Conflict, Legitimacy and Government Reform: Equitable Allocation of ...
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Innovation for Political <strong>Conflict</strong> Resolution Through Thai Local Wisdom <strong>and</strong> Socio-cultural Capital<br />
Innovation for political conflict<br />
resolution through Thai local wisdom<br />
<strong>and</strong> socio-cultural capital<br />
Chalakorn Thiansongjai<br />
Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalay University<br />
Abstract<br />
The proposal <strong>of</strong> a Buddhist approach<br />
to negotiation in h<strong>and</strong>ling political<br />
conflicts is a proposal employing<br />
Buddhist concepts, i.e. what is considered<br />
Thai wisdom, as a method to apply in<br />
h<strong>and</strong>ling conflicts. This proposal consists <strong>of</strong><br />
the causal factors prompting the conflict,<br />
Buddhist methods <strong>of</strong> negotiation <strong>and</strong> the<br />
analysis <strong>of</strong> a case study where Buddha served<br />
as moderator for a negotiation.<br />
In studying the cause or the roots <strong>of</strong><br />
disagreement, Buddhism focuses on the<br />
internal factors that cause the disagreement.<br />
This can be explained from the perspective <strong>of</strong><br />
the 2 groups <strong>of</strong> demeritorious acts i.e. the<br />
three roots <strong>of</strong> evil, namely, greed, rage <strong>and</strong><br />
delusion, <strong>and</strong> hindrances i.e. lust, conceit<br />
<strong>and</strong> pride.<br />
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