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               This qualitative research has three objectives, namely: - 1. To study the origin and development of making holy water in Theravāda Buddhism, 2. To study the process of making holy water in Theravāda Buddhism, 3. To propose the impact of beliefs and practices of making holy water to Thai society. This thesis also use In-depth interview technique for collecting specific data from Buddhist scholars and analyze the results.

  From the study, Research finding, it found that the making of holy water in Theravāda Buddhism is the Buddha’s strategy to make people get closer to religion practices; Water element is so physically vital to all forms of life, the study shown that chanting Paritta can heal people from mentally inside out, and with understanding of the Sutta in term of prevention, resolution and therapy through recitation. Finally, Holy water must be connected to Dhamma water that is the core of the Buddhism.

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               This qualitative research has three objectives, namely: - 1. To study the origin and development of making holy water in Theravāda Buddhism, 2. To study the process of making holy water in Theravāda Buddhism, 3. To propose the impact of beliefs and practices of making holy water to Thai society. This thesis also use In-depth interview technique for collecting specific data from Buddhist scholars and analyze the results.

  From the study, Research finding, it found that the making of holy water in Theravāda Buddhism is the Buddha’s strategy to make people get closer to religion practices; Water element is so physically vital to all forms of life, the study shown that chanting Paritta can heal people from mentally inside out, and with understanding of the Sutta in term of prevention, resolution and therapy through recitation. Finally, Holy water must be connected to Dhamma water that is the core of the Buddhism.

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