AN ANALYSIS OF THE RITUALS RELATED TO WORSHIPING PHRA THAT TEP CHINDA IN MAHA THAT TEP CHINDA TEMPLE IN CHIANGWAE SUBDISTRICT, KUMPAWAPI DISTRICT, UDONTHANI PROVINCE

Abstract

This research is the qualitative research by having its purposes, That is, 1) to study the belief and the rituals in worshiping Phra That Tep Chinda in Wat Maha b Tep Chinda in Chiangwae Subdistrict, Kumpawapi District, Udonthani Province and 2) to analyze the rituals related to worshiping Phra That Tep Chinda in Chiangwae Subdistrict, Kumpawapi District, Udonthani Province. The results of the research are found that: The belief and rituals in worshiping Phra That Tep Chinda in Wat Maha That Tep Chinda in Chiangwae Subdistrict, Kumpawapi District, Udonthani Province result in the beliefs towards the society, economy, and community and encourage the community to increase the morality, to fear the sin and the magic power such as to respect the sacred things is an activity to encourage people to make goodness and to be endowed with the morality, harmony, relative creation in family, creation of consciousness in community, family and then encourage the community and family to participate in the activity performance, to be refuge of people in family when they have opportunity to ask for the blessings in order to make them happy and protect them from calamities and to increase the beliefs in mindfulness and meditation. It results in the happiness in society, safety and goodness in community forever. The analysis of the rituals related to worshiping Phra That Tep Chinda in Wat Maha That Tep Chinda in Chiangwae Subdistrict, Kumpawapi District, Udonthani Province is found that the community is endowed with the ethics and good morality and beliefs in all the aging, that is 1) the belief in the individual 2) the belief in the magics, supernatural power and miracles 3) the belief in Fire rockets 4) the belief in the law of Kamma, merits and sins 5) the belief In hell and heavens that can be analyzed in accordance with Buddhadhamma principle, that is, 1) to worship with the practical worship, that is, to set oneself up to the Buddha’ teaching and then to practice Dhamma such the five precepts, Eight precepts, the Noble Eightfold Path and the Threefold Training is called as practical worship. While one practices Dhamma as appropriate with Dhamma and practice more rightness and practice in accordance with Dhamma by worshiping the Buddha with the highest worship 2) to worship with the material worship, that is, to worship with the materials or the joss – sticks, candles and perfumery, flowers, garlands, perfume, elephants, oxen, buffalos, rocket display for worshiping, concert demonstration, various fruits and drinking water. All these are called as material worship with all stuffs for one who has the faith.