ບົວລະພັນທະ (ຜູກ ໓)

ກ່່າວເຖິງອະພິທຳ ໗ ຄຳພີ ຫຼື ໂພທິປັກຂິຍະທໍາ 37 ປະການ ຄື ທໍາອັນເປັນຝັກຝ່າຍແຫ່ງການຕັດສະຮູ້ແລະເກື້ອກູນແກ່ການຕັດສະຮູ້, ທໍາ ເກື້ອໜູນແກ່ອະຣິຍະມັກ ອັນປະກອບໄປດ້ວຍ: 1. ສະຕິປັດຖານ 4 ຄື ທໍາເປັນທີ່ຕັ້ງແຫ່ງສະຕິ 4 ຢ່າງ, 2. ສໍາມັບປະທານ 4 ຄື ຄວາມພຽນຊອບ 4 ຢ່າງ, 3. ອິດທິບາດ 4 ຄື ຫົນທາງແຫ່ງຄວາມສໍາເລັດ 4 ຢ່າງ, 4. ອິນຊີ 5 ຄື ຄວາມເປັນໃຫຍ່ໃນສະພາບທໍານັ້ນໆ 5 ຢ່າງ, 5. ພະລະ 5 ຄື ທໍາມະອັນເປັນກໍາລັງ 5 ຢ່າງ, 6. ໂພດຊົງ 7 ທໍາທີ່ເປັນອົງແຫ່ງການຕັດສະຣູ້ 7 ປະການ, 7. ມັກມີອົງ 8 ຄື ຫົນທາງແຫ່ງການດັບທຸກ ຫຼື ຫົນທາງສາຍກາງ 8 ຢ່າງ. ຄໍາລົງທ້າຍ: ລານທີ່ ໒໓ ໜ້າ ໒: ລິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມກອງແລງ ໝາຍມີພີພິກຂຸໂພທິປັນຍາ ເປັນຜູ້ຣິດຈະນາແລຂະນ້ອຍບວດໃໝ່.

The contents tells about Bodhipakkhiya dhamma or the thirty seven factors of enlightenment are the requisites or qualities related to awakening or enlightenment in Buddhism. In many of the discourses, Buddha has referred to the significance of developing these 37 requisites to developing one’s mind and to attain liberation. The 37 requisites of enlightenment are described in the following seven groups: 1. Four foundations of mindfulness (satipatthana) 2. Four types of right effort (sammappadana) 3. Four bases of mental power (iddhipada) 4. Five spiritual faculties (pancha indriya) 5. Five spiritual powers (pancha bala) 6. Seven factors of enlightenment (satta bojjhanga) and 7. The Noble Fightfold Path (ariya atthaṅgika magga). Colophon: Folio 23 on the verso side: Th writing of this manuscript was accomplished at the time of kòng laeng (between 13.30–15.00 o’clock).

Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 24 leaves.

Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 5.3 cm, width 59 cm, depth 1.2 cm.

Condition of original material: The folios are damaged by insects on the right margin.

Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.

Scribe(s): Unidentified.

Original institution reference: Manuscript Cabinet No.7.