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An Analitical Study of the Significance of Suphasidphrarauang Toward the Thai
Researcher : ผศ.ประพันธ์ กุลวินิจฉัย date : 09/05/2012
Degree : พุทธศาสตรมหาบัณฑิต(การบริหารจัดการคณะสงฆ์)
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Abstract

                    This  research  entitled  “An Analytical Study of the Significance of Suphasidphraruang Toward the Thai Societies” consists of  two objectives as follows (1) to study and  analyze the belief in Subhasidphraruang of Thai societies,  (2) to study  the significance of  Subhasidphraruang on  living the  lives of Thai societies.

  The result of this study finds that expert scholars on this matter agree that it is the  proverbs that Phraruangchao taught  his subjects and entourage  that appeared on the first stone of inscription of  King Ramkhamhaeng in the Sukhothai period mentioned that he ordered a stone to be made into a seat for  the preaching  of sermons by monks then established  at Dong Tal. The monks were invited to be seated on it to give sermons to the people on Buddhist holidays (Wan Phra) and shaving day of monks (Wan Kon).  On ordinary days, he granted audience with his subjects and  ministers to listen to his instructions. So the advice in Subhasidphraruang may been spoken at this time, but there is no written evidence or any inscription in  the Sukhothai period. Later on, it appeared there were poems of Praditphraruang at the end of the Ayutthaya period which was assumed to be the royal literary work of King Borommakot who saw that their value was suitable for the study by posterity. During the reign of King Rama III of the Rattanakosin period, the writings of  Subhasidphraruang were inscribed at Wat Pho. Some scholars assumed that Somdet Phramaha Samanachao Kromphraparamanuchidnorot had revised   the Subhsidphraruang because of the strictness of the prosody by limiting each verse to five words in  each of the 158 episodes. 

  The researcher analyzed it to obtain new knowledge by comparison with the principle of Dhamma in the Tipitaka. It was found that the poem can go together with  the  principles of  Dhamma, such as being satisfied in solitude with what belongs to one’s  own, staying away from doing harmful things to others, being careful about general activities, not boasting, paying respects to adults, loving oneself more than property, being reasonable, courteous, polite to others  and generous to relatives, courageous, economical, not vindictive, being honest, steadfast, neither credulous nor cunning, keeping in mind only useful things, always thinking before speaking, not showing off,  being decisive and  serious, focusing on only good examples for practice, neither negligent nor selfish about things of little value.

                Researcher has interpreted all verses and  expressions in the poem so that they will  be more easy to understand using   contemporary language and Buddhist terms which increases the value of the proverbs for influencing various aspects and values of modern society. 

 
 
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