Chanting Sheet (Pali & English)

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Chanting Sheet (Pali & English)

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Chanting Sheet (Pali & English)

1. VANDANA (SALUTATION TO THE BUDDHA)

(OM) NAMO TASSA BHAGAVATO ARAHATO SAMMASAMBUDDHASSA
(OM) NAMO TASSA BHAGAVATO ARAHATO SAMMASAMBUDDHASSA
(OM) NAMO TASSA BHAGAVATO ARAHATO SAMMASAMBUDDHASSA

VANDANA (SALUTATION TO THE BUDDHA)

HONOUR TO HIM THE BLESSED ONE THE WORTHY ONE THE FULLY ENLIGHTENED ONE
HONOUR TO HIM THE BLESSED ONE THE WORTHY ONE THE FULLY ENLIGHTENED ONE
HONOUR TO HIM THE BLESSED ONE THE WORTHY ONE THE FULLY ENLIGHTENED ONE

2. TIVIDHA CETIYA VANDANA (SALUTATION TO THE THREE MAIN OBJECTS OF VENERATION)

VANDAMI CETIYAM SABBAM
SABBA THANESU PATIT THITAM
SARIRIKA DHATU MAHA BODHIM
BUDDHA RUPAM SAKALAM SADA

TIVIDHA CETIYA VANDANA (SALUTATION TO THE THREE MAIN OBJECTS OF VENERATION)

I SALUTE EVERY CETIYA THAT STANDS IN ANY PLACE, THE BODILY RELICS, THE GREAT BODHI, AND ALL IMAGES OF THE BUDDHA.

3. PANCASILA (FIVE PRECEPTS)

PANATIPATA VERAMANI SIKKHAPADAM SAMADIYAMI
ADINNADANA VERAMANI SIKKHAPADAM SAMADIYAMI
KAMESU MICCHACARA VERAMANI SIKKHAPADAM SAMAD IYAMI
MUSAVADA VERAMANI SIKKHAPADAM SAMADIYAMI
SURAMERAYAMAJJAPAMADATTHANA VERAMANI SIKKHAPADAM
SAMADIYAMI

PANCASILA (FIVE PRECEPTS)

I UNDERTAKE TO ABIDE BY THE PRECEPT TO ABSTAIN FROM KILLING
I UNDERTAKE TO ABIDE BY THE PRECEPT TO ABSTAIN FROM STEALING
I UNDERTAKE TO ABIDE BY THE PRECEPT TO ABSTAIN FROM SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
I UNDERTAKE TO ABIDE BY THE PRECEPT TO ABSTAIN FROM LYING
I UNDERTAKE TO ABIDE BY THE PRECEPT TO ABSTAIN FROM FERMENTED LIQUOR THAT CLOUDS THE MIND

4. THE THREE REFUGES

BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DUTIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DUTIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
DUTIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
TATIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
TATIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
TATIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI

THE THREE REFUGES

TO THE BUDDHA I GO FOR REFUGE
TO THE DHAMMA I GO FOR REFUGE
TO THE SANGHA I GO FOR REFUGE

FOR THE SECOND TIME TO THE BUDDHA I GO FOR REFUGE
FOR THE SECOND TIME TO THE DHAMMA I GO FOR REFUGE
FOR THE SECOND TIME TO THE SANGHA I GO FOR REFUGE

FOR THE THIRD TIME TO THE BUDDHA I GO FOR REFUGE
FOR THE THIRD TIME TO THE DHAMMA I GO FOR REFUGE
FOR THE THIRD TIME TO THE SANGHA I GO FOR REFUGE

5. QUALITIES (ATTRIBUTES) OF THE BUDDHA DHAMMA SANGHA

ITI PI SO BHAGAVA ARAHAM
SAMMA SAMBUDDHO VIJJA CARANA-SAMPANNO
SUGATO LOKAVIDU ANUTTARO
PURISA DAMMA-SARATHI
SATTHA DEVA-MANUSSANAM
BUDDHO BHAGAVA TI
SVAKKHATO BHAGAVATA DHAMMO
SANDITTHIKO AKALIKO
EHI-PASSIKO OPANAYIKO
PACCATTAM VEDITABBO VINNUHI TI
SUPATIPANNO BHAGAVATO SAVAKA SANGHO
UJU PATIPANNO BHAGAVATO SAVAKA SANGHO
NAYA PATIPANNO BHAGAVATO SAVAKA SANGHO
SAMICI PATIPANNO BHAGAVATO SAVAKA SANGHO
YADIDAM CATTARI PURISA YUGANI
ATTA PURISA PUGGALA
ESA BHAGAVATO SAVAKA SANGHO
AHUNEYYO PAHUNEYYO
DAKKHINEYYO ANJALI KARANIYO
ANUTTARAM PUNNAK-KHETTAM LOKASSA TI

