Worship

I had heard that there was an ocean-crosser,

A hero, desiring the desireless.                     Snp 5.11.1

A thirst-breaker,

Wishless,

Free and wise,

Beyond time and home

Life and pleasure.                                                Snp 5.12.1

They call him Buddha,

Enlightened, awake,

Dissolving darkness

With total vision.                                        Snp 5. Epilogue.10

 

This teacher whose teaching

Is the Way Things Are

Instant, immediate

Visible all around

Eroding desire without harmful side effects

With nothing else quite like it

Anywhere in the world.                  Snp 5. Epilogue. 16

 

 

Shakyamuni mantra

 

Salutation

I can give nothing but respect,

Nothing but honour,

To this power-house of gentleness

To this brother of the sun.

 

You are the Buddha,

The Enlightened.

You are the Master,

The Teacher.

 

You are glowing with understanding,

Radiating wisdom,

Finishing suffering

And carrying me across.

 

You are a lion in the jungle

With nothing to frighten

And nothing to fear.

You are a lotus on a lake

good and evil roll off you

like water off a petal.

Nowhere in this world

Is there anything like you.

I salute you and I honour you.            Snp 3.6.30-38

 

 

Going for Refuge

It is amazing, Venerable Gotama!

It is wonderful, Venerable Gotama!

Just as if

One might set upright

What has been overturned

Or reveal what has been hidden,

Or bring a lamp into a dark place

So that those with eyes

could see what was there

so in many ways

the Dhamma has been explained

by the Venerable Gotama.

I take refuge in him.

I take refuge in the Dhamma

I take refuge in the Sangha.

From today,

may the Buddha accept me as follower

Who has gone to him for refuge

for life.                                               MN 150, Snp 3.6.38

 

 

Refuges and Precepts

 

 

Confession

When I reflect,

If I know:

This action that I did

With my body, speech or mind,

Did it lead to my own affliction,

Or to the affliction of others,

Or to the affliction of both?

Was it an unskilful action,

With painful consequences,

With painful results?

Then I confess this unskilful action

I reveal it

I lay it open to the Teacher

Or to my wise companions in the holy life.

I undertake restraint

For the future.                                  MN 61.10-11

 

 

 

Rejoicing

It is a great gain,

It is a great gain for me

That I have such companions

In the holy life.                                                     MN 128

 

When I reflect,

If I know:

This action that I did

With my body, speech or mind,

Was it a skilful action,

With pleasant consequences,

With pleasant results?

Then I abide happy and glad

Training day and night

In skilful states.                                                    MN 61.11

 

It is like a bird

that leaves the bushes of the scrubland

and flies to the fruit trees of the forest.

Like a swan,

I have found a great lake.                        Snp 5. Epilogue

 

 

 

 

Entreaty

Please, man of Shakya,

Free me from confusion!                                                      

Please teach me the way of detachment

So that I can know it as it is

So that I can live, in this life

In the peace and independence

Which is as free

as the air in space.                                    Snp 5.5.3 and 5

 

Please, ocean-crosser,

For all the different people

Who have come from different places

To listen to your words

Tell us about the Way

That you have found and known.                           Snp 5.12.2

 

 

 

 

Transference of Merits

Wide open are the doors of the Deathless

Let those who hear show faith.                               MN26

 

Go now and wander

For the welfare and happiness of many

Out of compassion for the world

For the benefit, welfare and happiness

Of gods and humans.

 

Teach the Dhamma

Practise the Dhamma

That is good in the beginning

Good in the middle

And good in the end

With the meaning and the letter.

Live a holy life

That is utterly perfect and pure.

There are beings with little dust on their eyes.

Some will understand the Dhamma.             MN 26 / Vin Mv 1:7-20

 

Sabbe satta sukhi hontu

 

 

Compiled by Maitrisiddhi.  Italics denote alterations to original text.