When Buddha was staying at Isipatana Marugadayavana in Varanasi, he talked about a poor man who was faithful and saw other people making merit (offerings) but he did not have anything to do so. One day he dug in the soil and made a stupa. He decorated the stupa with ornaments in order to worship the Triple Gem. Then he and his wife also offered food to monks. After their death, the merit from making the stupa supported them to be born as deities in the heaven with a castle and a lifespan for 84,000 years.
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Folio 8 on the recto side: In BE 2511, a poek san year, on the fourth day of the waning moon of the first [lunar] month, Sunday, corresponding with 24th November, Christian Era 1968, Pha Phui Thiracitta Thera, the abbot of Vat Pha Maha That Rajabovoravihan, and the Chao Khana Tasaeng Tai (the southern ecclesiastical head of the sub-district), Luang Prabang, were the sponsor and the scribe of the making of this manuscript to prolong the life of the Teachings of the Buddha to last until the end of 5000 years. Nibbāna hotu no (May this be a condition for us to reach Nirvana).