The Special Meeting about Thai Buddhism
Between
The Chinese Representatives and Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya’s Vice
President
At Meeting Hall, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya
Chiang Mai Campus
May 25, 2018
:Time 02.30-04.00 PM
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The topics of
discussion :
1. Thai
Sangha Education Systems
2. The development of Buddhism (in Thai Society)
3. Thai Government’s
patronage to Buddhism
4. The roles of Buddhist Monks (in Thai Society
& abroad)
5. The
benefits of practice Meditation
The Details :
1.
Thai Sangha Education Systems
(Textual studies & Meditation Studies)
The Textual studies (238 schools)
1.1 Ecclesiastical / Traditional Religious Educations :
1.1.1
Nak Dham (Textual teaching and discipline studies)
1.1.2
Pali (the Canonical / Pali
language studies)
1.2 The General Educations
1.2.1
The High School Educations
1.2.2
University Level
- Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya (Main campus, Ayuthaya)
- Mahamakkuttarajavidyalaya (Main Campus, Nakhorn Prathom)
The Meditation Studies
1.3 The Meditation studies
and Practice (the famous
122 Meditation centers)
2. The development of Buddhism (in Thai Society) a
historical records
2.1 BE 239, Buddhism was propragated
in Suwannabhumi(Thailand or adjecent countries) by King Ashok Missionary Monks
about the 3rd Buddhist Century. / The Phra Prathom Jetiya in Nakhorn
Prathom is as the evident.
2.2
BE 1300, Mahayana Buddhism came from India to Southern Areas / Sri Vijaya, Nakhorn Sri Thammarat,
Chaiya Suratthani.
2.3 BE 1500, Mahayana Buddhism from
Khamare to Lobburi
2.4 BE 1600, Theravada Buddhism came from Pegan; Burma in
the time of King of Berma “Anoratha/
Anuruttha”
2.5 BE 1700, Singhalese Theravada
Buddhism came to Nakhorn Sri Thammarat,
the south of Thailand, in the time for
Singhalese King “Parakmabahu”
2.6 BE 1800 King Ram Kamhaeng of
Sukhothai invited the Singhalese Elders from Nakhorn Sri Thammrat
2.7 Buddhism in Lanna
2.7.1 Hariphunjay Period
1200 BE
2.7.2 Chiang Sean period
1600 BE
2.7.3 Chiang Mai, 1914
“Kue Na” King of Lanna invited Sumana the Elder from Sukhothai to Chiang Mai. He
lived in “Wat Suan Dok”
1.7.4 BE 2020 The 8th Buddhist Council was held in Wat Jet Yod
Chiang Mai, in the time of “Tilokaraja” the King of Lanna
3. Thai Government’s
patronage to Buddhism
3.1 The King is The Buddhist
(Thai Institution)
3.2 The Sangha Acts 1962
3.3 The Office of National
Buddhism
4.
The roles of Buddhist Monks (in Thai Society
& abroad)
There
are 39, 481 Temples / Monasteries in over Thai Kingdom:
There
are 298,580 Monks & 59,587 Novices
4.1 The Spiritual Leader
4.2 The Education Administrator
4.3 The Social Development Leader
4.4 The Arts & Culture
Reservation
4.5 The Missionary Works
5. The
benefits of practice Meditation
Prepared and Oral
Presented by
Phrakrupravitvaranuyut, (Saneh Dhammavaro) Ph.D.
And Dr.Phisit Kotsupho
Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya Chiang Mai Campus