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Introductory Remark by Her Excellency Miss Suchitra Hiranprueck
Former Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to Malaysia
Your Excellency, Dr. Thana Duangrat, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to Malaysia,
Venerable Sangha,
Mr. John Soh, the Buddha Dhamma Madela Society of Singapore,
Dr. Tan So Hoon, the Nalanda Buddhist Society of Malaysia,
Dear Friends in Dhamma,
It’s a great honour for me to represent the M.L. Maniratna Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund under the Patronage of His Holiness the Supreme Patriach of Thailand and to speak on behalf of the Thai delegation to the World Tipiṭaka Presentation Ceremony at the Royal Thai Embassy today.
That this important event should take place on Thai soil is significant as the Tipiṭaka that will be handed over to two Buddhist institutions of Malaysia and Singapore, is a royal gift of Dhamma and an expression of friendship from Thailand to her close neighbors to the South. For this, we are deeply grateful to our host, His Excellency Ambassador Thana, who, together with his officials, have made this auspicious occasion possible.
For me personally, it is a joy to be back to Malaysia and to the Royal Thai Embassy where I once served as Ambassador from 1997 to 2001.
I did not realize back then that an auspicious development was taking place in Thailand that would one day involve me. And that was the initiation of the World Tipiṭaka Project by the Dhamma Society Fund in 1999 to support the publication of the Buddhist Era 2500 Great International Council Pāḷi Tipiṭaka Edition in Roman Script. It would be a long and arduous process before the development of the digitally printed Pāḷi Tipiṭaka version could be completed, and only in 2005, having come under the Royal Patronage of Her Royal Highness the Late Princess Galyani Vadhana, that the inaugural editions of the 40-volume Pāḷi Tipiṭaka in Roman Script, the world’s first, was launched and presented as a Royal Gift of Wisdom & Peace to Sri Lanka and Sweden.
To date, ten years after the initiation, the Dhamma Society Fund has presented 42 sets of the Pāḷi Tipiṭaka in Roman Script to 42 institutions in 21 countries, which in 1893 had received the Pāḷi Tipiṭaka in Siam-Script Edition as a royal gift of His Majesty King Chulalongkorn Chulachomklao of Siam, the Late Princess’s grandfather. The World Tipiṭaka Project has thus been following in the footsteps of our Righteous King to bring this Wisdom Heritage of Humanity and its Wisdombase technology to the world.
Today, Malaysia and Singapore will be the first South-East Asian countries and fellow members of ASEAN to benefit from this meritorious endeavor. The Nalanda Buddhist Society of Malaysia and the Buddha Dhamma Mandela Society of Singapore have long been active in promoting Buddhist education in their respective countries and, with established modern library facilities, are worthy recipients of such a Gift. I am convinced that by offering the Pāḷi Tipiṭaka in Roman Script to these two institutions, the mission of the World Tipiṭaka Project to assure the preservation and propagation of the Buddha’s Teachings, His Gift of Wisdom to Humanity as recorded in the Pāḷi Tipiṭaka, will be further enhanced.
I may add here that in 2008 a Special World Tipiṭaka WebService was launched on the Internet (worldtipitaka.net). With this latest digital technology made available, the Pāḷi Tipiṭaka can be made more accessible thereby opening up opportunities and possibilities for a greater number of people to learn and benefit from Buddhist teachings, which continue to be relevant after 2500 years, especially for the younger generations with natural IT facility.
We therefore invite Tipiṭaka Patrons from Malaysia and Singapore, two countries with a progressive and educated multi-cultural society to join Patrons in Thailand to form a Tipiṭaka Technology Gateway for the world. Let us work together to ensure a strong and dependable foundation for the continuation of Buddhasāsana long into the future.
It is with great pleasure and privilege that I can be a part of this wonderful and meaningful occasion.
May the Tipiṭaka be prosperous and long enduring.
ANUMODANA to all.
Thank you
จดหมายเหตุดิจิทัลจากกองทุนสนทนาธัมม์นำส ุข ท่านผู้หญิงมณีรัตน์ บุนนาค ในพระสังฆราชูปถัมภ์ฯ ผู้ดำเนินโครงการพระไตรปิฎกสากลอักษรโรมัน พ.ศ. 2542-ปัจจุบัน
Digital Archives from the M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society's World Tipiṭaka Project in Roman Script, 1999-2009.
World Tipiṭaka Project :
Archives 1999-present :
World Tipitaka Council B.E.2500 (1956)
World Tipiṭaka in Roman Script