Being Thai people, learners should apply His Majesty the King’s philosophy of Sufficiency Economy to use in living;
1. Be economical, strongly decrease any of the expenses and luxuries, as bestowed by His Majesty the King’s royal words
“…living with no luxury, be economical in the rightful way…”
2. Be honest in earning a living even in the time of starving and crisis, as bestowed by His Majesty the King’s royal words
“…the people’s truth definitely comes from the rightful behavior and working…”
3. Stop competing for the so much trade’s benefit, also, stop severely competing for getting the career like what happened in the past, as bestowed by His Majesty the King’s royal words
“…a last-long true happiness is the happiness people gain from moral minds and actions, not the one occurred accidentally or encroachingly…”
4. Do not stop in searching for the fleeing ways from this suffering by always seeking for knowledge in order to increase the incomes to the limit of sufficiency, which is the important target, as bestowed by His Majesty the King’s royal words
“…the reason of wanting everyone to study and bring their life the security is for their own happiness, progressive, and moderate lives as the first step. The next step is to be proud of being able to live by their own…”
5. Behave in a rightful way without doing anything that is terrible. Because of the fact that there are still lots of bad people who are not shamed of guilty, Thailand is still facing the crisis, as bestowed by His Majesty the King’s royal words
“…try not to behave anything bad for that it might threaten your and other people’s lives, also try to decrease your terrible behavior, instead, always
behave in a rightful way and increase your goodness more…”
Principle of 5 Moderations (sufficiency and goodness) – according to Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board ;
1. Sufficient mind : to be strong with good common sense, be kind and compromising with a common interest.
2. Sufficient society : to help each other, be united, create the strong bonds of family and community.
3. Sufficient national resource and environment : to be cleverly good at using and managing, also have self-awareness which will lead to the highest sustainability.
4. Sufficient technology : to be good at using the proper, traditional, and common-interest technology.
5. Sufficient economy : to increase the incomes, decrease the expenses, and live moderately.
Principle of reasonableness:
1. Be economical - Decrease the expenses and luxuries in life.
2. Be honest in career even in the time of starving.
3. Stop competing for the trade’s benefit, also stop severely competing for getting the career.
4. Do not stop in searching for the fleeing ways from this suffering by always seeking for knowledge.
5. Behave oneself in a rightful way without doing anything terrible.
Principle of Self-awareness :
1. Be knowledgeable, careful, and prudence
2. Be moral, honest, hardworking, patient, and sharing.
Behaving in the way based on the philosophy of Sufficiency Economy
The philosophy of Sufficiency Economy should be applied in living by people, their family, and their community in these following ways:
1. Be economical and non-luxurious. Spend money only for necessary things, and save for the future.
2. Be honest, and rightful in working, also be generous in living.
3. Help each other, be united, and also stop using the severe methods in competing.
4. Be diligent, always seeking for knowledge, living with consciousness and moderation.
5. Do good things so that life, family, and community would be full of happiness.