Pak Chaek village, Pak U district, Luang Prabang province
Script:
Tham Lue
Writing support:
Palm-Leaf
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
No
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
52.1 x 5.0 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
52.1 x 5.0 cm
Text block dimension:
48.5 x 4.4 cm
Number of pages:
36 pages
Number of blank pages:
2 pages
Rubrication?:
No
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Good
Description of manuscript content:
The Buddha delivered this Nibbāna Sutta to his followers while staying at the Jetavanna Monastery in Savatthi. The content describes about the making of merit including alms-giving, observing precepts, listening to Dhamma preaching, and meditating. In there, the observing precepts is the initial way to enter Nirvana. Only giving alms but not observing precepts, after dead, can be born as a ghost like the story of a couple millionaires. The result of sponsoring the making of, or writing this manuscript and offering it to the Sangha can support the ghosts to be born in a good place in heavens.
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 17 ໜ້າ 2: ສະເດັດແລ້ວຍາມເວລາ 6 ມວງແລງ ເດືອນ 1 ຂຶ້ນ 5 ຄໍ່າ ກົງກັບວັນອັງຄານ ປີກາບຍີ່ ສັງກາດຣາຊະໄດ້ 2517 ພິກຂຸອິນທະປັນຍາ ເປັນຜູ້ຣິດຈະນາ ດ້ວຍຕົນດຽວອຽງແລ ຂຽນຫື້ໄມ່ສາວະດີ ທານຫາແມ່ ນິບພານັງ ປະຣະມັງ ສຸກຂັງ ກໍ່ຂ້າເທີ້ນແລ.
Lānthī 17 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām velā 6 muang laeng düan 1 khün 5 kham kong kap van ang khān pī kāp yī sangkāt rāja dai 2517. Phikkhu Inthapanyā pen phū ritchanā dὁi ton diao aiang lae. Khian hü Mai Sāvadī thān hā mae. Nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ kὁ khā thoen lae.