The purposes of this thematic paper aimed at studying the cultivation of perfection in Theravada Buddhism and analytical study of the development of cultivating perfection.

              The results of study were found that the cultivation of perfection means the properties or ultimate practice in accordance with the principle of cultivation of perfection. One who will be achieved as the Buddha must be a human being that is full of sex (male), aspiration (much industry) and cultivation of 10 Buddhakaraka Dhamma that is, charity, morality, renunciation, wisdom, effort, forbearance, truthfulness, self-determination, loving-kindness and equanimity. Pãrami means the goodness that is strictly cultivated for the sake of attaining the highest goal. Perfection means the goodness of utmost practice for realization of the highest goal and it can be divided into 3 categories, that is, perfection, superior perfection and supreme perfection including together 30 items and the perfection is classified into 3 categories, that is, the basic perfection such as distribution of properties and money, the mediate superior perfection such as donating some physical parts for others and the ultimate supreme perfection such as donating one’s life for the sake of others’ benefits. The goal of cultivation of perfection is that the Buddha-to-be has cultivated the perfection in every step until fulfilling the perfections he will renounce the world by cultivating the Holy Live in various categories in the qualities distributing enlightenment etc. and will be enlightened to be the Buddha. The period of time in cultivation of perfection rapidly or slowly depends on the spiritual faculty of organic that is the leader of enlightenment. It is up to much or less different qualities of Dhamma, that is, in the aspect of wisdom, faith and industry by occupying the principle in cultivation of perfection for Buddha’s hood, private Buddha and disciples because of the accumulation of perfection.

              The development of perfection in Theravada Buddhism can be found that the perfection is considered as the excellent and the highest thing inside the individual such as various intelligence, fortune, spiritual power in virtue of cultivating perfection that abandons sensual pleasure, not to associate with worldly life and the virtue of practice. The renunciation has gone from the sensual pleasure for ordination, thinking of the non-revenge and persecution of others for determination and progress that are full of wholesome, separating from the crowed people for practicing as ones wish in order to reach the goal. The results result from three types of practice, that is, the basic perfection can mix the happiness and suffering together, the mediate perfection can produce the happiness more than suffering and the supreme perfection, the good side, will only experience the happiness. The social virtue of perfection is cultivated for the sake of one-self, others and society. At the present, the perfection is used for making merit generally stressing that to make this merit is to accumulate our perfection.

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