"Sermon on the Three Worlds" is a traditional Thai Buddhist literature, known as "Traiphumikatha" or "Traiphumipraruang" in Thailand. This story was written by King Lithai, the fifth of the Kings of the Phra Ruang Dynasty of Sukhothai in 1345. The materials the king chose to include in his presentation were limited to about 30 selections drawn from the Pali canon, its commentaries, sub-commentaries, and other Buddhist texts. It is considered to be highly regarded and precious literature which portrays the stories and traditions of the Buddhism of the time in a contemporary sense. In this paper, I used "Traiphumikatha ru Traiphumipraruang" (TPK) of Khurusapa (Thai Teacher's Association) version as a reference. Regarding "A King's Appearance", I referenced a variety of other Buddhist scriptures in order to examine and ascertain the features of the above mentioned TPK.

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