ABSTRACT

                This  study  aims  to  (1)  study  Buddhadhamma  (The  Teachings  of  the  Buddha)  appeared  in  Jantagha,  Khaosaw  Literature,  and  to  (2)  explore  people’s way  of  life  of  Lanna  people  in  the  Jantagha.  The  study  revealed  the  following findings.

Firstly,  the  Buddha’s  teachings  in  the  Jantagha  via  characters  indicating  practice  and  their  consequences  (Vipaka)  and  results  from  transgressed  acts consist of  morality,  Law  of  Kamma,  Four  Noble  Truths , carefulness,  honoring, truthfulness , selflessness, gratitude,  loving - kindness,  and  ten  virtues  of  the  king.

                Secondly,  The Jantagha reflects  Lanna  people’ lifestyle  in three aspects; folkway, tradition and  beliefs; folkway  such  as  profession, food, clothes,  traditional  practices  like  wedding custom,  funeral  rites, blessing ceremony,  beliefs such as  person naming, paranormal  and  animist  beliefs, astrology, black magic, cycle  of  life, and  beliefs  in  merit, demerit,  purgatory  and  heaven.