon the consideration: The monk is our teacher. Kalama sutta can be used as a Buddhist truth-checking tool. The three elements are: (1) Things that we believe must be true, (2) We must believe in things that are true, and (3) We must have evidence that they are true. The principle of Paratokosa has also been applied, which is about hearing or perceiving any message from others, media, along with the use of Yonisomanasikan, which is the most importance to perceive and distinguish information, as well as select only the good Paratokosa with reasonable supervision by wisdom.