ABSTRACT
This  thesis  is  ofthree objectives namely:-(1)to study the mural painting appearing  in
Uposatha of Wat Dusidaram. (2)to study the Buddha’s teachingsappearing in the mural paintings
in Uposatha ofwat Dusidaram., (3)to analyze the meaning of Dhamma in the mural paintingsin
Uposatha  of Wat  Dusidaram.  The  researcher  has  studied  the  Buddhist  scriptures  and  stone
inscriptions  in  the  walls  of  Uposatha  along  the  line  of the  documents  belonging  to the
Archeological Division, the Fine Arts Department.
From the research, it can be seenthat in the Uposatha  ofWat Dusidaram, there are the
beautiful  mural  paintings  refluxing  the  Thai  Arts  and  culture.  There  is  also  the  story  of  these
mural paintings.The paintings were drawingin the first reign of Bangkok period. At the wall over
the doors and windows, there are groups of paintings  Samudraghosha  story withinthe frame of
guild lacquered wood.Some of them had faded away.On the story of the Buddha, they begin with
Santusita God as assumed due to the disappearance of the next painting.The 22
nd
picture was that
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of Trai Bhumi statedPhra Malaya  pleading the hell-beings.  Thesepainting reflexesthe nature of
beings like the good and the bad action to be thought of and to do good.
A  group  of  Dhamma  classified  from  the  paintings  into  ten  is  of  namely:- two
Devathamma,  Eight  Mahakusala,  ten  Kulsala-kammapatha,  seven  Bojjhanga,  ten
Akusalakammapatha, four Apayamukkha, ten Parami, ten Punnakiriyavathu, four Sangahavatthu
and  four  Garavasadhamma.  The  teachings  are  Goth  meritous  and  demiritous;  the  first  as
devadhamma and Gojjhanga etc. and second as apayamukha and akusalakammapatha. Thus the
wise should follow the merits.