ABSTRACT

             This thesis is of 3 objectives: 1) to study the Five Precepts in Theravada Buddhism; 2) to study contextual conditions of living together peacefully in Phra Bat Huai Tom Community; and 3) to analytically study the way to strengthen social peace of Phra Bat Huai Tom Community according to the Five Precepts; which its tool is qualitative research with an in-depth interview of 7 key performants.

             From the study, it is found the followings:

             1) Five Precepts are the basic factors in leading human lives to be able to live together peacefully without hurting one another by ways of body, speech and words; humans, exceeding from watching or having the Five Precepts, they should also praise having them and convince surrounding people to have them as well.

             2) People in Phra Bat Huai Tom Community who perform the Five Precepts because they have faith in the teaching of Krueba Chaiwongsa and have brought them to be written as the Six Household Rules which could build harmony and unity in the community leading sustainable peace to it.

             3) The way to strengthen social peace according to the Five Precepts of  Phra Bat Huai Tom Community has 3 indicators: 1) in bodily aspect, it is a system set up and the bringing of rules and regulations and agreement of the community to systemically manage with strength in having village committee who sacrifice themselves and act as virtuous volunteers; 2) in behavioral aspect, it is to enhance and emphasize the community to perform the Five Precepts in the way of leading lives and building the culture of morally good people; and 3) in mindful aspect, it is having a spiritual leader who is both role-model and good friend, having strong energy, able to motivate faith and being mindfully depended by community people.  These are all connected causing peaceful community in the perspective of Buddhist integration as a ready bridge to harmonize social peace and unity for living together peacefully.

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