Pak Chaek village, 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:
16.1 x 21.1 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
16.1 x 21.1 cm
Text block dimension:
12.5 x 17.8 cm
Number of pages:
104 pages
Number of blank pages:
43 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:
ຮູບທີ່ 030v - 031r: ມູນລະສັດທາ ໝາຍມີໄມ່ອົນແກ້ວແລະ ອີ່ຟອງ 2 ໂຜເມຍເປັນກົກເປັນເຄົ້າ ກວ່າລູກເຕົ້າແລະພໍ່ແມ່ພີ່ນ້ອງ ທັງມວນ ກໍ່ມີເຈຕະນາສັດທາ ກໍ່ມາຫາໄມ່ອົນຝັ້ນ ພໍ່ໄມ່ໜໍ່ ຂຽນຍັງທໍານິບພານນະສູດດວງປະເສີດ ເພື່ອອານິສົງສ່ວນບຸນສ່ວນທານອັນນີ້ ເມືອຫາອ້າຍຄຳທິບ ລູກຊາຍຜູ້ກົກ ໄປດໍານ້ໍາຕາຍຢູ່ທີ່ແກ້ງຫຼວງ ນ້ໍາອູນີ້ແລ ຂອງທານອັນນີ້ ຮອດເມື່ອເຊົ້າຂໍໃຫ້ໄດ້ກິນງາຍ ຮອດເມື່ອສວາຍຂໍໃຫ້ໄດ້ນຸ່ງເສື້ອຜ້າຮອດເມື່ອຫຼ້າໃຫ້ໄດ້ອາບນ້ໍາກະທຳບຸນເທີ້ນ. ສຸດທິນັງ ວັດຕະເມທານັງ ນິບພານັງ ປະລະມັງສຸກຂັງ.
Hūpthī 030v - 031r: Mūnla satthā māi mī Mai Onkeo lae Ī Fòng 2 pho mia pen kok pen khao kwā lūk tao lae phò mae phī nòng thangmuan, kò mī chetanā satthā kò māhā Mai Onfan phò Mai Nò khian yang tham nipphānnasūt duang pasoet, phüa ānisòng suanbun suanthān an nī müa hā Ai Khamthip lūksāi phūkok pai dam nam tāi yū Kaeng Luang Nam Oū lae. Khòng thān an nī hòt müasao khòhü dai kin ngāi hòt müaswāi khòhü dai nung süaphā hòt müalā hai dai āpnam katham bun thoen mae hoei. Suddhinaṃ vattame dhānaṃ nibbānaṃ paramaṃ sukkhaṃ.