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Saturday 4th July – Recordings (see below Tiratana Vandana)

 

The Tiratana Vandana
Salutation to the Three Jewels

Buddha Vandana

Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammasambuddhassa
Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammasambuddhassa
Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammasambuddhassa

Iti’pi so bhagava araham sammasambuddho
vijjacaranasampanno sugato
lokavidu, anuttaro purisadammasarathi
sattha devamanussanam
buddho bhagava’ti

Buddham jivitapariyantam saranam gacchami

Ye ca Buddha atita ca
Ye ca Buddha anagata
Paccuppanna ca ye Buddha
Aham vandami sabbada

N’atthi me saranam annam
Buddho me saranam varam
Etena saccavajjena
Hotu me jayamangalam

Such indeed is He, the Richly Endowed: the Free, the Fully and Perfectly Awake, Equipped
with Knowledge and Practice, the Happily Attained, Knower of the Worlds, Guide
Unsurpassed of Men to Be Tamed, the Teacher of Gods and Men, the Awakened One Richly
Endowed.

All my life I go for Refuge to the Awakened One.

To all the Awakened of the past,
To all the Awakened yet to be,
To all the Awakened that now are,
My worship flows unceasingly.
No other refuge than the Wake, Refuge supreme, is there for me.
O by the virtue of this truth,
May grace abound, and victory!

Dhamma Vandana

Svakkhato bhagavata Dhammo
sanditthiko akaliko ehipassiko
opanayiko paccatam
veditabbo vinnuhi’ti

Dhamman jivitapariyantam

saranam gacchami
Ye ca Dhamma atita ca
Ye ca Dhamma anagata
Paccuppanna ca ye Dhamma
Aham vandami sabbada

N’atthi me saranam annam
Dhammo me saranam varam
Etena saccavajjena
Hotu me jayamangalam

Well communicated is the teaching of the Richly Endowed One, Immediately
Apparent, Perennial, of the Nature of a Personal Invitation, Progressive, to be
understood individually, by the wise.

All my life I go for Refuge to the Truth.

To all the Truth-Teachings of the past,
To all the Truth-Teachings yet to be,
To all the Truth-Teachings that now are,
My worship flows unceasingly.
No other refuge than the Truth, