This thesis has three objectives: 1) to study of the Principles of human development in Theravada Buddhism 2) to study of the Principles of human development in Brahmanism-Hinduism and 3) to analytical study of the Principles of human development in Theravada Buddhism and Brahmin – Hinduism.

The results of the study were as follows:

Theravada Buddhism is of the view that human development is to make man prosperous or having goodness both in physique and mind by following the principle of four developments: 1) physical development: on this kind of development, there should be relationship that sustains physical environment leading to the beneficial life of people, 2) moral development: social behavior should be developed, and there should be no harm to others, letting oneself in discipline and right livelihood, and also having social relationship with sustainability, creativity, peacefulness and happiness, 3) mental development: it is the kind of making mind developed, strong, stable, peaceful, happy, and liberated, and            4) wisdom development: it is the kind of knowing to think, of knowing to consider, of knowing to contemplate, of knowing to resolve problem, and of knowing to manage all activities with pure wisdom by having the importance goal on realizing Noble Path, Noble Fruits, and Nibbāna as the final goal of all developments.

Brahmin – Hinduism is of the view that human development is to build and support people to be the protector for oneself and other with physical, verbal, and mental development through religious doctrine as called ‘Hindu-Dhamma.’ This Dhamma is the supporter of people to lead themselves on the right time or on the suitable age, that is to say, it is the Dhamma following the four Ashrama, viz., Brahmacharya-- representing the bachelor student stage of life, Grihastha--referring to the individual householder, Vanaprastha—referring to the retirement stage, where a person goes to forest for study Dhamma, and Sannyasa—referring to the stage of renouncing the world, that is, seeking Moksha. It is said that Moksha in Brahmin – Hinduism is called the ultimate reality; it is the state of no changing, everlasting, and pervading in everywhere, existing beyond good or bad deed with no the past, no the present, and no the future, and also there is no any form of Moksha. In other words, Brahman is Moksha or the deliverance, it is the state of no greed, no illusion, and no all merits and evils, it is the supreme purity. 

On the influence and the value of human development, both Theravada Buddhism and Brahmin – Hinduism have the view that human development, apart from developing  body, mind, and wisdom of individual in both mundane and supra-mundane level, would bring peace and happiness to society and the world on the economic, social, and educational aspects, etc. This is the result of bringing the pure soul of the developed person to develop other, thus causing the everlasting peace and happiness as called ‘sustainable development.’

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