QUALITIES (ATTRIBUTES) OF THE BUDDHA DHAMMA SANGHA

SUCH INDEED IS THE BLESSED ONE, EXALTED,
OMNISCIENT, ENDOWED WITH KNOWLEDGE AND VIRTUE,
WELL-GONE KNOWER OF THE WORLDS,
A GUIDE INCOMPARABLE FOR THE TRAINING OF INDIVIDUALS,
TEACHER OF GODS AND MEN,
ENLIGHTENED AND HOLY.

WELL-EXPOUNDED IS THE DHAMMA BY THE
BLESSED ONE TO BE SELF-REALISED;
WITH IMMEDIATE FRUIT,
TO BE BUT APPROACHED TO BE SEEN;
CAPABLE OF BEING ENTERED UPON;
TO BE ATTAINED BY THE WISE, EACH FOR HIMSELF.

OF GOOD CONDUCT IS THE ORDER OF THE
DISCIPLES OF THE BLESSED ONE.
OF UPRIGHT CONDUCT IS THE ORDER OF THE
DISCIPLES OF THE BLESSED ONE.

OF WISE CONDUCT IS THE ORDER OF THE
DISCIPLES OF THE BLESSED ONE.
OF DUTIFUL CONDUCT IS THE ORDER OF THE
DISCIPLES OF THE BLESSED ONE.
THIS ORDER OF THE DISCIPLES OF THE BLESSED ONE
NAMELY, THESE FOUR PAIRS OF PERSONS;
IS WORTHY OF OFFERINGS,
IS WORTHY OF HOSPITALITY,

IS WORTHY OF GIFTS,
IS WORTHY OF REVERENTIAL SALUTATION,
IS AN INCOMPARABLE FIELD OF MERITS TO THE WORLD.

6. THE FIVE GROUPS

RUPAM ANICCAM DUKKHAM ANATTA
RUPAM ANICCAM DUKKHAM ANATTA
RUPAM ANICCAM DUKKHAM ANATTA

VEDANA ANICCA DUKKHA ANATTA
VEDANA ANICCA DUKKHA ANATTA
VEDANA ANICCA DUKKHA ANATTA

SANNA ANICCA DUKKHA ANATTA
SANNA ANICCA DUKKHA ANATTA
SANNA ANICCA DUKKHA ANATTA

SANKHARA ANICCA DUKKHAM ANATTA
SANKHARA ANICCA DUKKHAM ANATTA
SANKHARA ANICCA DUKKHAM ANATTA

VINNANAM ANICCAM DUKKHAM ANATTA
VINNANAM ANICCAM DUKKHAM ANATTA
VINNANAM ANICCAM DUKKHAM ANATTA

THE FIVE GROUPS

Describes the three characteristics of existence, namely:

ANICCA – impermanence
DUKKHA – sorrow, suffering, unsatisfactoriness
ANATTA – no-self, emptiness

… as applied to the five groups making up body-mind, namely:

RUPAM – form, body
VEDANA – feeling, sensation in the body
SANNA – sense of existence of any kind, perception, memory
SANKHARA – all kinds of thoughts moral and immoral
VINNANAM – consciousness as thinking, knowing with intention

7. PARAMITA-METTA (LOVING KINDNESS MERIT)

WHATEVER BEINGS THERE BE – MAY THEY BE FREE FROM HATRED
WHATEVER BEINGS THERE BE – MAY THEY BE FREE FROM HATRED
WHATEVER BEINGS THERE BE – MAY THEY BE FREE FROM HATRED

WHATEVER BEINGS THERE BE – MAY THEY BE FREE FROM HURTING OTHERS
WHATEVER BEINGS THERE BE – MAY THEY BE FREE FROM HURTING OTHERS
WHATEVER BEINGS THERE BE – MAY THEY BE FREE FROM HURTING OTHERS

