Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation
The Fragile Palm Leaves Foundation evolved from the Fragile Palm Leaves manuscript preservation project, which began in Bangkok in 1994. The project became a registered foundation under Thai law on 21 February 2001 (Registration No. To. 66/2544)
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'Extrème-Orient (Phnom Penh and Paris)
- Steven Collins (University of Chicago, USA)
- Ven. Khammai Dhammasami (St. Anne's College, Oxford)
- Kuo Liying (Ecole française d'Extrème-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)
