Abstract:
The objective of this study were 1) to study model of community engaged
monks 2) to analyze characteristic of community engaged monks and 3) ) to analyze
characteristic of community engaged monks in solving their social problems.
The instrument were construct-interview and un-construct interview which were
conducted with 10 intensive experienced social service activist monks; 3 social welfare
monks, 7 spiritual teaching monks. Finding from fieldwork has been analyzed under the
conceptual framework of socially engaged Buddhism
The result of study found that "The Pattern" of community engaged monks
aspect shows the relations between the community and monks: the working motivation is
first mainly caused by the social context that those monks living in and realize they are
part of the community that must solve the their community problems. The second cause
is the conditional context that the main cultural obligation for monks is to cultivate human
spiritual. And the last cause is the social condition that the community need the dharma.
Nevertheless, these different motivations become similar when the monks self-engaged to
the community, they themselves will be fused with the community and eventually, it's
result the inspiration and the self-devotion in their livelong work.
The socially-engaged Buddhism concept is 1) All things are linked to each
other, both abstract and substantial ones. Monks are linked to Dharma by their practice.
And the social phenomenon, monks are inseparably linked with the society. 2) Monks
cultivate themselves by understanding the linkage. 3) Monks engage themselves in the
community as part of it to solve the problems as well.
The result from the Dharma following socially working monks' relation
phenomenon study has found that most of the sampled monks, cultivating themselves in
the intensity level, accept they are part of the society and engage themselves in the
community. The result of the engaging and social work shows the linkage of all things and
brings about their later self-cultivation as subsequently.
The property of Buddhism Concept for the monks' empirical socially working
can be explained that the property of three concepts links to one another rationally and
simultaneously. The monks, who socially work, have the intensity of different property.
However, this concept is the good indicator to clarify the monks' social works.