In this research of Kamma, the researcher has set up the purpose of the study about Kamma and the result of Kamma in the Tipitaka, the scripture of the Commentaries of Dhammapada, and the influence of Kamma in the Commentaries of Dhammapada to the Thai societies.

According the principles of Kamma in Buddhism, Kamma is the action done with volition which assembles with can be separated to many forms, namely: (1) separated by time at which Kamma arises, (2) separated by the way which Kamma arises, (3) separated by its character, (4) separated by behavior with the person’s bewitchment, (5) separated by quality of Kamma.

There are many kinds of Kamma in Atthakathā, they are: (1) classification according to the time of giving the result or taking effect, that is : the immediately effective kamma,  the Kamma ripening in the next life, the indefinitely effective kamma and the lapsed or defunct kamma (2) four kinds of classification according to function, that is : the reproductive kamma, the consolidating kamma, the rustrating kamma and the supplanting kamma and (3) four kinds of classification according to the order of ripening wiich are : the weighty kamma, the habitual kamma, the proximate kamma and the reserve kamma. Kamma also has the relation with Sañsaravatta and Paticcasamuppada and The Four Noble Truths, by reasons because they cause the person to come across the obstacles and to revolve for being born, the fact of which causes the people to be in suffering.

The Commentators emphasized the importance of studying the senator of the Commentaries of Dhammapada in order to explain the meaning of the stanzas said by the Buddha to the students who were studying the scripture. In this scripture of the commentaries of Dhammapada, there were 86 exanples to be analogized according to the arising circumstances and to be supported to the principles of Kamma in Buddhism in many ways. Besides, the division of the results of Kamma which is of the relation with the time of giving the result in this presents birth including the result in the past birth. The Buddha’s explanation of Kamma has clearly appeased in many stanzas, On the contrary, the commentators used the methods of telling the past stories to cooperate with the stanzas.

In addition to the above mentioned statements, the subject of Kamma appearing in the commentaries of the Dhammapada is of the influence to the Thai people in Thai societies such as (1) in the way of living for the individual person and the societies (2) in the way of art and culture such as the architecture, the sculpture and the artistic work (3) in the way of practicing the Dhamma (4) the result of the literary works. All of which are the way of practice for the people in societies, so that they may keep themselves to be in Doctrinal principles.

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