A Study of the Factors Affecting the Insight Meditation Practices Results of Newly Ordained Monks, a Case Study of Muangpetchaboon District, Petchaboon Province
Abstract:
This thesis has two objectives to study the factors affected to the Insight Meditation Practice of the newly in, Muang-petchaboon District Petchaboon Province to study the problems the barriers and the suggestion concerned with the Insight Meditation Practice of the newly in Muang-petchaboon District Petchaboon Province This study is the Quantitative Research using the questionnaire developed by the researcher for investigating data. The group of samples used for this research is Phra Navaga (the newly-ordained monks) who attended the Saddhiviharika Training Course at Mahathat Temple at Muang-petchaboon District Petchaboon Province of Thailand totally 245, and being drawn by Simple Random Sampling technique. A group of samples consisted of the newly 152 by using the Taro Yamane formula. The tool for data collection is the questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis are the frequencies, Mean, Standard Deviation. The data analysis was also done through t-test for testing the hypotheses in order to test the average difference among the group, F- test by one-way analysis of variance (One-way ANOVA) and Least Significant Difference (LSD) were used for testing the difference between the averages from the groups, and also use the statistics in analyzing the Multiple Regression Analysis.
The findings of Research were concluded as follows:
The analysis of the Four Path of Accomplishment (Iddhipada) of Phra Navaga who joy the Saddhiviharika Training at Wat Mahatatu (Phra Aram Laung) Muang-petchaboon District Petchaboon Province, found that Phra Navaga who joined the Saddhiviharika Training has the four Iddhipada at high level ( =4.54) and the Insight Meditation Practice of Phra Navaga who joined the project of Saddhiviharika Training Maung-petchaboon District Petchaboon Province is at high level ( = 4.53)
The analysis compare the differenced of Phra Navaga is divided according to age, vassa, common education level, and dhamma education level, and found that there is no difference for Phra Navaga with different ages, and had done the Insight Meditation Practice of Phra Navaga who joined the Saddhiviharika Training. There is the difference for Phra Navaga who has different vassa, had different Insight Meditation Practice of Phra Navaga who joined the Saddhiviharika Training at important statistics level of 0.1. Phra Navaga who are 5 vassa ( =4.50). There is an Insight Meditation Practice of Phra Navaga who has 1-2 vassa ( =4.68). There is no difference for Phra Navaga with different common studies, the same Insight Mediation Practice, and different dhamma studies. The insight Meditation Practice is not different.
The analysis of factors affected to the Insight Mediatation Practice of Phra Navaga Muang-petchabbon Petchaboon Pravince is the four Iddhipada, which was found that the four Iddhipada can Evaluate Result of the Insight Meditation Practice of Phra Navaga at 13 % and the equation derived from the Multiple Regression Analysis shown the important statistic at .001.
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