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The purposesof this study were to find the interrelationships and the comparisons of attitudes toward Buddhism, knowledge, practices in Buddhism and parental socialization in Buddhism of the undergraduate students who were studying in governmental universites, except to Ramkhamhaeng University and Sukhothaithammathirat University, in the 1986 academic year. Five hundred and ten students were drawn by stratified random sampling technique for the study. The samples were asked to complete two tests two questionnaires to find out the attitudes toward Buddhism, knowledge, practices in Buddhism and parental socialization in Buddhism. Data were analyzed by the computer SPSSX (Statistical Package for the social Sciences Version 10). The results came out as follows. There were significant positive correlations at .05 level of significance among attitudes toward Buddhism, knowledge, peactices in Buddhism and parental socialization in Buddhism, while knowkedge in Buddhism and parental socialization in Buddhism were not found significantly correlated. Attitudes toward Buddhism, knowledge in Buddhism and parental socialization in Buddhism were found to be positively correlated to practices in Buddhism at .05 level of significance. This result was found when the data were analyzed by using the whole group of samples and when the data were analyzed by sex, level of fathers and mothers' education, fathers and mothers' career and parents' econmic status. Male and female students had no significant difference in attitudes toward Buddhism, knowledge, practices in Budddhism and parental socialization in Buddhism at .05 leve of significance. The students whom levels of fathers and mothers' education were different, were found to be significantly different in parental socialization in Buddhism at .05 level of significance, while attitudes toward Buddhism, knowledge in Buddhism and practices in Buddhism were not found to be significantly different. The students whom the fathers and mothers' career were different, were found to be significantly different in parental socialization in Buddhism at .05 level of significance. The students whom the mothes' career were different were found to be significantly different in practices in Buddhism, while attitudes toward Buddhism and knowledge in Buddhism were not found differently. The students whom parents' economic status were different, were not found significantly different in attitudes toward Buddhism, knowledge in Buddhism, practeces in Buddhism and parental socialization in Buddhism. The students who recieved differently level of parental socialization in Buddhism were found differently at .05 level of significance in attitudes toward Buddhism and practices in Buddhism, but not in knowledge in Buddhism.