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'''''Thammanuthamma-patipatti''''' (''Practice in perfect conformity with the Dhamma'') is an important [[Buddhism in Thailand|Thai Buddhist]] text which deals with different [[Four stages of enlightenment|stages of awakening]].<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|title=Buddhist text's true author identified as Thai woman|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21936656|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=April 17, 2013}}</ref>

==History==
The text was originally printed in five parts between 1932-1934<ref name="bbc"/> with no author given.<ref name="bbc"/> It was later associated with [[Mun Bhuridatta|Venerable Luang Pu Mun]] the founder of the [[Thai Forest Tradition]].<ref name="bbc"/><ref>{{cite web|title=The Customs of the Noble Ones| url=http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/customs.html|publisher=Access to Insight|accessdate=April 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name="phys">{{cite web|title=Literary sleuths find genuine author|url=http://phys.org/news/2013-03-literary-sleuths-genuine-author.html|publisher=Phys.org|accessdate=April 17, 2013}}</ref> While no authoritative biographies of Luang Pu Mun credit him with authorship<ref name="bbc"/><ref name="phys"/> later editions of the text began naming him as author and picturing him on the cover.<ref name="bbc"/> The text has also been attributed to [[maechi]] [[Khunying Yai Damrongthammasan]].<ref name=BBC/><ref name=SOAS/>

In 2013, Dr Martin Seeger from the [[University of Leeds]]' School of Modern Languages and Cultures uncovered evidence that [[Khunying Yai Damrongthammasan]], a Thai laywoman, was the true author of the text.<ref name="bbc"/><ref name="phys"/> It isn't known why Khunying Yai's name wasn't on the first publication of the text but Seeger had some theories.

{{quote|"The real reason that Khunying Yai decided to omit her name from the first edition might never be known, but there are several possibilities. At the time people may have considered it inappropriate for a woman to discuss Buddhist doctrine on such a profound level. Or she might have thought that Buddhist doctrine should be independent of an individual. Another possibility is that the conversations described actually took place in the group of women who met regularly in the temple of Wat Sattanatpariwat to discuss Buddhism, and she wanted to remain anonymous out of respect for them."<ref name="phys"/>}}

Justin McDaniel, associate professor of South-East Asian and religious studies at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], said "You have to understand that authorship in Thailand is never considered to be by just one person. This idea that a single person owns ideas is seen as a ridiculous notion."<ref name="bbc"/>

==Content of the text==
Thammanuthamma-patipatti is in the form of a [[dialogue]], supposedly between two prominent Thai monks of the 20th century,<ref name="bbc"/> an oft used format in Buddhist scriptures. (see ''[[Diamond Sutra]]'' for a similar format)

==References==
{{Reflist |refs=
<ref name=BBC>{{citation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21936656 |publisher=BBC |title=Buddhist text's true author identified as Thai woman |first=Samanthi |last=Dissanayake |date=28 March 2013}}</ref>

<ref name=SOAS>{{citation |url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/buddhiststudies/events/buddhistforum/20feb2014-the-life-and-literary-work-of-the-female-buddhist-practitioner-khunying-yai-damrongthammas.html |title=The life and literary work of the female Buddhist practitioner Khunying Yai Damrongthammasan |first=Martin |last=Seeger |publisher=SOAS |date=20 February 2014}}</ref>
}}

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>Cydebot: Robot - Moving category Theravada texts to :Category:Theravada Buddhist texts per CFD at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2020 January 5.