Hao Saw Buarawong Kraisorn: the Buddhist Teaching poem

Abstract

Buddhism is the religion which encompasses the essence of life, and the relationship that shares the retribution of particular states. Lanna has upheld the teachings of Buddhism for a long time through the specific teaching and practices based on the fundamental interpreted philosophies and influence of the concepts of faith and impressed with the true expression of the Buddha’s teachings. This has lead to a wide variety of practices which, together, can be described as living harmoniously. The Lanna Khao Saw entitled “Buarawong Krisorn” is a cultural example of this. It is derived from the Dhamma literary genre (Khaotham) “Suriyawong Krisorn” in which a Lanna poet had recomposed some literature in prosodic form transfering the original ancient palm leaf manuscripts onto paper with Lanna scripts. There are 6 original palm leaves and 2 copies of the printed edition of 1987. The Lanna Multi-college of Art and Culture Center, Chiang Mai Teacher College which selected the original version of Noi Ai Chaimuanglen poem, Baan Pa Pong Noi, Mae Ku sub-district, Sankampaeng district, Chiang Mai. It was composed in 1932 and transferred into central Thai script and published in the journal of Lanna Multi-college of Art and Culture Center (item no.18th). This Buarawong Krisorn poem suggests the essence of living based on Buddhist principles, as well as pleasure which is mentioned from the poet: “I am Noi Ai Chaimuanglen” at Baan Pong Noi, Mae Ku sub-district, SakKamphaeng district, Thailand. The manuscript has recomposed a ‘Buarawong Krisorn’ into a Chiang Mai dance poem (Kao) for those who read this Kaosaw are imbued with the principle of Buddhist ethics”.1 The author has discovered important principles in two major groups which includes the truth of life and Dhamma in virtue of cultivation which are principle elements of social foundation. Khao Saw h ad been created to be used to refine society in the past, to promote understanding about the lives and ethics through the wisdom of Lanna l iterature and the most important thing is to prolong this gained awareness in present society