This research aims to (1) study human behaviors in the present society, (2) study Dhamma principles for developing human behaviors from Buddhism, and (3) apply Dhamma principles for developing human behaviors in the present society.

The results are found as follows:

The problems of human behaviors in the present society are found that the human behaviors refer to physical, verbal, and mental expression. This expression happens to every human no matter what religion they believe in. Their action can be both good and bad. There are two types of human behaviors: dishonesty and honesty or merit and sin. According to researcher’s observation, there are four problems of human behaviors: political, economics, governing, and social.

Dhamma principles to develop human behaviors in Theravada are Panca-Sila (the five precepts) and Pañca-Dhamma (the five ennobling virtues). Pañca-Sila is a principle to control the physical and verbal behaviors in a good manner. There are five kinds of Panca-Sila. They are abstaining from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, false speech, and intoxicants causing heedlessness. Those who have perfect precepts are wealthy, have self-confidence, are conscious before dying, and are born in the heaven after death. 

Pañca-Dhamma refers to valuable Dhamma which means Dhamma with more special practices than Sila causing human to be good with moral, and beauty of physics, speech, and mind. There are five types of Pañca-Dhamma. They are loving-kindness and compassion, right means of livelihood, sexual restraint, sincerity, and mindfulness and awareness. Good benefits will happen to those who follow these Dhamma rules.