While residing at the Buppharam monastery in Savatthi, the Buddha talked to King Pasendi Kosala about the benefits derived from worshiping the Triple Gem with a flag. The Buddha gave an example: in the time of Vipassi Buddha, a troubled couple who had the most ardent religious faith made a flag in order to worship the Triple Gem. During preparing the flag, the husband suddenly died and because of his faith he entered the Tavatimsa Heaven as a divinity and possessed a huge amount of heavenly treasures.
Colophon:
Folio 8 on the verso side: In BE 2518, a hap mao year, on the third day of the waxing moon of the eleventh [lunar] month, a Wednesday, at 13:10 o’clock, [the writing was finished]. Pha Phui Thiracitto, the abbot of Vat Pha Maha That Rajabovoravihan, and Chao Khana Tasaeng of Vat That (the ecclesiastical head of the sub-district), municipal of Luang Prabang, were the sponsor and the scribe of this manuscript. Nibbāna paccaya hotu no anāgate kāle (May this be a condition for us to reach Nirvana).
Item 1 - Title in Native script:
ສະຫຼອງທຸງເຫຼັກ
Item 1 - Title in Roman script:
Salòng Dhung Lek
Item 1 - Title in English script:
The merit derived from making a flag with iron sheets