The purposes of this research were; 1) to study the principle of Five Precepts in Theravada Buddhism 2) to study the condition of problems to apply                 the principle of Five Precepts in daily life of people in Suwankhuha District, Nongbualamphu Province and  3) to study the application of Five Precepts for daily life of people in Suwanakhuha District, Nongbualamphu Province.

The research methodology had chosen the purposive sampling by using the in-depth interview. The key informants consisted of Buddhist monks, head of villages, leaders of community and people in Suwanakhuha District, Nongbaulamphu Province in  order  to receive  the empirical data in accordance  with  the qualitative  research.

                The results of applying the five precepts for daily life of people in Sawanakhuha District, Nongbaulamphu Province, as a whole were found that the first precept, that is, to abstain from killing the creatures, not to hurt the lives and bodies        ( ), the majority of people did not kill the big creatures, they  bought the meats from the market to cook for food, for the condition of problem, they killed the big animals in the meritorious celebration, parties and for food in their families. But the creatures that are a vehicle to bring the diseases into the person such as mosquito, , ants, some cockroaches, reptiles will be always killed because they are afraid of their biting or hurting themselves and people in families. The second precept, that is, to abstain from stealing, embezzlingand cause a trouble, not to harm the property ( ), still practice the second precept as well altogether to preserve the property and the benefits of people in the society. The condition of problem, they might take the left thing in the house without telling anybody because they might think that all those are the things in their own houses and sometimes it is impossible that some children might take the others’ things                   without permission and the adults should warn the children not to do like that.                  The third precept, that is, to abstain from the sexual misconduct, not to harm the                            others’ lovers that will destroy the dignity and the mind including their families by the majorities, they strict on the third precept, to commit the offence by violating their own wives. For the condition of problem, some families might have the problems that the third person would interrupt. The fourth precept, that is, to abstain from the fault speech, not to harm them or their benefits with words , the majorities strict on the four precept. For sometimes, they tell a lie in order to make them resolution of persons in their families or sometimes, it might be called “the white fault words”. The fifth precept,                   that is, to abstain from alcoholic drinking and drug addicted that result in the                       carelessness, harmfulness and wrong doing something because of carelessness Formally, some of them do not drink the alcohol and the addicted drug, not to concern with the addicted drugs. Some might smoke cigarettes and to propagate when they get drunk, they will not drive. For the condition of problem, sometimes they still drink with their friends or drink in the party, and meritorious ceremony in various customs.

                 If people do not violate the fifth precept, they will maintain their own lives and the others’ lives and will not cause the harmfulness to the life and property and the social problems concerning the addicted drugs and they will not commit the criminal laws that concern with the carelessness by making other people face the physical danger by getting pain or serious hurts or causing death or commit the offence in accordance with the traffic law in the end.

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