Tipiṭaka Lecture 2001

by Dhamma Society Fund
Under Patronage of His Holiness the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand

1. Lecture Title
Tipiṭaka & Vippasanā Meditation (English Language)
(The Bicentennial of Her Royal Highness the Princess Mother of Thailand)

2. Date / Venue
July 28, 2001 The International Tipiṭaka Hall, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok

3. Lecture (in English)
(Introducer) Prof. Visudhi Busykul, President of the World Tipiṭaka in Roman Script
(Lecturer) S.N. Goenka, Founder & President of Vippasana Research Institute of India
(Commentator) H.E. the Former Greek Ambassador to Thailand, India and Japan

4. Presiding over by
Her Royal Highness Princes Galyani Vadhana
Daughter of the Princess Mother and Elder Sister of His Majesty the King

5. Audience
150 guests including representative from the embassy of India, Sri Lanka and Japan

6. Special features
1. Display the historic Chulachomklao Tipitaka Edition in Siam script during the lecture.
2. Organised jointly by Dhamma Society and Chulalongkorn University. The one-hour programme was broadcast live via satellite nationwide and to 100 countries worldwide.
2. Sit-down reception after lecture.

7. Commemorative Publication
A Tale of Five Precepts : A Buddhist Literature in Five Languages (Pāḷi, Northern Lanna language with transliterated parallel corpus in Thai and translation in English and French), published by Dhamma Society.

8. Outcomes
1. More active role in the world of the International Tipiṭaka Hall which Dhamma Society jointly helped to establish at Chulalongkorn University to be the centre of Tipiṭaka Studies.
2. Collaboration with the Tipiṭaka Lecturer who is one of the world’s Theravāda leaders in the World Tipiṭaka Project.
3. Identify and Correct the misprinting in the Pāḷi Tipiṭaka in various national editions. Tipiṭaka Lecture 2002

1. ชื่อปาฐกถา (Lecture Title)
The Tipiṭaka & Vipassanā Meditation (ภาษาอังกฤษ)
(เนื่องในโอกาส 100 ปี แห่งการประสูติในสมเด็จพระศรีนครินทราบรมราชชนนี)

2. วัน / สถานที่ (Date / Venue)
28 กรกฎาคม 2544 ณ หอพระไตรปิฎกนานาชาติ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย

3. ปาฐกถา
(กล่าวนำ) ศ. วิสุทธ์ บุษยกุล ประธานโครงการพระไตรปิฎกอักษรโรมัน
(องค์ปาฐก) มร. เอส. เอ็น. โกเอ็นก้า ประธานสถาบันวิจัยวิปัสสนาแห่งอินเดีย
(กล่าวจบ) ยอร์จ เอ. ซีออรีส อดีตเอกอัครราชทูตกรีซประจำประเทศไทย อินเดีย และญี่ปุ่น

4. ประธานในงาน (Presiding over by)
สมเด็จพระเจ้าพี่นางเธอ เจ้าฟ้ากัลยาณิวัฒนา กรมหลวงนราธิวาสราชนครินทร์

5. ผู้ร่วมฟัง (Audience)
150 คน

6. ลักษณะพิเศษ (Special features)
1. จัดพระไตรปิฎก จุลจอมเกล้าบรมธัมมิกมหาราช ร.ศ. 112 อักษรสยาม ชุดที่สมบูรณ์ที่สุดที่ค้นพบในประเทศไทย ประดิษฐาน ณ ห้องปาฐกถา 
2. กองทุนสนทนาธัมม์นำสุขฯ จัดร่วมกับสถานีโทรทัศน์กองทัพบก ช่อง 5 และจุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย โดยมีการถ่ายทอดสดผ่านดาวเทียมทั่วประเทศ และผ่านระบบเครือข่ายสู่ 100 ประเทศทั่วโลก
2. ถวายพระสุทธารสภายหลังการปาฐกถา โดยเชิญพระราชวงศ์ ผู้บริหารจุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย และผู้บริหารสถานีโทรทัศน์กองทัพบกนั่งร่วมโต็ะเสวย

