Analysis of the Role of Buddhist Organization in Lao PDR in Promoting Cultural Relations in ASEAN Community

Abstract

A research entitled “Analysis of the Roles of Buddhism in Lao People's Democratic Republic in Promoting Cultural Relations in ASEAN Community” is a qualitative research (Document Research). It is found that Buddhism is the main religion and is a religion with national characteristics. along with the development of various ethnic groups who came to settle in the land of Laos since the ancient era to the present. not less than 700 years at the present. Although the political regime is a socialist and a republic. the Lao authorities have praised the leaders of Laos in the past Kingdom regime as hero or the great king. Phra Chao Fah Ngum. Phra Chao Chai Chetthathirat and Phra Chao Suriyawongsa Thammikarat are the great in creating intelligence and literature. As for the role of the Sangha organization in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. it is found that the Lao Sangha had established a main organization as a center for the administration of Buddhism and the Sangha. "Lao Buddhist Relations Organization" with a commission that has five aspects. namely the Administrative Commission. Monk Education Commission. Propagation and Meditation Commission. Public utility Commission. and the Foreign Affairs Commission. The Lao Sangha Organization is now under the establishment of the Lao Buddhist Relations Organization. There are personnel who have experience and have been forged in both religious and social aspects. with party and state endorsement to guarantee. The moral principles and values ​​of the people are all rooted in Buddhism. making people submit to the customary framework and follow the Buddhist principles. Buddhism is the key mechanism that has the most accessibility and influence on society.