The Palm Leaf Manuscript Museum of Wat Suang Men

It is a place that collects the most complete national scriptures and has the largest number of palm leaf manuscripts in the world. It was created by the great monk who studied the Dharma until he was an expert and made a pilgrimage to various cities. He saw its value and importance, so he collected and preserved the palm leaf manuscripts at Wat Suang Men for future generations to study. The palm leaf manuscripts were created by inscribing letters to pass on the teachings of the Lord Buddha because he was afraid that they would be lost. Originally, the Pali script was passed down by word of mouth. Therefore, the Pali language did not have letters, it was only sounds. Therefore, the inscription of the Pali script used local letters that sounded the same. It is divided into 4 traditions: the Sinhalese palm leaf manuscripts, the Burmese script, the Khmer script, and the Lanna Dhamma script. There are 84,000 Dharma teachings. #WinterTravel