A PDP driving method, at the first timing point of a reset period, a global voltage difference is applied between the sustaining electrodes and the scanning electrodes, wherein the gaseous discharge occurs only in the non-display areas, called the dark areas. Because the discharge during reset period does not occur in the display areas, the picture quality is assured from avoiding the emission of over-brightness in the reset period which enables the sequential gaseous discharge operations to proceed with smaller driving voltage.