WHATEVER BEINGS THERE BE – MAY THEY BE FREE FROM HARMING OTHERS
WHATEVER BEINGS THERE BE – MAY THEY BE FREE FROM HARMING OTHERS
WHATEVER BEINGS THERE BE – MAY THEY BE FREE FROM HARMING OTHERS

WHATEVER BEINGS THERE BE – MAY THEY BE TROUBLE FREE IN BODY AND MIND
WHATEVER BEINGS THERE BE – MAY THEY BE TROUBLE FREE IN BODY AND MIND
WHATEVER BEINGS THERE BE – MAY THEY BE TROUBLE FREE IN BODY AND MIND

WHATEVER BEINGS THERE BE – MAY THEY PRESERVE THEIR OWN HAPPINESS
WHATEVER BEINGS THERE BE – MAY THEY PRESERVE THEIR OWN HAPPINESS
WHATEVER BEINGS THERE BE – MAY THEY PRESERVE THEIR OWN HAPPINESS

8. STATEMENT OF THE LAW OF KARMA

I AM THE OWNER OF MY KAMMA
HEIR TO MY KAMMA
BORN OF MY KAMMA
RELATED TO MY KAMMA
LIVE WITH MY KAMMA
WHATEVER KAMMA I SHALL DO – WHETHER GOOD OR EVIL, THAT SHALL BE INHERITED

9. JAYA-MANGALA-GATHA (STANZAS OF VICTORY)

Excerpt from the book ‘Advantages of Chanting and How to Practice Vipassana Meditation’ (2000) by Phra Rajsuddhinanamongkol.
English version produced by Suchitra Onkom. Reprinted with permission (2014)

1. Bāhum sahassa’ mabhinimmita sāvudhantam
Gīrimekhala udita ghora sasena māram
Dānādi dhamma vidhinā jitavā Munindo
Tam tejasā bhavatu me jayamangalāni

2. Mārāti reka’mabhiyujjhita sabbarattim
Ghorampanālavaka makkhamathaddha yakkham
Khantī sudanta vidhinā jitavā Munindo
Tam tejasā bhavatu me jayamangalāni

3. Nalagirim gajavaram atimatta bhutam
Dāvaggi cakka’masanīva sudārunantam
Mettambuseka vidhinā jitavā Munindo
Tam tejasā bhavatu me jayamangalāni

4. Ukkhitta-khagga matihattha sudārunantam
Dhāvan tiyojanapathangulimāla vantam
Iddhībhi sankhata mano jitavā Munindo
Tam tejasā bhavatu me jayamangalāni

5. Katvāna kattha’mudaram iva gabbhi nīyā
Ciñcāya dukkha vacanam janakāya majjhe
Santena somavidhinā jitavā Munindo
Tam tejasā bhavatu me jayamangalāni

6. Saccam vihāya matisaccaka vādaketum
Vādābhiropitamanam atiandhabhūtam
Paññāpadīpa jalito jitavā munindo
Tam tejasā bhavatu me jayamangalāni

7. Nandopananda bhujagam vibudham mahiddhim
Puttena thera bhujagena damāpayanto
Iddhūpadesa vidhinā jitavā Munindo
Tam tejasā bhavatu me jayamangalāni

8. Duggāhaditthi bhujagena sudattha hattham
Brahmam visuddhi jutim’iddhi bakābhidhānam
Ñānāgadena vidhinā jitavā Munindo
Tam tejasā bhavatu me jayamangalāni

9. Etā pi Buddha jayamangala atthagāthā
Yo vācano dinadine sarate matandi
Hitvāna nekavividhāni c’upaddavāni
Mokkham sukham adhigameyya naro sapañño

N.B. The last line “me” is changed to ‘”te” if chanted for others.

JAYA-MANGALA-GATHA (STANZAS OF VICTORY)

1. Mara, the Evil One, assuming a fierce form with a thousand arms, each brandishing a deadly weapon, stormed forward roaring, accompanied by his formidable hosts and riding on his elephant Girimekhala. Him the Sovereign Sage conquered by evoking the might of his exalted perfection of giving, and other virtues. By his mighty triumph, may joyous victory be mine!

2. Even more fiendish than Mara was Avalaka, the impetuous and haughty yakkha who fought a night-long battle with the Lord. Him the Sovereign Sage conquered through enduring patience flowing from his unequalled self-mastery. By his mighty triumph, may joyous victory be mine!

