ศึกษาเชิงวิเคราะห์เรื่องดินที่ปรากฏในพระพุทธศาสนาเถรวาท

       The purposes of this thesis are to study the scientific theory about earth, to study the theory of earth in the Theravada Tipitaka and to study about earth in both livings and non-living beings according to the Theravada Buddhism.

          From the theoretical study of the Theravada Tipitaka, the findings show that earth has a very unique characteristic, earth is one of the main components of both animate and inanimate substances. The earth covers everything including the planet, universe or even Nirvana.

            Earth is one of the main components of living being, especially human body such as hair, nail, teeth, skin, sinew, bone, periostium, kidney, heart, liver,fascia, spleen, lung, large intestine, small intestine, food and excrement. For non-living things, earth has a rigid characteristic, such as steel, tin, silver, moonstone, precious stone, cat’s-eye (a kind of precious stone), shell, rock, coral, earth, and mountain. According to Theravada Buddhism, the appearance of earth has the systematic process, that is to say, the universe and material things both animate and inanimate depend on the causes and conditions. It was said that the human beings in first era could not be distinguished by gender, human beings had no certain form, human beings were not evolved from non living things as the science said. Human beings originated before a plant such as wheat, and after that they began to how to live a life.

           In the scientific view, it explained about the nature and structure of earth in the form of substance especially in geological aspect which is focused on the study of earth in which the discovery about the natural resources has given a lot of contributions to human beings, but the study is not directly related to human life.

           From the Buddhist perspectives, earth in both animate and inanimate things can be integrated in order to bring about the maximum benefits in Buddhism by understanding the nature of earth, knowing how to use the earth, honoring the earth, accepting the earth and finally it can lead to non-attachment to the earth.

            From this study, the findings are compatible with the objectives of the thesis.