About the Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation

Aims

• To study and describe the history of the Buddhist literature of South-East Asia;
• To collect information about and to prepare catalogues of manuscripts, inscriptions, ancient documents, and mural paintings related to Buddhism;
• To edit and publish texts in Pali or vernaculars that have not yet been published;
• To translate texts from Pali or vernaculars into English, Thai, and other languages;
• To coordinate and exchange information regionally and internationally.

Honorary patrons

• Chao Khun Dhammapitaka (Thailand)
• Bhikkhu Bodhi (Sri Lanka)
• Bhikkhu Sumedho (England)

Members of the current board

• Mr. Peter Skilling (Lumbini International Research Institute), President
• Dr. Prapod Assavavirulhakarn (Chulalongkorn University), Vice-president
• Dr. Banjob Bannaruci (Chulalongkorn University) Member
• Uraiwan Kornvithyasinn (Chulalongkorn University Book Center) Treasurer
• Laksana Chenchang (Chulalongkorn University Book Center) Secretary

Advisory Board

• Olivier de Bernon (Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient (Phnom Penh and Paris)
• Steven Collins (University of Chicago, USA)
• Ven. Khammai Dhammasami (St. Anne’s College, Oxford)
• Kuo Liying (Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient, Paris)
• Cristina Scherrer-Schaub (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris; University of Lausanne)
• Kannika Wimonkasem (Silpakorn University, Bangkok)

Affiliations

• Lumbini International Research Institute (Lumbini, Nepal)
• The Pali Text Society (Oxford, England)
• Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand)
• Silpakorn University (Bangkok, Thailand)