Abstract 

             This thesis entitled “The life styles of farmers based on Buddhist principles in Baankheamneuh Piboonmangsaharn District, Ubon Ratchathani Province” has three objectives: 1) to study farmers’ ways of life, 2) to study Baankheamneuh farmers’ ways of life, and 3) to study farmers’ ways of life based on Buddhist principles in Baankheamneuh. This is a qualitative research.  

             In the research, it was found that most of farmers belong to a big group of the society pioneering in building the ways to prosperously develop the community and to strengthen the nation through producing endless food, economics and culture. It can be claimed that all successfulness was caused by farmers. It becomes the saddest story that they were being exploited by elites and capitalists. Consequently, they were in poor and poverty conditions being unable to participate in society and politics. Under these conditions, they were without dignity and fame and thereby bringing them insufficient factors to live their life despite being the big group in the society to which the state should pay attention.              

             People’s ways of life in Baankheamneuh were under the insufficient income wherein the earning and spending are in imbalance. By virtue of these, they have been facing various intractable problems; in society, people migrated to other regions for working resulting in having none taking care of family, in environment, many kinds of chemical elements have been overused and thereby poisonously affecting the earth, water, air and environment, in emotion, generally people were in both happy and suffering conditions; they were happy at the time of seasonal festival because of seeing many relatives, they were suffering when faced the problems of hefty debt causing physical and mental healthiness.

             The ways to live the life based on Buddhadhamma for people in Baankheamneuh were proposed as follows:                

                   1) In economical dimension; people in Baankheamneuh  should follow DiTThadhammikaTTha-samvattanika-dhamma; one should know how to earn, preserve and associate with others.

                   2) In social dimension; people in in Baankheamneuh should follow Buddhist principles:  Iddhipãda, a path of accomplishment and six directions while living with others.                 

                   3) In emotional dimension; people in Baankheamneuh should follow Buddhist principles: Gharavãsa-dhamma, virtues for a good household life and Kammatthãna, mental development; tranquility development insight development.

                   4) In environmental dimension; people in Baankheamneuh should follow Buddhist principles: three Kusalamũla and non- greed non- hatred and non-delusion in order to sustain environment.

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