ไสยศาสตร์ : การพัฒนาความเชื่อในสังคมชาวพุทธ

Abstract

Superstition is the act of making something happen in a strange way by the laws of nature. In general, using superstitious methods because humans are afraid of natural disasters that are unpredictable to humans. Also unable to fight or resist them, I thought it was because ghosts or angels or those with authority over them made it happen. Humans must find ways to prevent and eliminate disasters through dependence a superstitious method. So superstition is a belief about magic and supernatural sacred things by through a ritual of worship, praying to various sacred things to ask for what they want. In contrast to the Buddhist doctrine taught to take oneself and believe in the consequences of every karma. How can a man follow the consequences of his karma the consequences of those karma are unknown be able to help take the consequences of one's karma.

Keywords: Superstition, Ghost, Magic, Karma