Objectives of this research were to: 1. study the general context of Iddhipaāda Application for Meditation Centers in Ayutthaya Province, 2. study the factors affecting Iddhipaāda Application for Meditation Centers Administration in Ayutthaya Province and 3.propose the guidelines for Iddhipaāda Application for Meditation Centers Administration in Ayutthaya Province.

                 Methodology was the mixed methods: The qualitative research collected data from 22 key informants from 3 groups of experts: 1.senior Sangha, 2.state officers and 3.People who were stake holders, purposefully selected by in-depth-interviewing and from 11 participants in Focus Group Discussion and analyzed data by descriptive interpretation. The quantitative research, the researcher has created the questionnaires that had the whole issue confidence value equivalent to 0.983 and collected data from 397 samples who were Dhamma Practitioners  in Ayudhaya province and analyzed data with statistics; frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation: S.D.

                 Findings were as follows:

                 1. General context of Iddhipaāda Application for Meditation Centers Administration in Ayutthaya Province with SWOT Analysis as: Strength; Dhamma Practing centers most of them were suitably convenient and continuous training of meditation instructors who instructed directly by Buddhism  scripture abiding by Satipatthāna 4 Weakness; The model Dhamma Practicing centers were still limited. The teaching methods were still followed the formers teachers’ style with faith and respect.The center management policy was up to the center masters. Opportunity; Sangha and government agencies gave support to the Dhamma practicing  program continuously. There were Dhamma dissemination through internet and website. Threat; each Dhamma practicing centers were ready at different levels without networking. without coordinating centers to share news and information and lacking of Dhamma practicing driving mechanism concretely. Opinions on the Iddhipaāda Application for Meditation Centers administration in five aspects by overall were at high level high level (X=4.0) and according to the Itthapaādha 4 was also in the high level (X=4.10)

             2. The factors that affected Iddhipaāda Application for Meditation Centers Administration in Ayutthaya Province were that the centers used  principle  of 4 M’s  that were  Man , Money,Material and Management. Administration must condiser general environment both inside and outside. Each Dhamma Practicing centers have different backgrounds and experiences. Therefore all centers  should hold common meeting together in order to lay down the clear operational plan. Masters or abbots of Dhamma Practicing centers must pay attention to all operational process.  

                3.The format for Iddhipaāda Application for Meditation Centers Administration in Ayutthaya Province that all Dhamma Practicing centers must sit down to hold regular meeting  to pay down the operational plan together in 5 aspects: 1. Planning 2. Organizing, 3. Staffing, 4. Directing, 5. Controlling, integrating with 4 M’s; Man, Money, Materials and Management. Also integrating with Buddha principles,  Itthapaādha 4, 1. chanda,aspiration, 2.Viriya , effort, 3. citta, attention,and 4.Vimamsā, examination, on the foundation of the same concept, viewpoint, vision, helping, cooperating of network members, supporting eachothers, interacting, creating public relations centers to share news and information among network members in every province. If the problems should occur, then coordinate with Data base centers.

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