泰国赠送世界版《大藏经》给挪威佛教联合会（图）

据《scandasia》报道，近日，泰国已逝公主瓦哈娜的藏经捐赠项目将把一套40卷的世界版《大藏经》将运送到挪威佛教联合会，此部藏经于2008年瓦哈娜公主的葬礼上作为泰国智慧和和平的皇家礼物被赠送给了挪威佛教联合会。

据悉，该经书将于2009年8月17日在挪威奥斯陆的泰国皇家大使馆的一场仪式中，由1997年成立的南传佛教慈善机构正法会（Dhamma Society ）代表正式交给挪威佛教联合会。

挪威佛教联合会主席Egil Lothe表示，该藏经对于挪威修习佛教的人有着重要的实际及象征意义。“这个礼物是对我们这个组织努力工作的鼓励和肯定。”

自从1999年开始，泰国正法基金会就开始着手罗马字母世界版的大藏经出版。在2005年，为表示对佛陀的敬意，纪念泰国君主立宪制，该40卷大藏经的印刷项目最终完成出版。第一次赠送是瓦哈娜公主殿下作为正法基金会名誉主席和皇家赞助人于2005年3月6日乘专机到达斯里兰卡科伦坡将世纪版《大藏经》首版作为皇家佛法礼物赠送给了斯里兰卡总统。同年，瑞典也收到了一套世界版《大藏经》。（编译：子规）

Thai Airways has recently offered 3.9 million air-miles to HRH, the late Princess Galyani Vadhana's Tipitaka Endowment Project. The donated miles will be used to transport a 40-volume set of sacred Buddhist scriptures (The World Tipitaka Edition) to The Buddhist Federation of Norway. The scriptures are in Roman script, and were given, as a royal gift of wisdom and peace from Thailand, to The Buddhist Federation of Norway last year in connection with the funeral of Princess Galyani Vadhana.
The scriptures, which have been produced especially for The Buddhist Federation of Norway, will physically be handed over at a ceremony on the 17th of August in the Royal Thai Embassy in Oslo by representatives from the Dhamma Society - a charitable organisation in the Buddhist Theravāda Tradition, founded in 1997.
According to the president of The Buddhist Federation of Norway, Egil Lothe, the scriptures have a practical and symbolic significance to those who practice Buddhism in Norway. He adds: “The gift is a great encouragement and acknowledgement of our efforts in this organisation.”
Since 1999 the Dhamma Society Fund has undertaken the publication of the Tipitaka in Roman Script, the World Edition. In 2005, the printing project was finally completed and was published in 40 volumes as a homage to the Buddha and in honour of the Buddhist Sovereign Monarchy of Thailand. For an inaugural presentation, HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana, as Honorary President and Royal Patron, led a historic 24-hour Pilgrimage by a special flight from Bangkok to Colombo to present the special inaugural edition as a royal gift of Dhamma to the President of Sri Lanka on March 6, 2005.
Also Sweden received a special World Tipitaka Edition in 2005.