ພະທໍາມະສັງເວກ

ເນື້ອໃນກ່າວເຖິວ ທຳມະສັງເວກ ຄືຄວາມສະຫຼົດຫົດຫູ່ໃຈ ຄືຄວາມທຸກໃຈຂອງມະນຸດທຸກຄົນທີ່ຕ້ອງພົບເຈີ ໘ ປະການ ໄດ້ ການເກີດ, ຄວາມແກ່ເຖົ້າ, ຄວາມເຈັບໄຂ້ໄດ້ພະຍາດ, ກິຍາອັນດິ້ນຕາຍ, ກິຍາອັນໄດ້ເກີດໃນອະບາຍທັງ ໔, ຄວາມທຸກອັນຂ້າມພົ້ນແລ້ວ, ຄວາມທຸກອັນຈັກມາພາຍໜ້າ, ແລະ ຄວາມທຸກສະແຫວງຫາອາຫານລ້ຽງຊີບ. ຄໍາລົງທ້າຍ: ລານທີ ໒໐ ໜ້າ ໑: ສີສຸມັງຄະລະສັງກາດຣາຊະໄດ້ ພັນ ໑໒໘໖ ຕົວ ປີກາບໃຈ້ ເດືອນ ໘ ແຮມ ໗ ຄໍ່າ ວັນ ໓ ຣິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມບ່າຍໂມງ ໑ ໝາຍມີ ທິດເຮີນ ແລະແມ່ຊື່ວ່າ ສາວຫລ້າ ໄດ້ມີໃຈໃສເຫລື້ອມໃສເປັນອັນຍິ່ງ ຈິ່ງພ້ອມກັນສ້າງ ພະທໍາມະສັງເວກ ຜູກນີ້ ໄວ້ກັບສາສະໜາ ຕາບຕໍ່ເທົ້າ ໕໐໐໐ ພະວັດສາ ຂໍໃຫ້ໄດ້ດັ່ງຄໍາມັກຄໍາປາດຖະໜາທຸກເຍື່ອງທຸກປະການກໍ່ຂ້າເທີ້ນ ນິບພານະ ປັດຈະໂຍ ໂຫນຕຸ ໂນ ນິດຈັງ ທຸວັງ ປະຣະມັງ ສຸກຂັງ.

The text tells about the Dhammasamvega, 'the sources of emotion', or of a sense of urgency, are 8 consisting of birth, old age, disease, death, the suffering in the four lower states of existence, the misery of the past rooted in the cycle of rebirth, the misery of the future rooted in the cycle of rebirth, the misery of the present rooted in the search after food. Colophon: Folio 20 on the recto side: Sisumangkhala sangkat (CS) 1286, a kap chai year, on the seventh day of the waning moon of the eighth lunar month, the third day of the week (Tuesday), the writing was accomplished at one o’clock in the afternoon. Thit Hoen and his mother named Sao La had the ardent religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript entitled Thammasangvek to support the Teachings of the Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. May all our desires and wishes come true. May this be a condition for us to reach Nirvana, constantly and certainly, the greatest bliss.

Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 21 leaves.

Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 4.5 cm, width 57.7 cm, depth 1 cm.

Condition of original material: Good.

Alternative calendar and date: Lao, CS 1286, a kap chai year

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

Scribe(s): Unidentified.

Original institution reference: Manuscript Cabinet No.1.