AN ANALYSIS STUDY OF THE ESSENCE OF KALAKAT BASED ON THERAVADA BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY

Abstract

The objectives of this research article are 1) to study Isan literary of Kalaket 2) to study the principles of Theravada Buddhist Philosophy appearing in the Isan literature of Kalaket 3) to analyze the essence of Kalaket based on Theravada Buddhist Philosophy. It was qualitative research by studying the information from Isan literature of kalaket, version of Phra Ariyanuwat, Tripitaka, academic documents in literature and Buddhism, and related researches. Then presented the research results using descriptive and analytical methods according to the meaning of intuition.

The results showed that: 1) Isan literature about Kalaket was a Jataka tale. The theme of the story was separation and adventure. The hero was a bodhisattva reborn into the human world to atone for past karma. He defeated an evil giant until he repented of his sin and taught him to behave in a moral manner. Mrs. Malichan was a strict practitioner of Dhamma, deserved to be a heroine in a Dhamma story, supporting actors who were good human being such as Thao Kesanuratchasuriwong ahd allies both in the sky and on the earth, namely Phaya Suban and Phaya. The most important nonhuman characters were Phaya Phi Mon, the father of Nang Malee. Kalaket was like a story giving ideas in abstract form such as goodness, evil, intelligence, and stupidity which be transformed into concrete forms, created enjoyment and has an influences society were external influences, including clothing or actions. As for internal influences, they included thought influences, creating Values beliefs and attitudes. 2) Theravada Buddhist Philosophy appearing in literature. The story of the heavy karma, separated the thieves from their families in a previous life. As a result, Thao Kalaket had to be born in the world which it was an important main point of the story, which was having to separated everything you loved as retribution for your karma. Merit in the story of Kalaket was a good thing that everyone was try to find. It was goodness that emphasizes morality. The types of merit are mostly mentioned as Three meritorious deeds and ten meritorious deeds. 3) The result of the analysis of the literature on Kalaket in Theravada Buddhist philosophy was karma, an important issue in Theravada Buddhist philosophy. It showed that all human being had a different lifestyle, human life was all karma that was committed in the past, present and would affect to the future. The karma that occurred, whether it was good karma or bad karma, arisen from the expression of body, speech, and mind.