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\nA thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Arts  \nof the University of Otago, Dunedin New Zealand  \n27 August 2015  \nAbstract  \nThe Paṭhamasambodhi is an important biography of the Buddha, a living story wellknown all over mainland Southeast Asia, and an essential element for Southeast Asian art history. In addition, the Mārabandha episode of the Paṭhamasambodhi is a unique story that receives no mention in the Pāli Canon or in the Pāli biographies of the Buddha. It also contains the few parts of the Paṭhamasambodhi corpus that are concerned with events after the Buddha’s Parinibbāna (the final release from the round of rebirth), and a source for ritual, belief, and devotion of Buddha in many parts of Southeast Asia. Moreover, it received the royal patronage of King Rama III (1788-1851), as the king invited Paramanuchit (1790-1853) to edit the Paṭhamasambodhi. This thesis offers the first English translation of the Mārabandha episode of the Paṭhamasambodhi of Paramanuchit, a senior Buddhist monk and key patriarch in the history of Thai Buddhism during the 19th century. Relying on the Paṭhamasambodhi and other Thai sources, it makes three contributions to the study of Thai Buddhism. Firstly, it provides a translation and an analysis of a text that has been largely overlooked by scholars outside of Thailand, especially in English language scholarship. Secondly, it sheds light on the historical figure of Paramanuchit, an influential and respected Buddhist scholar in Siamese Buddhism, who became the Saṅgharāja in 1851. Thirdly, it argues that Paramanuchit’s decision to include the Mārabandha episode in his redaction of the Paṭhamasambodhi indicates his own concern with a particular dimension of Thai Buddhism—namely, devotion to objects and images of the Buddha.  \nAcknowledgement  \nI would like to thank the Dhammachai International Research Institute of Australia and New Zealand (DIRI) for providing me abundant support and great opportunities to further my studies in New Zealand. I owe a debt of gratitude to the Most Venerable Phrathepyanmahamuni (Luang Por Dhammajayo) for inspiring me to begin my research on the term “Dhammakāya” and for granting approval for my overseas education. I am extremely grateful to the Most Venerable Phrarajbhavanajarn (Luang Por Dattajeevo) forgiving official approval for my overseas studies. My grateful thanks go to Phra Khru Vitessudhammayan Vi. Sudhammo who has given me his full support for my studies in New Zealand. My most grateful thanks to Phra Somchai Vimalacitto (Kongjai), my kalyaṇa-mitra and ācārya, who taught me right from wrong and weak from strong and has taken me from boy to manhood. Special thanks are due to Phra Weerachai Lueritthikul for inviting me to come to study in Dunedin, New Zealand. I would also like to extend my heartfelt thanks to Ajahn Kanha Unnoppet.  \nI offer my thanks to Pariyat School of Wat Phra Dhammakaya Temple (Thailand), Phrakhruwinaithon Paiboon Dhammavipulo, Phra Kiattisak Kittipanyo (Ponampon), Phra Mahā Somkid Tikkhino (Howhan), Phra Potheng Katadipo (Srey), Phra Mahā Ariya Ariyajayo (Thiratinrat), Phra Satit Thitadhammo (Tuamsombun), Phra Sangwian Arttathamo (Khanchaiyaphum), Phra Mahā Naraphon Balañjayo, Phra Bandit Visutthapho (Tosiripattana), Phra Panha Ṭhāniyo (Sok), Phra Vanchai Piyathammo (Kochsira), Phra Mahā Wiroj Ñāṇavirojano.  \nI would like to express my deep gratitude to my supervisors, Dr. Benjamin Schonthal and Dr. Elizabeth Guthrie, for their continual advice, support, and time. I would like to thank Rob Tigeir and Ngaire Tigeir for reading through my translation and giving meinvaluable advice. My thanks to Stuart Zohrab for helping to proofread my MA thesis. Iam grateful to Leah McKay for giving me advice about the format of my thesis. I thank Ian Toby Malcolm and Jillian Malcolm who help to proofread my MA thesis and offer ex","cbCaioeqwkOerKQi","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioeqwkOerKQi","pdf",2381374,135,"English","# Abstract\n# Acknowledgement","[{\"question\":\"What distinguishes the Mārabandha episode in this thesis?\",\"answer\":\"The thesis describes the Mārabandha episode of the Paṭhamasambodhi as a unique story that receives no mention in the Pāli Canon or in the Pāli biographies of the Buddha.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the main scholarly deliverable of the thesis?\",\"answer\":\"It offers the first English translation of the Mārabandha episode of the Paṭhamasambodhi of Paramanuchit.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the thesis explain Paramanuchit’s editorial decision?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that including the Mārabandha episode reflects Paramanuchit’s concern with a particular dimension of Thai Buddhism: devotion to objects and images of the Buddha.\"}]","On the Devotion to the Buddha in Paramanuchit’s Mārabandha Episode of the Paṭhamasambodhi | PDF",1792683707,340]