The purposes of this dissertation are: 1) to study a woman as a mother in the Buddhist doctrine;2) to study a woman as a mother in the current society; 3) to present a model of woman as a mother in accordance with the Buddhist doctrine in the current Thai society.  This dissertation is qualitative research. The main research document is the Buddhist doctrine, and the secondary research document is Dhammapada Commentary. Moreover, the documents related to Buddhism are included as the data source. The related research and the field data are from in-depth interviews, which are collected, edited and presented into the results of descriptive and analytical research.

            It is found that the status of mother in the Buddhist doctrine is a mother who is pregnant and gives birth, and they are called “Mata”. Manda and Pida, who support their children, are the direction in front. They help their children in five ways, which are 1) keeping them back from evil 2) training them in virtue 3) teaching them arts and sciences 4) arranging for marriage with a suitable husband or wife and 5) handing over their inheritance to their children in due time. Therefore, their roles are divided into two ways. The first way is the dhamma role. They forbid their children from doing bad things in body, speech and mind, and cultivate good moral traits to their children. The second way is the secular role. They teach their children arts and sciences, arrange a suitable wife or husband for their children and hand over the inheritance at the proper time. Consequently, the children use their own knowledge to have right livelihood until the end of their life. 

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