In this article comprise the origin and development of making holy water in Theravāda Buddhism and study the process of making holy water in Theravāda Buddhism both Buddha’s time and present time. This examines how the holy water influences the Buddhist and their society. Firstly, 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 way of chanting sutta was introduced its pattern until the chanting Paritta can heal people from mentally inside out, and with understanding of the discourses in term of prevention, resolution and therapy through recitation. The evolution of the making holy water was the key maintaining the moral support of the hearer and Holy water must be connected to Dhamma water that is the core of the Buddhism.
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Introduction 311 The Ratana Sutta: The Origin of Making Holy Water in Early Buddhist Scriptures 312 The Origin of Holy Water Appear in Thai Culture 313 The Concept of Making Holy Water 314 The Purpose of Making Holy water 314 The Way to Practice in the Buddha’s Time 316 The Way to Practice in the Present time 317 Holy Water as Prevention of Devil 318 Holy Water as Prevention of Disease 318 Monks and Holy Water 319 Introducing NADĪ model 320 Conclusion 320
