THE DEVELOPMENT OF THINKING PROCESS BASED ON DHAMMA PRINCIPLE OF YONISOMANASIKARA WITH THE USE OF THE FOUR SATIPATTHANA MEDITATION PRACTICES OF COLLEGE TEACHERE IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMISSION

Abstract

The objectives of this experimental research were (1) to evaluate the level of thinking process based on the Dhamma principle of Yonisomanasikara with the use of four Satipathana meditation practices of college teachers in educational institutions under the Office of the Vocational Education Commission (OVEC) and (2) to compare the development of the thinking process based on the Dhamma principle of Yonisomanasikara with the use of the four Satipathana meditation practices of college teachers in educational institutions under the Office of the Vocational Education Commission (OVEC). The experiment took 72 hours during which the sample teachers undertook meditation based on the four Satipathana meditation practices under two groups of resource persons at Wat Ampawan, Phrom Buri District, Sing Buri Province. The research sample consiste of 60 randomly selected college teachers in educational institutions under OVEC. Then, they were divided into two groups equally. The first group of 30 teachers undertook an emotional test whereas the other group did not receive such testing. The research instruments employed in this study were (1) a scale for assessment of practicing meditation along the four Satipathana Meditation, (2) an emotional test, and (3) a test of the thinking process according to the Dhamma principle of Yonisomanasikara. The data were analyzed by the use of descriptive and inferential statistics comprising the frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The research findings were (1) the post-meditation scores on the thinking process according to the Dhamma principle of Yonisomanasikara of the college teachers in the educational institutions under OVEC were significantly higher than their pre-meditation counterpart scores at the .05 level; and (2) no significant difference was found between the scores on thinking process according to the Dhamma principle of Yonisomanasikara of the teachers in the group tested with emotional test and the counterpart scores of the group not tested with emotional test.