The objectives of this research are 1). to study the efficiency in Sangha affair administration of Ecc. administrative monks in Samutsakhon Province . 2. to compare the efficiency in Sangha affair administration of Ecc. administrative monks in Samutsakhon Province, as monks’ opinion, being separated as individual factors, and 3) to study the problems obstacles and suggestions concerned with the efficiency in Sangha affair administration of Ecc. administrative monks in Samutsakhon Province. It is the Mixed Research consisting of Methodology of Quantitative Research in which the way of survey Research was used and Qualitative Research of which the data were collected by using the In-depth Interview.
The sampling group used in the research are 265 Buddhist monks living in Samutsakhon province and the researcher used the way of convenience sampling. The instrument used was the questionnaire in the character of checking details and evaluated scale of 5 levels and the open-ended questionnaire produced by the researcher with confidential value in all equaled 0.920. Data were analyzed by using the packaged program for social science research. The statistics used was frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and the mean comparison of the opinion made by using F- test in order to test the difference between the mean of two groups and the analysis of one way ANOVA made in order to compare the difference between the mean of three groups onwards and to compare the difference between each pair by the way of Least significant difference: ( LSD ) with setting statistical significant at the level 0.05 and analyzing the result from interview in accordance with significance of the point was made. After that the analysis of the data would be made by using context content analysis technique.
From the study result, it has been found that
The opinion of Buddhist monks who answered the questionnaire of the efficiency in Sangha affair administration of Ecc. administrative monks in Samutsakhon Province, in a whole, was at the high level of which the mean equaled X = 3.96. Considering as the aspects, it had been found that the opinion of the Buddhist monks who answered the questionnaire paid to the efficiency in Sangha affair administration of Ecc. administrative monks in Samutsakhon Province was at the high level in all aspects. The highest level was in the aspect of administration, its mean was X = 4.04. The second one would be the public utility X = 4.03 and the last one would be in the aspect of educational welfare at the X = 3.81 Buddhist monk activity management of Ecclesiastical official monks in Samutsakhon Province, Physically being at very low level, be having at average equals X =4.04, second level is public assistance the X = 4.03 and finally on assistant education X =3.81
In the comparison of the efficiency in Sangha affair administration of Ecc. administrative monks in Samutsakhon Province, as the Buddhist monks’ opinion, being separated as individual status, it has been found that
The opinion of the monks who answered the questionnaire of the efficiency in Sangha affair administration of Ecc. administrative monks in Samutsakhon Province was different based on the difference of their age, year of rains-retreat and position with statistical significance at the level 0.05, hereby, the set hypothesis was accepted and their opinion was not different on the base of the difference of their general educational qualification, Dhamma study qualification and pali study qualification, hereby, the set hypothesis was rejected.
From the study result of the problems of the efficiency in Sangha affair administration of Ecc. administrative monks in Samutsakhon Province, it has been found that in the aspect of administration, it was not to obey the superiors’ or abbots’ orders Buddhist, in the educational aspect, it was to lack the capital for the process, in the aspect of educational welfare, it was to lack the personnel of knowledge and ability in teaching, in the aspect of propagation, it was to lack the personnel for propagating the Dhamma, in the aspect of public utility, it was to lack money for supporting and restoring the premises, in the aspect of public welfare, it was the problems of habit-forming drug coming in Sangha and the youths in the province.
In comclusion from interview, we found the whole image of Sangha affair administration that it may have some problems, but it can be negotiable because they were familiar, dividing the duties for responsibility and following the Ecc. Provincial governor’s policy. Hereby, Sangha administration of SamutsakhonProvince was rather very much efficient.
For the suggestions in administration, the leaders must be absolute and clear, in religious education, requesting for the Budget from the state work unit possibly, in educational welfare, sending the personnel to training in knowledge to take such a knowledge to use in teaching the youths in the responsible zone, in propagation,. Providing and sending the persons who have loved Dhamma propagation to get training, in the public utility, producing the faith in many places to seek for the budget and materials to maintain and in the public welfare, providing the places for training about the danger of habit-forming drugs. |