Life Metaphor in Dhrama Discourse in Facebook Page “Phra Sakda Suntaro”

Abstract

          This research aims to present about the study of life metaphors in Dharma context released on Facebook page named “Phra Sakda Suntaroo” owned by Phra khru Sakkarak Sakda Suntaro. The descriptive research technique is applied to use with conceptual metaphor to be emphasis with in linguistics. The data is in the form of the video clips posted on a social media named Facebook as mentioned earlier. The duration of the data collection is from 1^st January 2020 to 31^st December 2021. The spoken words were all transcripted and recorded in 482 clips with the length of 20 hours and thirty minutes in total.

          The research found that the Dharma context found in Facebook “Phra Sakda Suntaro” illustrates a great deal about the life metaphors. They appear in 8 categories as follows; (1) life is a journey, (2) life is a fighting, (3) life is an investment, (4) life is a growth of trees, (5) life is a theatre, (6) life is a learning, (7) life is a prisoner, (8) life is a weapon. The usage of the metaphor illustrates the uncertainty in life. It can move forward or backward as the way it is. Life is full of fighting, suffering with enormous pain and gain. The experiences always attach with high price. Though the endurance in human life comes with its limitation so that hectic can lead to chaotic then finally human’s life can end up like a prisoner who was pushed to accept the death penalty.