Phò Thao Ba Khoeng (father of Mr. Khoeng) from Pak Chaek village
Subject matter:
Suttanta Doctrine
Copyist:
Achan from Pak Chaek village
Begin Year Date:
1910
End Year Date:
2010
Place of copying:
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:
52.2 x 5.0 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
52.2 x 5.0 cm
Text block dimension:
47.0 x 4.0 cm
Number of pages:
32 pages
Number of blank pages:
3 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: Nāthap phāikhao Nipphānnasūt lae Phὁ Ajān sai hü Phὁthao Bā Khoeng thān müa hā mae süvā Nāng Ón lae.
Lānthī 15 nā 1: Sadet laeo yām tāvan khün sū thiang lae Ajān Bān Pākchaek pen phūkhian lae chao satthā Phὁ Bā Khoeng thān müa hā mae nāmmapayāti süvā Ī Nāng Ón khὁhü nābun an nī nam hὁt chὁt thüng hὁt müa sao khὁhü dai kin ngāi hὁt müa swāi hü dai nung süaphā hὁt müa lā kὁhü dai āpnam katham bun hü phon thīyāk phāk thīphān dae thoen. Phūkhā dai sai tham Nipphānnasūt phūk nī vai khamsū yang vὁla phuttha sāsanā 5000 pha vatsā khὁhü dai thüng suk 3 pakān mī nipphān pen yὁt nī dae thoen.
Lānthī 16 nā 2: Nāthap phāipāi thammang Nipphān Phὁ Ajān sai hü Phὁthao Khoeng Bān Pākchaek nam Oū lae chao thanglāi hoei.
(written by blue pen) tham Pha Tui.