Daily chants
Requesting and undertaking the five precepts
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Daily chants
Homage to the Triple Gem
Ratanattayavandanā
A short homage to the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Saṅgha, chanted before other chants or before meditation.
When it is chanted
Used to open almost any chanting session: morning and evening chanting, before meditation, and before listening to a talk.
If you have a Buddha image, bow three times before beginning. If not, you can chant anywhere — what matters is a settled mind.
Background
The Triple Gem means the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Saṅgha. This chant is not a request for favours; it is a way of calling those three to mind so that the mind settles before anything else.
The Pali comes from the phrases of praise found throughout the Tipiṭaka, for example in the Dhajagga Sutta, where the Buddha recommends recollecting the Triple Gem when fear arises.
Pali
- Arahaṃ sammāsambuddho bhagavā The Blessed One is worthy, awakened by himself to the truth.
- Buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ abhivādemi I bow to the Buddha, the Blessed One.
- Svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo The Dhamma is well proclaimed by the Blessed One.
- Dhammaṃ namassāmi I pay homage to the Dhamma.
- Supaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho The Saṅgha of the Blessed One's disciples practises well.
- Saṅghaṃ namāmi I pay homage to the Saṅgha.
Where it comes from in the Tipiṭaka
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