THE CONCEPT OF TEACHER IN CONFUCIAN PHILOSOPHY AND BUDDHISM
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This research article intends to: (1) examine the concept of teacher in Confucian philosophy; (2) study the concept of teacher in Buddhism; and (3) analyze and compare the concepts of teacher in Confucian and Buddhist philosophy by using data from the Thai and Chinese versions of the Lun Yu scripture and the revised and expanded version of the Buddhist Dharma book. Data was analyzed with content analysis and connection. Research results are as follows: (1) the concept of teacher in Confucian philosophy comprises 6 aspects with the use of love as the foundation for instruction and caring for pupils, emphasizing the development of morality in students, and keeping on learning regularly; (2) the notion of being teacher in Buddhism com- prises aspects with with the 7 Kalyanamitta Dhamma principles as the most important Dhamma principles that most clearly refer to being teacher; and (3) as for the comparison issues, it is found that both Confucian philosophy and Buddhism regard teachers as important persons who educate students to gain wisdom and cultivate students to accomplish three aims of self-reali- zation at the primary and intermediate levels; while the two philosophies are different in that the Confucian philosophy does not mention the training of followers to achieve greater rewards, such as teaching insight about the true nature of all things and achieving Nirvana.
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