3. Provoked to run amok, Nalagiri, the king tusker, like a raging forest fire murderously assailed all in his path, and struck such horror in them as would Indra’s thunder bolt, the irresistible destroyer. Him the Sovereign Sage tamed by sprinkling over him the cooling water of all-embracing love. By his mighty triumph, may joyous victory be mine!

4. With sword upraised in expert hands did the savage robber, Angulimala, pursue the Lord for a full three leagues. Him the Sovereign Sage conquered by his supernatural powers. By his mighty triumph, may joyous victory be mine!

5. Posing as a pregnant woman by tying a piece of wood to her belly, Cinca falsely accused (the Buddha) with lewd words in the midst of a devout congregation. Her the Sovereign Sage subdued through his imperturbable serenity. By his mighty triumph, may joyous victory be mine!

6. With his perverted intelligence, the wandering mendicant, Saccaka, invariably distorted the truth. Pretending to be the very banner of learning, he only blinded his own mental vision as he went about indulging in intellectual disputations. Him the Sovereign Sage conquered by his illuminating lamp of wisdom. By his mighty triumph, may joyous victory be mine!

7. The gifted but perverted king of the Nagas, Nandopananda by name, possessed great psychic power and was hostile. By instructing the elder Moggallana, his spiritual son mighty in supernatural attainments, the Sovereign Sage rendered the Naga king powerless and transformed him. Thus through a supernormal mode of spiritual instruction intelligible to his kind, did the master conquer the Naga. By his mightytriumph, may joyous victory be mine!

8. Though a deity of great purity, radiance and power, Baka, the Brahma god, was nevertheless in the grip of pernicious views, like an arm tightly held by a snake’s coils. Him the Sovereign Sage cured by means of wisdom. By his mighty triumph, may joyous victory be mine!

9. He who, day after day without lethargy, recites and recollects these eight hymns of the Exalted One’s glorious triumphs, that wise man, having overcome many diverse obstacles, shall attain the bliss of Deliverance.

10. JAYAPARRITAM (THE VICTORY PROTECTION)

Excerpt from the book ‘Advantages of Chanting and How to Practice Vipassana Meditation'( 2000) by Phra Rajsuddhinanamongkol. English version produced by Suchitra Onkom. Reprinted with permission (2014).

Mahākāruniko nātho hitāya sabbapāninam
Pūretvā pārami sabbā patto sambodhimuttam
Etena saccavajjena hotu te jayamangalam.
Jayanto bodhiyā mūle sakyānam nandivaddhano
Evam tvam vijayo hohi jayassu jayamangale
Aparājitapallanke sīse pathavipokkhare
Abiseke sabbabuddhānam aggappatto pamodati
Sunakkhattam sumangalam supabhātam suhutthitam
Sukhano sumuhutto ca suyittham brahmacārīsu.
Padakkhinam kāyakammam vācākammam padakkhinam
Padakkhinam manokamm panidhī te padakkhinā
Padakkhināni katvāna labhantatthe padakhine.

Bhavatu sabba mangalam-rakkhantu sabba devatā
Sabba Buddhānu bhāvena-sadā sotthī bhavantu te,
bhavantu sabba mangalam-rakkhantu sabba devatā
sabba dhammānu bhāvena-sadā sotthī bhavantu te,
bhavatu sabba mangalam-rakkhantu sabba devatā
sabba Sanghānu bhāvena-sadā sotthī bhavantu te.

JAYAPARRITAM (THE VICTORY PROTECTION)

The exalted and compassionate Deliverer, for the welfare of all, fulfilled the Perfections and attained the Summit state of Supreme Enlightenment.
By this avowal of truth may triumph and weal be yours!

Victorious under the Bodhi tree, being blissful among the Buddhas,
He consummated the joy of the Sakyans by the conquest of Mara at His victory Seat,
witnessed by the Earth.
Even so, may your victory be blessed with triumph and weal.

The time when people perform a good deed is indeed an auspicious occasion, a bright dawn,
a moment well caught in time, and is the right worship of holy people. At that time, all
actions of body, speech and mind, and all aspirations become auspicious. Having performed
auspicious deeds, they beget auspicious benefits.

May all blessings come to you,
May all gods protect you;
By the grace of all Enlightened Ones,
May weal ever abound in you!

May all blessings come to you,
May all gods protect you;
By the grace of the Sacred Teachings,
May weal ever abound in you!

May all blessings come to you,
May all gods protect you;
By the grace of the Holy Order,
May weal ever abound in you!