AN APPLICATION OF THE LOVING-KINDNESS FOR REDUCING THE VIOLENCE IN SRANGKO COMMUNITY SRANGKO SUB-DISTRICT KUTJAB DISTRICT UDONTHANI PROVINCE

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An application of the principle of the loving-kindness for reducing the violence in Srangko community, Srangkok Sub-district, Udonthani Province was the qualitative research, The purposes of the research were; 1) to study the principle of loving-kindness in the Buddhist text of Theravada Buddhism 2) to study the state of violence in Srangkok community, Srangko Sub-district, Kutjab District, Udonthani Province and 3) to apply the principle of loving –kindness for reducing the violence in Srangko community, Srangkok Sub-district, Udonthani province. The results of study were found thatwill be the community that follows Heet sibsong traditions by having the meritorious activities as creating the unity in the community in 12 months. It is good for the leaders to participate with various groups in creating the unity in the community among home, temple and school. Each group participates each other to build up the virtue, that is, to participate in making plan, to take responsibility and manage the activities for learning the principle of loving kindness that means the love, sympathetic, good wishes.