A DEVELOPMENMENT OF COMMUNAL ECONOMY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCPLES OF DHTTHADAMMIKATTHA 4

Abstract

      A development of communal economy in accordance with the principles of Ditthadhammikattha 4 is the Buddhist principles, that is, the four present benefits meaning 1) to be endowed with diligence 2) to be endowed with achievement of protection 3) to be associated with good companies not to be associated with bad companies and 4) to be balanced livelihood to know the way of increasing the property and to know the way of ruining the property. The state of problems in development of the communal economic of Srichiangmai District, Nongkhai Province is that people in this area perform their duties such as farm crops and fresh fishery crops. These problems do not determine the productive prices by themselves. The way to apply the principle of 4 in developing the communal economic in Srichiangmai District, Nongkhai Province is found that people earn their lives with the principles of Dhamma, that is, 1) people earn their living with energy and procedure in lifestyles systematically and to be endowed with wisdom to solve the problems 2) : the majority of people in that area knows how to protect the properties as collected and knows the values of all things 3) : the majority of people understands in association with good companies and not to be associated with bad companies and to be endowed with faith, precepts and wisdom and 4) in the aspect of : to be endowed with sufficient living and to know the way of progress and way of decreasing of all assets. The principle of Dittadhammikatha appears in Buddhism as follows: this Ditthadhammikattha means Dhamma proceeds for the present benefits. It means the benefits should be received from doing those activities, it may be money, materials, reputation, honor.