7. สิ่งตีพิมพ์ (Commemorative Publication)
หนังสือ “นิทานศีล 5” วรรณกรรมจากพระไตรปิฎฏ 5 ภาษา (ปาฬิ, ภาษาล้านนา, ปริวรรตอักษรไทย แปลเป็นอังกฤษ และฝรั่งเศส) ซึ่งเป็นการแสดงต้นแบบรูปเล่มและศิลปกรรมของหนังสือพระไตรปิฎกสากลอักษรโรมันที่จะมีการจัดพิมพ์ในอนาคต

8. ผลจากปาฐกถา (Outcomes)
1. แสดงบทบาทที่สำคัญของหอพระไตรปิฎกนานาชาติ ซึ่งกองทุนสนทนาธัมม์นำสุขฯ ได้ร่วมกับจุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัยก่อตั้งให้เป็นศูนย์กลางการเผยแผ่พระไตรปิฎกในระดับนานาชาติ
2. เกิดการประชุมกับองค์ปาฐก ซึ่งเป็นผู้นำทางพุทธศาสนาเถรวาทระดับนานาชาติ เรื่องการตรวจทานและจัดพิมพ์พระไตรปิฎกสากลในประเทศไทย
3. ดำเนินงานต่อเพื่อปรับปรุงข้อบกพร่องของการพิมพ์พระไตรปิฎกในอดีต และแก้ไขในการจัดพิมพ์พระไตรปิฎกอักษรโรมัน

Tipiṭaka Lecture 2001

The Tipiṭaka & Vipassanā Meditation

On the Birth Centenary of Her Royal Highness
Somdech Phra Srinagarindra Boromarajajonani, The Princess Mother
of Thailand

Graciously presided over by Her Royal Highness
Princess Galyani Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra
The Princess Mother's Elder Daughter

The International Tipiṭaka Hall, Chulalongkorn University
28 June B.E. 2544 (2001)

Tipiṭaka Documentary 2001
First streaming online : July 9, 2007

Image printed from the Dhamma Society Electronic Archives
500-hour/6500-gigabyte documentary of the World Tipiṭaka Project
Recorded between 1999-2007

for more image information of the World Tipiṭaka Project

Benediction

His Holiness
Somdech Phra Nāṇasaṃvara the Supreme Patriarch  of Thailand

On the Birth Centenary of Her Royal Highness
Somdech Phra Srinagarindra Boromarajajonani, The Princess Mother
of Thailand

Graciously presided over by Her Royal Highness
Princess Galyani Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra
The Princess Mother's Elder Daughter

The International Tipiṭaka Hall, Chulalongkorn University
28 June B.E. 2544 (2001)

May I evoke the Supreme Buddha's blessings upon Her Royal Highness, Princess Galyani Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra, the most serene virtuous Lady who presides over the Special Dhamma Lecture -- "the Tipiṭaka and Vipassanā Meditation", on the occasion of the Birth Centenary of H.R.H. Somdech Phra Srinagarindra Boromarajajonani by Mr. S. N. Goenka, Chairman of the Vipassanā Research Institute, India, upon the invitation of Major Suradhaj Bunnag, Chancellor of the M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund under the Supreme Patronage of Thailand.

This is the occasion to honor the late H.R.H. the Princess Mother who truly studied and practiced the teaching of the Supreme Buddha. Her serene smile, radiant eyes and liveliness, reflecting the absence of sadness, are conspicuous to almost everyone. It is as if she had never been bothered by sufferings. It makes the people appreciative of her attainment of Dhamma. H.R.H. is the witness and advocate of the results of the correct practice of the Supreme Buddha's teaching which guides our steps away from sufferings of all degrees.

We hope that today's Dhamma Lecture of Mr. Goenka enhance the advancement of proper Dhamma practice. On behalf of the M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund under the patronage of the Supreme Patronage of Thailand, I wholeheartedly appreciate Mr. Goenka, for his noble task to uphold the Buddhasasanā by his wisdom throughout the past years.

For H.R.H. Princess Galyani Vadhana, the benefactor of the Dhamma Lecturer par excellence, I extend to her my best wishes for her happiness and well-being.

