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Abstract
The objectives of the study were to investigate the current conditions of the
participation between temples and communities in organizing activities on Buddhist
important days and to examine the needs of the samples for participating in those
activities with their communities. The population of the study included Buddhists who
participated in the activities from both genders in Nakhon Ratchasima province. From
the calculation, the sample group of 384 people was determined. The research tool was
a set of rating scale questionnaire. The validity of the whole set of the questionnaire was
0.97. The statistics used in the data analysis consisted of percentage, mean, and standard
deviation. The results showed that the current conditions of the participation between
temples and communities in organizing activities on Buddhist important days was at a
high level in terms of work initiative, work proceeding, work planning, and work
evaluation, respectively. In overall, the needs of the samples for participating in the
activities included the need for joining the ongoing activities. When considering in each
aspect, it was found that the samples needed to participate in giving suggestions on
organizing the upcoming activities, followed by following up on the progress in
organizing the activities according to the prior plans ) X 1.91 = , S.D. = (1.07.