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:
52.0 x 4.8 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
52.0 x 4.8 cm
Text block dimension:
47.0 x 4.0 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:
Lānthī 1 nā 1: Māi nāthap phāikhao thammang Nipphānnasūt phūk nī chak uthitsa pai hā Mae Ī Ón tua sü Ī Bun nan. Khὁhü thevabut chao nam hā khὁhü thevadā chao chücham nam hὁt, hὁt müa sao hü dai kin ngāi, hὁt müa swāi hü dai nung süaphā, khanvā hὁt müa lā hü dai āpnam katham bun, hai dai phon thīyāk hü dai phāk thīphān dae laeo lae.
Lānthī 17 nā 2: Sadet laeo yām tae sū thiang düan 11 haem 10 kham mü van thit van nὁk tao yī. Thuphὁ Thammang khian thammang vai süp sāsanā 5 phan pha vatsā. Phūkhā pāthanā ao payā sapphanyū pha phuttha chao tae sonī lae sātnā tāp tὁ thao khao sū nipphān dae kὁ khā thoen. Khὁhü phūkhā dai koet huam pha chao Ariya Mettaya ton chak mā phāina phon thae dae bun hoei. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ laeo lae.