Vatican to exhibit Buddhist manuscript from Thailand

By The Nation

 

Photo courtesy of Culture Ministry

 

Culture Minister Vira Rojpojchanarat presented the Buddhist sacred book to Pope Francis at the Vatican on May 16. The manuscript will be displayed at a world manuscripts exhibition at the Vatican Museum.

 

Vira led a group of monks from Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklararm or Wat Pho, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand and Wat Pho’s lay minister Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi, Thai Beverage Ltd Co’s CEO to the Vatican to strengthen the relationship between Buddhists and Catholic Christians.

 

“I offer you a warm welcome and I thank you for the precious gift of your Sacred Book translated into today’s language by the monks of Wat Pho Temple,” Pope Francis told the group. “It is a tangible sign of your generosity and of the friendship that we have shared for so many years, a journey made of many small steps.”

 

He added: “I think in particular of the meeting in the Vatican between Blessed Pope Paul VI and the Venerable Somdej Phra Wanaratana, whose portrait can be seen in the entrance of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, which you have visited in these days.”

 

During a 1934 trip to Europe, King Rama VII presented a copy of the ancient Buddhist manuscript to Pope Pius XI. The manuscript is written in the ancient Khmer language.

 

“As the Vatican is planning to exhibit world manuscripts at the Vatican Museum, Pope Francis wanted to translate the manuscript into today’s Bali-Thai language,” said Vira.

 

The Pope last August asked Thailand’s Catholic Bishops to contact Wat Pho to request borrowing the manuscript so that it could be translated, said Vira.

 

Funded by ThaiBev, the project took almost a year to complete. The 186-page folding manuscript has six chapters accompanying colourful drawings.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/lifestyle/30345631

 

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That book was completely lost in translation from the original Indian teachings 

Are they planing some real life readings too? 

 

 

6 hours ago, Somchai Logic said:

That book was completely lost in translation from the original Indian teachings 

 

 

"lost in translation"

 

Good flick..

 

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The 186-page folding manuscript has six chapters accompanying colourful drawings.

Ah. Now I know why Thais only read cartoons. 

3 hours ago, WonderfulDay said:

Are they planing some real life readings too? 

 

 

Thank goodness vatican has had no irregularities nor the catholic church generally.....ever.

But I suppose the catholic church has our sort thus is infallible in the eyes of some

Sponsered by Thaibev, this is a brewer of beer?

“I offer you a warm welcome and I thank you for the precious gift of your Sacred Book translated into today’s language by the monks of Wat Pho Temple,” Pope Francis told the group.

 

   Warm is scary. 

2 minutes ago, Oziex1 said:

Sponsered by Thaibev, this is a brewer of beer?

Mr. Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi serves as Executive Director of Amarin Printing and Publishing Public Company Limited. Mr. Sirivadhanabhakdi served as President at Amarin Printing and Publishing Public Company Limited. Mr. Sirivadhanabhakdi has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Thai Beverage Public Company Limited since January 18, 2008 and served as its President of Business Development and President of Sales Planning & Support. Mr. Sirivadhanabhakdi serves ..

 

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