The Benediction was broadcast via satallite live to 132 countries
by Thailand TV 5 network

Opening Report

ขอพระราชทานกราบทูลทราบฝ่าพระบาท

Your Royal Highness, Excellencies, the President, Ladies and Gentlemen,

On the special occasion, commemorating the Birth Centenary of H.R.H. Somdech Phra Srinagarindra Boromarajajonani, the Princess Mother, we are at this moment gathered in the International Tipiṭaka Hall, Chulalongkorn University, in front of the world's first printed set of the King of Siam Tipiṭaka, published over one hundred years ago, by Your Royal Highness's Grand-Father, King Chulalongkorn the Great, and given as the gift of Dhamma to 500 institutions throughout the world.

Her Royal Highness, the beloved Princess Mother, who, according to the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, was "the most serene virtuous Lady who truly studied and practiced the teaching of the Supreme Buddha." For this auspicious occasion, we are pleased to have with us Mr. S. N. Goenka, the Meditation Master. He has published the world's most complete and latest Pāḷi Tipiṭaka in Devanāgari script. He will deliver a lecture on "The Tipiṭaka and Vipassanā Meditation."

The Tipiṭaka and Vipassanā Meditation

Your Royal Highness, Your Excellencies the Ambassadors, the Speaker of the Senate, the Ministers, the Rector of Chulalongkorn University, the Chairman of the M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund, Professors and Diplomats, my dear Dhamma Brothers and Sisters, Citizens of the Sacred land of the Emerald Buddha.

It is a great pleasure for me to participate in the birth centenary celebration of Her Royal Highness, Somdech Phra Srinagarindra Boromarajajonani, the late Princess Mother. I heard so many good things about Her Royal Highness as a very distinguished follower of the noble teachings of the Enlightened One both in Pariyatti and Patipatti.

I always feel very grateful to the noble Dhammika rulers of past and present of the 5 Dhamma lands; Thailand, Myanmar, Srilanka, Cambodia and Laos who very graciously and respectfully supported and protected the Sangha who in turn preserved and protected the Dhamma, both Pariyatti and Patipatti in its pristine purity for centuries together. If it was not preserved by the Sangha, a person like me would have never received it in its pristine purity.

(From Pali Vipassana Newsletter Sept 2001)

Closing Remarks

Your Royal Highness,
Excellencies,
Mr. President and Mr. Chancellor
Distinguished guests,

It is certainly difficult to break the spell of the magnificent talk that we were deeply privileged to listen to. But, even as an "anti-climax", a few general concluding thoughts may be in order at this point and I fell sincerely honoured to be called upon to act as an interpreter of such a distinguished audience.

I am confident that firstly, a deep feeling of inner tranquillity permeates us all after the wise and inspiring words by Buddhist meditation Master like Mr. Goenka. We are truly grateful to him for his precious insights and the wisdom he brought us from Lord Buddha's birthplace.

There is an additional feeling of spiritual contentment as we gather here on the occasion of the elaborate Dhamma Society Publication of Dr. Anatole Peltier's original work on the Five Precepts. We all marvel at such a treasure of the popular Buddhist literature of Thailand. I believe that the task in front of some of us, entrusted with the honor to translate this story in foreign languages in view of its dissemination beyond the Buddhist sphere and throughout the world, is precisely to convey its deep meaning and wisdom, modestly hidden under a simple style; a style reflecting the unique atmosphere of recitation during quiet vigils, in various temples of the land, for the benefit of rural lay believers.

It is indeed a multiple happy coincidence that we are all gathered in such a prestigious building and this International Hall of such a leading Thai University, at a function so graciously presided by Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of our most beloved "Princes mother of Thailand". May her serene smile, conspicuous even to the remotest village of Thailand, guide the steps of each one of us individually towards "Santi".

May the noble task of Chulalongkorn University and the M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund come to fruition for the benefit of humankind, in times where inner peace and serenity become such a tragic rarity...

                                                          Akkodhena jine kodhaṃ...
                                             Hatred is never conquered by Hatred...

Hatred is conquered only by Loving-Kindness. This is a Law eternal.