Abstract:
Objectives of this dissertation were: .1. To study and analyze the general conditions, problems and obstacles of the development of public welfare works according to the Buddhist Affairs reform plan in Sa Kaeo Province, 2. To study the development process of the public welfare works according to the Buddhist Affairs reform plan in Sa Kaeo Province, and 3. To present the model for the development of public welfare works according to the Buddhist Affairs reform plan in Sa Kaeo Province.
Methodologies were the mixed methods. The qualitative research, data were collected from 18 key informants. Data were analyzed by content descriptive interpretation. The quantitative research, data were collected from 201 administrivia monks in Sa Kaeo Province with questionnaires that had reliability value at 0.917, analyzed data with statistical program package. The statistics used were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation.
The research findings were as follows.
1. The general conditions of the development of public welfare works according to the Buddhist Affairs reform plan were that; there were coordination in doing public welfares works from all concerned agencies with the monasteries as the center for doing activities and the pious lay people donated necessary material and money. The public welfares operation by administrative monks still were of problems and obstacles that were needed to be solved. The findings from the samples opinions classified by groups and by personal data revealed that, most respondents were at 30-40 years old, totaling 74 monks, 37.31 percent, with the rain retreat years from 4-11-20 years 90 monks, 44.78 percent, with Dhamma education level of 123 monks, 69.19 percent, with no Pali education level, totaling162 monks, 80.60 percent, with Bachelor Degree, totaling 151 monks or 75.12 percent.
2. The development process of public welfare works according to the Buddhist Affairs reform plan consisted of; 1) Planning, there was a meeting to plan the implementation of public welfare activities.2) Acting, monasteries were the centers for all activities, 3) Auding, there was auditing process of the operation according to the plan, and 4) Appropriate operation, after completing the mission, there was review of the problems and brought the matters to the meeting to discuss the matter to solve the problems at the next meeting that helped manage the public welfares in Sa Kaeo Province according to the Buddhist Affairs reform plan effectively and from the mean and standard deviation analysis of the development of public welfare work according to the Buddhist Affairs reform plan in Sa Kaeo Province, by overall, it was at high level ( x̅ = 3.87, S.D.= 0.437), and when considering each aspect, it was found that it was at a high level in all aspects.
3. Development of public welfare works according to the Buddhist Affairs Reform Plan in Sa Kaeo Province was found that: 1) concrete mission management; A center was set up to help the victims, 2) Development monks support; there was a public welfare training course. The monks were the main leaders in the activities by using the monasteries as centers to help people, 3) Community career development; there was a short-term course of career promotion for people in the community, 4) The Public Welfare Fund, A foundation has been established to provide assistance to the needy for the victims. And from the opinion survey of the sample group towards the development of public welfare works according to the Buddhist Affairs Reform Plan, by overall, it was at a high level ( x̅ = 3.94, SD = 0.453). that it was at very high level in all respects