This dissertation entitled ‘An Analysis of Surrogacy in Buddhist Perspective has three objectives:  1) to study the procedures of surrogacy, 2) to study Buddhist moral principles concerning the surrogacy, and 3) to analyze the surrogacy in Buddhist perspective. This research methodology has been regarded by qualitative techniques by steps of analysis on those procedures of surrogated pregnancy within the Dharma Principles of Buddhist morality involving these cases.

  Having disclosed by research’s results,

a)             In terms of Buddhism vision, being viewed that giving birth to human being would have been natural, but not beyond technological limit corresponding to the self-defilement, causing many cases of the continual impacts, such as the embryo destruction; even though these actions might not against Sila No.1. Demolition by the unknown doer, they had not realized on embryo for 5 – 7 days still being alive. Unfortunately, Sila has been blemished or flawed respectively by those actions. Nevertheless, they might have not been forbidden by Buddhism, since it was necessary to support their families; therefore, they were able to perform such actions, within the Morality’s edge, without violation any Dharma Principles. In addition, it was realistic that any actions, not only the surrogated pregnancy but also the problems & impacts for society caused by human being defilement violating to morality. These actions had not been the technology supported for reproduction, or else the invention of surrogated discovery upholding for problematical families.      

b)            In terms of medical treatment, the surrogated pregnancies have been viewed as performed by medical invention for caring the problematical families unable to give birth to infant or newborn as desired. These actions had been viewed as good as for unhealthy ones; otherwise, the social impacts were quite less, due mainly to human being behavior occurred by fostering after being borne.   

c)             In terms of legalized vision, they were corresponded with medical vision, if these surrogated pregnancies within the legalized edge without violation would have been fine, as the families were perfect. On the other hand, legal violation had occurred from human being performances; contrarily, the surrogated pregnancies.

In conclusion, the surrogated pregnancies in the sense of Buddhism had not been supported by those performances; nonetheless, they had not been denied if the surrogated pregnancies would have been assisted for the families’ happiness, but are able to proceed within or underneath morality edges.  

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