A method for driving a plasma display panel in which a plurality of first and second electrodes are arranged adjacently each other, a plurality of third electrodes are arranged to cross the first and second electrodes, the plasma display panel having a reset period, an address period, and a sustain discharge period is provided. The method includes in the reset period, applying to the second electrodes a first waveform voltage, whose applied potential increases with time, then applying to the second electrodes a second waveform voltage, whose applied potential decreases with time. The method includes when applying the first waveform voltage, a first constant voltage is applied to the first electrodes, and a second constant voltage higher than the first constant voltage is applied to the third electrodes and when applying the second waveform voltage, a third constant voltage is applied to the first electrodes, and a fourth constant voltage lower than the third constant voltage is applied to the third electrodes.