MAGALATTHADIPANI: THE SCIENCE OF WELL-BEING LIFE

Abstract

Mangalatthadipani was written by Phrasirimangalacaraya, Chaingmai provincial monk. It was accepted as the level of commentary because writer had quoted many datum for explain his work from Tipitaka such asMangalasutta in Khuddakapatha and Suttanipata of Khuddakanikaya, Sutta-Tipitaka Vol. XXV. He explained by using main idea as Buddhist doctrine to be structure of his work and links to another scripture which concerning together with anybody in religion. The main objective is to explain the teaching in Mangalasutta clearly for person who interest to study. Mangalatthadipaniwas written by many alphabets as Isaan Alphabet, Khmer Alphabet, and Thai Alphabet in Pali. The Buddha’s words is brought to explanation in Mangalatthadipani include eleven verses and divided two section namely : first section contain four verses (first-fourth verses) second section contain seven verses (fifth-eleventh verses). Eleven verses contain thirty-eight Mangala-dhamma.