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PHUPIENDHAM KLAJ ON : W ISDOM OF MASTICATION FOR HEALTH IN THAILAND AND LAO S PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PROGRAM IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES ( PUBLIC HEALTH), SURINDRA RAJABHAT UNIVERSI TY . ACEDEMIC YEAR 2018 . THESIS ADVISORS : DR. USA KLOMPAN, ASSOC. PROF. DR. ACH A RA PHANURAT, AND DR. SINGHA JANTRIWONG. 6 32 P .
ABSTRACT The r esearch on “ Wisdom of Mastication for Health in Thailand and Lao s People’s Democratic Republic ” was a mixed method research between ethnography research and quant ity research. The research objectives were 1 ) t o study the way and behavior of food mastication for the well-being of the people in Thailand and Laos , 2 ) t o conduct a trail on food mastication according to the way suggested by the Dhamma Medicine. There were five people participating in this research which ha d been contacted at Suan pan a b oon 1, Don Tan District, Mukdahan Province, 3 ) t o analyze the components of food mastication and to offer health promoting strategy in communities. The data study of th e ethnography research was mainly studied and collected from the 99 key informants of Thais and Laos who were Buddhist monks, those who practice d Dhamma , healthy individuals, public health officers, other occupational individuals, Dhamma Medicine volunteers, other volunteers and the general public who g a ve importance to the way they masticate d their food s for their behavior well-being in their daily lives or the form of “ higher
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Dhamma practice of higher precepts ( athisila ), higher spirit ( athichit ), and higher wisdom ( athipanya ),” in order to change their right conducts , right speech, and right concentration , or intellectual well-being, with higher spirits and sustainable , sequentially. The quantitative research was studied and collected by questionnaire , constructed from the qualitative content analysis from the ethnography research , for statistical analys is on Exploratory Factor Analysis of 593 principal component informants .
Research Result s were found as follows: 1. It was found that Thai s and Laos people , who had right understanding and mindfully practice their food mastication in their daily lives by following the truth knowledge men , they c ould determine their right physical actions, right speech, and right concentration . They value d food mastication , in deep-understanding, for the most benefits rather than the five sensual desires and gain ed physical and mental strength. People intellectually realized that they do not chew or eat for forms, taste s , odors , sound s , touchs and feels which form ed , substantial, the individual’s physical mental, economic, social, environmental, and intellectual capacity to maximize efficiency of their digestive system. In addition, they had been p racticing mindfulness to reduce impulsive behavior which cure s disease with low cost, and d ifferentiat e d daily actions by applying precepts ( Sila ), supra- concentration ( Samathi ), and the wisdom ( Panya ) according to the virtue understanding . 2. The experimental practice of food masticating for well-being, according to the Dhamma Medicine principles, le d to primarily understanding of finely masticating food will be better and easier to absorb. Simultaneously, proper mastication w ould result in vitality and give immediate energy. Furthermore, on a spiritual level, it g a ve a spiritual happiness. The exercise of mindfully food mastication helped to reduce desire s and ego, sense of self (Atta) which wer e forms , taste s , odor s, sound s , touch s and feel s in foods including contemplating during masticating for the most benefits of moderating in eating and reducing desire s and ego result ing to individual’s physical , mental, economic, social, environmental, and intellectual capacity , which were healthy behavior shifts with happiness, high spirits, clarity and sustainable, sequentially. 3. The component s of food mastication suggest ed formulating the strategies and policies to magnify a n outcome and promoting healthy li ving in communities in Thailand. The 6 p olic ies are : 1 ) The bliss of enjoyment from the mastication of food results in the following virtues, moderation in eating, mental fa c tor righteousness, right understanding, mental formulation of defilements in food and the five-sense force s. Those are the process to de velop the wisdom, 2 ) The plant-based (pure vegetarian) foods both are Nutritionals and Medicine. In addition, i t helps promote “ virtue ” (reducing defilements) and gradually V ipassana ( athisila , athichit , athipunya ), 3 ) Eating a perfect bite size of food is a movement tool to train the mind and body to be able to gradually synch r onized . It is the way to practice the mind and develop wisdom or mindfulness as of four-nutriment virtues : physical nutriment, contact nutriment, mental nutriment, and consciousness as nutriment. 4 ) A person who practices V ipassana by mindfully eating technique may result in awareness which promote healthy digestive system and can also get rid of lust and hatred, 5 ) There are two steps in eating food. First, placing the food in the mouth by hand , and then is masticating to allow the sa liva to start digestive process. While doing these two steps, there are four foundation of mindfulness principles that have been applied, contemplation of the body, feelings, mind, and mind objects (regards ideas). These principles help reduc ing the state of delusion and become healthier , 6 ) Thai and Laos’s tradition of cooking and steaming of rice ha ve many benefits. Taking small bite of food, fined chewing, swilling the food in your mouth, and swallowing are the best digestive system for making your food a medicine for your body. Th e strategy on “ T he Wisdom of Mastication for Health ” i s the truth strategy for creating the sense s of happiness, well-being, and high spirits in one's own order, which is the process of “ precepts ( Sila ), supra- concentration ( Samathi ), and the wisdom ( Panya ) . ” This is the wisdom process for practicing mindfulness reducing impulsive behavior s with sav e cost, simpl e , and cap able of pr acti cing by one sel f by following the tru th knowledge men that lead to well-being. It i s free, and when shar ing this knowledge with others since you are able to practice the wisdom , this helps the society sav e money on health. When people are health ier and lead s to the strong health of the communit ies , this will be able to develop the country to flourish in self-reliance. Then this can help the neighbors , and other countries, continuously .