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such as Girdanta-Jātaka they are lame like the horse was limping because of the lame
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trainer, and Samaññaphala Sutta they might miss the highest goal like Ajātasattu was
communicating with Devadatta and miss the all opportunities to become an Ariyan.
There are so many dimensions to discover deeply about Buddhist leadership without

violation in Theravāda Buddhist scripture will go deeper in Chapter III. Even though,
recently, these is one of the research, master’s thesis, about Buddhist leadership in 2019,

it is showed that effective Buddhist leadership by limitation with seven conditions of

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welfare (Aparihāniya-Dhamma) and left many rooms for others to do further research.
Thus, this thesis will describe more about what is the qualities and roles of

the successful leader, how could the subordinates assume who is a good leader and what
are the strategies and practice of successful leaders in both sides which are western

scholars’ ideas and Theravāda perspectives.

1.2 Research Questions

1.2.1 What are the concepts of leadership in Western ideas?

1.2.2 What are the concepts of leadership in Theravada perspective?

1.2.3 What are the concepts of leadership from successful leaders in

Theravada perspective?

1.3 Objectives of the Research

1.3.1 To investigate the concepts of leadership in Western ideas.

1.3.2 To study the concepts of leadership in Theravāda perspective.

1.3.3 To analyze the concepts of leadership from successful leaders in

Theravāda perspective.

11 Ja Vol II, 184, (New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 2013), p. 67.

12 Dīgha Nikāya [The Long Discourses of the Buddha], Maurice Walshe (trans.),
(Boston: Wisdom Publication, 1995), p. 91.

13 Pandava, “Effective Buddhist Leadership Based on the Integration of the Seven
Conditions of Welfare (Aparihāniya-Dhamma) and The Seven Habits Theory, Master’s
Thesis”. Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, 2019.