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