THE SANGHA ADMINISTRATIVE MONKS AS DEVELOPMENT LEADERS IN THE DIGITAL AGE: APPROACHES TO EMPOWERMENT THROUGH WISDOM AND TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

This article presents The Role of Buddhist Monastic Leaders as Developers in the Digital Age This approach emphasizes intellectual and technological empowerment, which plays a crucial role in all aspects of life. Buddhist monastic leaders are spiritual beacon, upholding faith and ethics firmly in Thai society. At the same time, they play a visionary role as developers, creating Buddhist sites as centers of learning and self-reliance. This aims to improve the quality of life in communities based on Dharma principles and peace. This article analyzes the role of Buddhist monastic leaders as developers in the digital age, focusing on intellectual and technological empowerment coupled with Buddhist ethical principles. This approach ensures that Buddhism remains relevant and accessible to all. The study found that contemporary Buddhist monastic leaders play diverse roles, including producing digital Dharma media, providing spiritual counseling, and connecting faith networks at the community and societal levels. This transition brings both opportunities and challenges, requiring a restructuring of mindset, development of digital technology knowledge, and the promotion of morality simultaneously. Online religious activity leaders, and faith network connectors, face both opportunities and challenges This transition requires a restructuring of mindset, the development of digital skills, and the simultaneous promotion of moral values. In summary, the approach to empowering Buddhist monastic leaders intellectually and technologically is to integrate religious knowledge with digital skills in a knowledgeable and critical manner, in order to maintain faith in the virtual world and ensure the sustainable growth of Buddhism in modern society