Royal Tipitaka Patron 2003

ROYAL PATRON OF TIPITAKA

ประธานกิตติมศักดิ์การพระราชทานและประดิษ ฐานพระไตรปิฎกสากลในนานาประเทศ พ.ศ. 2546-2551

Born in London and studied in Lausanne, Switzerland, Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana was a granddaughter of King Chulalongkorn Chulachomklao the Great of Siam, who in 1893 printed the Buddhist sacred text --the 39-volume Pali Tipitaka in book-form-- for the first time in the world. The auspicious initiation and patronage of Tipitaka by King Chulalongkorn Chulachomklao was meritoriously followed a century later by his granddaughter, the Royal Matriarch of the present reign.

As a pioneering university lecturer in liberal Arts in Thailand, the Princess Matriarch was also a leading scholar in French language and literature.

When leaning about the World Tipitaka Project which would follow the meritorious tradition of King of Siam's Tipitaka printing, the Princess kindly granted an official audience in 2003 to founding members of the Dhamma Society Committee and the World Tipitaka Patrons.

After six months of intensive fact-finding investigation of the World Tipitaka Project in Roman script, the Princess in 2004, graciously accepted to become the Founding Honorary President of the Tipitaka Presentation Worldwide, thereby following the great meritorious tradition of her Grandfather.

In 2005, as the Honorary President of the World Tipitaka Project, the Princess made a special pilgrimage to Columbo to present an inaugural Tipitaka set as a Gift of Dhamma to Her Excellency the President of Sri Lanka.

As Tipitaka Patron, the Princess initiated a private donation fund for the printing cost of Roman-script Tipitaka and has advised the World Tipitaka Project to initiate a modern-day Tipitaka Studies for lay people both in Thailand and abroad.

In 2007, in grateful response to the Princess's educational advice, a 40-volume Tipitaka Studies Reference in Pali-language / Roman script was published for the first time in Bangkok, in honour of Her Royal Highness the Princess Honorary President. It was printed specially on the occasion of the Princess's 84 Birthday Anniversary.

As the elder sister of His Majesty the King and being the esteemed and most senior member of the royal family, the Princess was the Royal Matriarch of the Royal Family until she passed away in February 2008.

Tipitaka International Council B.E.2500 (1956)
World Tipitaka Edition in Roman Scrip 1956-2005
Tipitaka Studies Reference 2007
Royal Patron of Tipitaka
www.dhammasociety.org

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items are from between 21 Dec 2003 & 09 Dec 2006.