Hello everyone

Just a side story, my grandfather passed away earlier this year in March due to Cancer. We never knew much of his history except for stories he and other family members have told us. He was born in Buriram, Thailand, was a buddhist monk for 8 years, joined the service for the Khmer army during the liberation from France and finally fled the country with his famiily during the Pol Pot Regime. All we have left of him is a single photo of his siblings and a book that he has had his whole life. Unfortunatley no one in my family is capable of reading Thai, so I was wondering if anyone on the forum can lend a hand. Im not asking for a word for word translation but I would just like to know what type of book it is. I took some photos below and any help is appreciated. Thank you.

Prayers I think.

The heading says, what must be done in the morning.

Then it says . When the leader lights the candle you should kneel with hands raised palms together (prayer position)

It then has the words which will be said, they are in ancient language and said as a chant. At the end of some lines you see (กราบ) that is the point where you bow the body to the floor.

Yo so pa ka wa ah ra hang

Here's the translation of the prayer (it's in pali language):

http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2431

Edited August 30, 201312 yr by kriswillems

Prayers I think.

The heading says, what must be done in the morning.

Then it says . When the leader lights the candle you should kneel with hands raised palms together (prayer position)

It then has the words which will be said, they are in ancient language and said as a chant. At the end of some lines you see (กราบ) that is the point where you bow the body to the floor.

Yo so pa ka wa ah ra hang

Thank you so much for the response. So it is safe to say it must be one of the manuscripts during his time of being a monk at the temple which he has held on to all these years.

He was always trying to teach us some chants and reiterate to us the importance of prayer. Over the years we did pick up quite a bit, but the language barrier was tough so writing stuff down didnt help much. He also never really sat down and made sure we wrote things correctly. He would just say a verse here and there, repeat it a couple times and then ask us about it a couple of days/weeks later. I'm assuming that was the way he was taught so he tried to do the same.

Here's the translation of the prayer (it's in pali language):

http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2431

Thank you so much for the link!!!! I will pass this on to my other cousins. I have some manuscripts from my time i spent at the temple for three days during his passing. Its almost the same thing.

The book seems to contain Pali chants and prayers. But it's written in a phonetic Thai.

Usually there's another way to write Pali using Thai script.