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Taking Refuges and PreceptsPUJABuddham pujemi Dhammam pujemi Sangham pujemi I bow to the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha VANDANAHOMAGENamo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa! Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa! Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa! Homage to the Buddha, the Blessed, Noble and the Fully Self-Enlightened One! TISARANATHE THREE REFUGES Buddham saranam gacchami I go to the Buddha as my Refuge Dhammam saranam gacchami I go to the Dhamma as my Refuge Sangham saranam gacchami I go to the Sangha as my Refuge Dutiyampi Buddham saranam gacchami...(repeat) For the second time I go the Buddha.... as my Refuge Tatiyampi Buddham saranam gacchami.... (repeat) For the third time..... as my Refuge PANCA SILATHE FIVE TRAINING RULES Panatipata veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami I undertake the training rule to abstain from killing any living being Adinnadana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami I undertake the training rule not to take that which is not freely given Kamesu micchacara veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami I undertake the training rule to abstain from sexual misconduct Musavada veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami I undertake the training rule to abstain from wrong speech Sura meraya majja pamadatthana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami I undertake the training rule not to take substances that cloud the mind Vipassana GathaVipassana Verses All conditioned things are impermanent When this is perceived with wisdom One becomes disenchanted with what cannot satisfy Just this is the Path of Purification. All conditioned things are unsatisfactory When this is perceived with wisdom One becomes disenchanted with what cannot satisfy Just this is the Path of Purification. All conditioned things and the Unconditioned are not-self When this is perceived with wisdom One becomes disenchanted with what cannot satisfy Just this is the Path of Purification. [Dhp 20 v5-7] *** There is The Unborn, the Undying, the Uncreated, the Unconditioned Refuge, harbour and home. Perfect contentment and peace. Just as the great ocean has only one taste, the taste of salt So Nibbana has only one taste, the taste of freedom.
[Last words of the Buddha - Parinibbana Sutta] All conditioned things have the nature to decay. Work diligently for your liberation. Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu! (Well-done!) |
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