The present study was the Promotion of Belief in Phrachaoyai Inplang’s Marvels Pccording to Buddhism, viz. 1) to study the concepts of marvel in Theravada Buddhism 2) to study the marvellous belief of Phrachaoyai Inplang and 3) to study the promotion of belief in Phrachaoyai Inplang’s marvels Pccording to Buddhism. The qualitative research and in-depth interview have been spelt out in this study.

            The marvelous concepts in Theravada Buddhism referred to the elimination or the extermination of adversary and defilements that relating to the miraculous actions. Particularly, in Theravada Buddhism has mentioned the three marvels as follows; 1) Marvel of physic power 2) Marvel of mind-reading and 3) Marvel of teaching, divided into two levels - mundane and supramundane. The issuing of the marvel was initially to promote the faiths based on the concentration development in order to practice and purify the mind for achieving meditation and superknowledges that constituting the marvel.

The promotion of belief in Phrachaoyai Inplang’s marvels specified in Buddhism must be instructed by the monks, novice, layman and laywoman- inducement by other and association with the virtuous. In Buddhism, the four belief consisted of 1) belief in Kamma, 2) belief in the consequences of action, 3) belief in the individual ownership of action and 4) confidence in the Enlightenment of the Buddha and the two belief were mentioned, viz. 1) belief without wisdom and 2) belief with wisdom as well as realizing to the truth, belief in individual competency along with understanding the casual condition and aiding condition. The marvelous promotion of Phrachaoyai Inplang to the people in Ubonratchatani composed of four aspects, viz. 1) Community 2) Religion 3) Economics and 4) Tradition and culture. 

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