ສະທໍາໂມ (ຜູກ ໓)

ສະທໍາໂມຫຼືສະທໍາໂມປາຍະນະ ແປວ່າ ການຖວາຍພະທໍາອັນແທ້ຈິງ. ເນື້ອຫາກ່າວເຖິງຄໍາສອນທາງພະພຸດທະສາສະນາ ເຕືອນສະຕິໃຫ້ຫຼີກເວັ້ນຈາກການກະທໍາຊົ່ວ ຕັ້ງຕົນຢູ່ໃນຄວາມດີ ແລະບໍາເພັນບຸນກຸສົນໃຫ້ຫຼາຍຂຶ້ນເລື້ອຍໆ. ນອກຈາກນັ້ນ ຍັງອະທິບາຍເຖິງ ການເກີດຂອງຄົນໃນວັດຕະສົງສານ ມະນຸດແຕ່ລະຄົນລ້ວນແຕ່ເຄີຍຜ່ານການເກີດໃນພົບພູມຕ່າງໆ ມາກ່ອນເຊັ່ນ ເກີດເປັນສັດນະຮົກ, ເປັນເຜດ, ສັດເດຍລະສານ, ມະນຸດ ຫຼື ບາງຄົນກໍ່ອາດໄດ້ເກີດເປັນເທວະດາໃນເທວະໂລກ. ການເກີດໃນມະນຸດສະໂລກຖືວ່າ ເປັນການເກີດໃນພົບພູມທີ່ປະເສີດທີ່ສຸດ. ການບໍາເພັນກຸສົນ ປະກອບດ້ວຍການໃຫ້ທານ, ຮັກສາສີນ, ຟັງທໍາ, ເມດຕາພາວະນາ ແລະບໍ່ປະມາດໃນທໍາ.

Sadhammo or Saddhammopayana means the gift-offering of the true Dhamma. The text is the Buddhist teachings exhort on abstaining from doing all evils, but cultivating good and striving more meritorious. Moreover, the text also relates about the births of human beings in the round of rebriths. Everyone has ever been born in various planes such as hells, realm of hungry ghosts, animals, human world or even heavenly worlds. To be born as a human being is regarded to be born in the best world. Performance of the merit includes alms-giving, observing the precepts, listening to the Dhamma, practicing meditation, and not careless in the Dhamma.

Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 24 leaves.

Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 4.2 cm, width 55.9 cm, depth 0.9 cm.

Condition of original material: Last folio is repaired with a piece of plastic.

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

Scribe(s): Unidentified.

Original institution reference: Manuscript Chest No.2.