The story tells while residing at the Jetavanna Monastery in Savatthi, the Buddha delivered a sermon to King Pasenadi and people, who questioned the Buddha about the merit derived from making a Buddha statue. The person who had the ardent religious faith in the Teachings of the Buddha and made new Buddha statues and restored or repaired the damaged Buddha statue would get the great merit.
Colophon:
ລານທີ່ 8 ໜ້າ 1: ພຸດທະສັງກາດ 2515 ຄິດຕະສັກກະຣາຊ 1973 ເດືອນ 3 ກົງກັບວັນພຸດ ແຮມ 4 ຄໍ່າ ລິດຈະນາແລ້ວຍາມ 2 ໂມງແລງ ໝາຍມີສາທຸໃຫຍ່ອ່ອນຕາ ເຈົ້າຄະນະເມືອງ ເມືອງຮຸນ ມີໃຈໃສສັດທາໄດ້ສ້າງໜັງສືຜູກນີ້ ໄວ້ກັບສາສະໜາພະໂຄຕະມະເຈົ້າ ຕາບຕໍ່ເທົ້າ 5 ພັນວັດສາ ຂໍໃຫ້ຜູ້ຂ້າໄດ້ເຖິງພະນິບພານແດ່ກໍ່ຂ້າເທີ້ນ ສາທຸ ສາທຸ ອະນຸໂມທາມິ.
Folio 8 on the recto side: In the Buddhist Era (BE) 2515, AD 1973, on the fourth day of the waning moon of the third lunar month, Wednesday, the writing was finished in the afternoon at 2.00 o’clock. Sathu Nyai (great abbot) Onta, the Chairperson of the Buddhist Fellowship Organization of Hun district, had the religious faith to sponsor the making of this manuscript, to support the Teachings of Gotama Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. May I attain Nirvāna, please. Sādhu sadhu anumodhāmi (Amen, amen! I rejoice).