STUDY OF MODELS IN LAOS SANGHA ADMINISTRATION

Abstract

         The objectives of this academic article are to study the pattern of Buddhism in the Buddhist Sangha of Laos. The results of analysis were found that the governing pattern of the Laos Sangha Administration is derived from two concepts of governing theories, namely the western governing forms such as the Greek period, the Roman period, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance period, and the other one is the eastern governing system such as China and India which the 2 forms of governing have affected the governing principles of the Laos Sangha Administration and is the same form of Lao government under the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) as well. The Lao Buddhist Association has included two monks, Mahanikaya and Dhammayutakanikaya, into the same denomination. So that the rule of the Laos Sangha Administration is mainly unified as shown in the Vinaya Discipline and in the Buddhist Sangha 2541 B.E. and the revised 2547 B.E. In this regard, the aim is to train the Laotian people to have good behavior, cultivate the stable ideology in a good way, and create intelligence in determining what is good or bad. Once they can do as follows, it will be a system or pattern for creating good people and helping the Laotian people to enter the cycle of government administration that uses Dhamma as a big one. Therefore, the form of governing in Buddhism and the form of governing of the party and the Lao state must rely on each other to promote long-lasting happiness in Laos society.