The Application of Buddhist Philosophy and Postmodern Philosophy to Reconstruct the Participative Consciousness for the Flood-Solving in Hatyai District of Songkhla Province

Abstract

Hatyai District comprised of 12 Sub-Districts, 93 villages. The general area is the low land inclines from the south to the west, and down to Songkhla Lagoon. Hatyai has tropical climate. Due to the climate and its location, and the expansion of urban community which intrude into the waterway and watershed, it results in floods in every November and December. Government sector and educational sector have a cooperation for flood-solving in Hatyai District, focusing on the construction plan which, however, the result was unsuccessful. For this reason, the researcher had studied The Buddhist Philosophy, Epistemology, and Ethics emphasizing on an action in order to reconstruct a clear and accurate wisdom based on the natural law according to the rationality grounds on the three marks of existence (Trailaksana). In order to applying The Buddhist Philosophy to reconstruct the participative consciousness, the researcher has selected the concepts of cognitive of natural law, to be explained by interdependence rule, alleviation of Attachment concept and the natural intrusion, making less selfishness, enhancing learning, thinking, and criticizing processes bases on Four Noble Truths, and the public dialogue shift from public participation forum. Therefore, the researcher proposes the guideline and the new knowledge of applying The Buddhist Philosophy to reconstruct the participative consciousness for the flood-solving in Hatyai District, Songkhla Province and other areas called “S-CoPE”. This approach would be applied to other flood-solving approaches which focusing on the participation of public to solve the problem with the concept of dialogue.