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Dhammānudhammapaṭipatti (also spelledThammanuthamma-patipatti, 'Practice in perfect conformity with the Dhamma') (Thai: ธัมมานุธัมมปฏิปัตติ) is an importantThai Buddhist text which deals with differentstages of awakening.[1]
The text was originally printed in five parts between 1932 and 1934[1] with no author given.[1] It was later associated withVenerable Luang Pu Mun the founder of theThai Forest Tradition.[1][2][3] While no authoritative biographies of Luang Pu Mun credit him with authorship[1][3] later editions of the text began naming him as author and picturing him on the cover.[1] The text has also been attributed tomaechiKhunying Yai Damrongthammasan.[4][5]
In 2013, Dr Martin Seeger from theUniversity of Leeds' School of Modern Languages and Cultures uncovered evidence thatKhunying Yai Damrongthammasan, a Thai laywoman, was the true author of the text.[1][3] It isn't known why Khunying Yai's name wasn't on the first publication of the text but Seeger had some theories.
"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."[3]
Justin McDaniel, associate professor of South-East Asian and religious studies at theUniversity 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."[1]
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Thammanuthamma-patipatti is in the form of adialogue, supposedly between two prominent Thai monks of the 20th century,[1] an oft used format in Buddhist scriptures. (seeDiamond Sutra for a similar format)
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