The research entitled An Analytical Study of the Influence of the Teaching Based on Brahma in Theravāda Buddhist Texts Toward Thai Societies aims to study Brahma in Brāhmanism and in Buddhism and its influences in Thai societies.  Brahma has been found in both Brāhmanism and Buddhism; and Brahma in the two religions refers to excellence, purity, and supreme deity.  However, the two religions interpreted Brahma differently.

              Brahma in Brāhmanism (Hinduism) is the god of creation and can be explained in terms of ideas as dharmakaya, supreme spirit, and in terms of a person as a personal god, who created himself as a male having a family and is regarded as the god of wisdom.  Hindus believe that human beings were born and split from Brahma, Hindu god, and human birth is suffering.  End of the suffering is only through study of Brahmavidya, a teaching, which leads to knowledge of Brahma, and meditation in order to return to where human beings originated that is Brahma.

              Brahma in Buddhism is also described in terms of a person as a noble deva and a noble man as well as in terms of ideas as dharma, Buddhist doctrine, or a path to be Brahma.  Brahma played important roles in several events in Buddhism.  Brahma was also the first who inspired the Bodhisattva to determine to become the Buddha and asked the Buddha to deliver the first sermon to devas and human beings. The first sermon declared that the Buddha and Buddhism first existed. Brahma also associated with the Buddha as the Buddha was born as Brahma several times in his previous lives and also had Brahma as friends or followers.

              Thai societies adopted Brahma from both Brāhmanism and Buddhism which were propagated by Indian traders and monks during the 5^th to 6^th centuries.  Later Brahma from the two religions were mixed, important teaching on Brahma in Thai Buddhism include Brahmavihāra in social affairs as well as status and physical image of Brahma in beliefs, ceremonies, traditions, literatures and art.