The Anisoong Heed Hor Trai of Wat Phra Luang, Amphoe Soong Men Prae province.

Abstract

The Anisoong Heed Hor Trai or the result of merit of making hortrai
to contain Buddhist holy scriptures of Wat Phra Luang, Amphor Soong
Mayn, Prae province, is the only scripture that refers directly to the result
of merit building Hortrai. It was written by Phrakru Panyapiwat, the abbot
of Wat Phra Luang on 18 August 2467 B.E. and was found in 2532 B.E. and
was translated in 2557 B.E. It was written in traditional prose using the
Pali language in the Lanna alphabet from the beginning and is followed
by commentary in the Lanna language. There were also Thai characters
and the Thai language at the end of the scripture used to record the
name of the writer and the merit of maintaining the Tripitaka by building
a Hortrai, the scripture box and its altar, a Sattaphan (candle holder), a
podium for a monk to chant the scripture (Dhammaassana) including the
cleaning, maintaining and paying respect to these offerings. It is claimed
that the result of merit is related to the Bodhisattava’s attempt to gain
perfection. It dates back to the period of the Buddha when Saliputra
asked the Buddha for the result of merit and he answered by recounting
his previous lives to support the merit’s results.