A research paper presents a unique topic of study that has no many studies or resources conducted regarding it, so this paper gives the concerned people about this topic valuable and helpful information. Thus, the reason for choosing the address of this topic is due to the recommendation of the researcher’s professor to write about it, the interest of the researcher to discover extensive and detailed information about this topic, and lack of the number of resources and references reading it. Furthermore, the researcher faces challenges in obtaining information during searching and writing this paper because of the lack of Arabic references and the limited information about the topic of the Buddhist personality, Buddhist books, and Buddhism. Also, this research is based on a methodology of two main approaches; the descriptive to describe and analyze the Buddhist personality by mentioning the evidence in the Dhammapada, and the critical to criticize and comment on the Buddhist ethical doctrine. Therefore, this paper confirms that Buddhist doctrine is closer to the imagination than reality, Buddhism paid attention to the individual on himself, Buddhism is closer to philosophy than religion, and Buddhist personality in “Dhammapada” does not concern with faith and does not believe in the existence of God.
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