Taking administrative lessons from Thai temples abroad with the preservation of Buddhism Case Study of Wat Phra That Doi Suthep Chinohill City, California

Abstract

This article aims to study the administrative spatial experience of Wat Phra That Doi Suthep. Chinono Hilltown, a Thai temple in the United States, uses methods to learn from documents, research, and spatial studies. Interview the monks who administer both Thai temples and write essays in the form of academic articles.

          The results showed that the administration of this temple uses a mix of various methods in terms of organizational arrangements in the form of the temple administration committee. There are monks as a unit of leadership in the administration of the temple administration. Administer the ritual and the discipline. There are Buddhists as an add-on. A leader’s personality has an essential effect on management, both in patience. Having vision and goals Combining diverse personal potentials as a critical ingredient in direction has driven the temple to be the center of the Thai community. And create a religious identity through Thai cultural methods such as the Thai language, Thai monks, Thai food, music, dress, and blended artistic ways. Until becoming a model that can be studied in Thai temples abroad Under the spatial experience found in foreign Thai temples.