The Roles of Buddhism in Current Thailand: Success or Failure

Abstract

          Buddhism had come into Siam since the 3rd Buddhist Century and then integrated with local Siamese life since governor to grassroot people. Nowadays the Thai governor has attempted to use the Buddhist doctrines as bases for designing the governing. However, in practice all Thai Buddhist people still cannot imitate in the real life so there have been a lot of people who broke the 5 precepts. This article aims to present the role of Buddhism in dimension of policies and practical behavior of Buddhist people in Thai society at present.