Once upon a time, the Buddha and his disciples visited several müang in the Lan Na region to give sermons and leave behind his hair relics. The Buddha predicted that his disciples would bring the relics to those certain places after he had passed away. One day, the Buddha went to the top of Chiang Dao Mountain where an ogre who wanted to eat the Buddha resided. The ogre, however, was not able to eat the Buddha. The Buddha revealed his identity and taught the ogre to follow the Buddhist precepts. He told the ogre to enshrine his relic at this place where the Teachings of the Buddha would flourish after he had passed away.
Colophon:
[The writing of this manuscript] was completed in CS 1282, a kot san year, on the fourth waxing-moon day of the eleventh [lunar] month, the fourth day of the week as the Mon say, at the time of the noon horn.
I, Monk Yasamut, wrote this manuscript in my third year of monkhood.
Sādhu namāmi dhammaṃ kāyakammaṃ vacīkammaṃ monokammaṃ sabbapāpaṃ vināsantu me sabbaññutañāṇo hotu anāgate kāle meyhaṃ niccaṃ.
I, Monk Yasamut, wrote the manuscript during my stay of assistance to Monk Mahāvaṃsa at Wat Ban Hong Luang.
Other notes:
This date corresponds with Wednesday, 18 August 1920 (1282 Sravana 4).