The aims of this research were: 1) to study the condition of household economic problems of BanPhue village, Phralap sub-district, Khon Kaen; 2) to integrate the principles of precepts and dhamma to solve such problems of the village. This qualitative research has its tools as 1) in-depth interview form and 2) participatory observation. The research results were presented by the descriptive analysis based on the analytic induction.
The research results found that Ban Phue is a village with a large population living close to Khon Kaen Municipality. The majority of the population is agricultural workers. Due to the conditions of the terrain, it causes 4 household economic problems for the population, namely: 1) inadequate revenue; 2) unbalanced expenses in living; 3) debt from borrowing and living according to modern society; 4) problems of saving money in daily life that has more expenses than income.
Integration of the principles of precepts and dhammas in order to solve the economic problems of the villagers of Ban Phue villagers, Khon Kaen can be done in three levels starting with promoting community-driven organizations; the second level is to request the continuous support from monks to be leaders in training the principles of precepts and dhammas for the people of Ban Phue. The third level is to show the role of community leaders in every department by pointing out ways to solve problems, alleviate and promote potentials through the precept observation principles (uposatha-sīla) Sappurisa dhamma (sappurisa-dhamma, qualities of a good man; virtues of a gentleman) and the principles of the virtues conducive to benefits in the present (diṭṭhadhammikattha-saṁvattanika-dhamma) in order for the villagers to have a pattern of living that promotes economic status at the same time. The results of this are: 1) more income 2) expenditure decreases with the pattern 3) awareness of debt disadvantage and 4) more savings and allocation.
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