ບາລີ ມະໄລ ຜູກຕົ້ນ

ພະມາໄລ ເນື້ອໃນຂຽນເປັນພະສາບາລີ. ພະມາໄລ ພະສົງອົງທີ່ໄດ້ລົງໄປເມືອງນະຮົກແລະຂຶ້ນໄປສະຫວັນຊັ້ນຕາງະຕິງສາ ໄດ້ພົບພະອິນທີ່ໜ້າພະທາດຈຸລາມະນີ ເຊິ່ງເປັນພະເຈດີທີ່ບັນຈຸພະບໍລົມສາຣີຣິກະທາດເກສາທາດຂອງພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ. ໃນຄັ້ງນັ້ນ ພະເຖລະໄດ້ເຫັນເທວະດາຈໍານວນແສນຕົນຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ. ໂດຍສະເພາະ ພະເຖລະໄດ້ສົນທະນາກັບພະສີອະຣິຍະເມດໄຕ ອົງທີ່ຈະລົງມາຕັດສະຮູ້ເປັນພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າອົງຕໍ່ໄປ. ພະອະຣິຍະເມດໄຕໄດ້ຝາກຂໍ້ຄວາມໄວ້ກັບພະເຖລະເພື່ອມະນຸດໃນໂລກ ຜູ້ທີ່ປາດຖະໜາຢາກພົບພະອົງໃນສະໄໝຂອງພະອົງ ຕ້ອງປະຕິບັດດັ່ງນີ້: ໑. ເວັ້ນຈາກການຂ້າສັດ, ແລະຕີພໍ່ແມ່ ນັກບວດ ແລະລືສີ. ໒. ເວັ້ນຈາກການທໍາໃຫ້ພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າຊົງຮໍ້ເລືອດ ແລະທໍາສົງແຕກກັນຫຼືທໍາສັງຄະເພດ. ໓. ໃຫ້ຕັ້ງໃຈຟັງການເທດສະໜາພະເວດສັນຕະຣະຊາດົກໃຫ້ແລ້ວໃນມື້ໜຶ່ງວັນດຽວ.

Malai or Malaya with the whole text written in Pali. Phra Malai, a monk who travelled to hell and went to the Tavatimsa Heaven, where he met Indra in fron of the Culamani, a stupa with the relics of the Buddha’s hair. At the time, the Venerable had seen one hundred thousand of deities there. Especially, the Venerable had a chance to talk with Metteyya, the next Buddha. Metteyya left a message with Phra Malai for the human beings in the world who wish to meet him in his age, have to practice: 1. To abstain from killing and hit one's parents, ordained persons and hermits. 2. To abstain from causing a Buddha to bleed and causing schism in the order. 3. To pay attention to listen to the preaching of Vessantara Jataka completely in one day.

Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 17 leaves.

Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 5.1 cm, width 57.5 cm, depth 0.7 cm.

Condition of original material: Good.

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

Scribe(s): Unidentified.

Original institution reference: Manuscript Box no. 4.