Vat Pak Chaek monastery, Pak U district, Luang Prabang province
Script:
Tham Lue; Lao
Writing support:
Paper Schoolbook
Watermark?:
No
Countermark?:
No
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
No
Manuscript cover dimension:
15.8 x 20.4 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
15.8 x 20.4 cm
Text block dimension:
17.5 x 13.0 cm
Number of pages:
60 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 are the initial way to enter Nirvana. Only giving alms but not observing precepts, after death, 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:
Hūpthī 028v - 029r: Batnī māi mī chao münla satthā Phò Mai Tā 2 phua mia kò mī vatthu pathān pai sü ao phap nòi nüng khao māhā Sāthuphò khian tham Nipphānnasūt phūk nüng. Kò doem phüa uthitsa suanbun suanthān müa hā yang Phò Phao yūthī Bān Hòithom. Khòhü tesabun an anī namhòt chòtthüng, hòt müasao khòhü dai kin ngāi hòt müaswāi khòhü dai āpnam katham bun khòhü dai phon thīyāk pāk thīphān khòhü dai thüng suk 3 pakān mī nipphān pen thī laeo. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ. Sāthuphò pen phūkhian khò mothanā nam lūk lān dae.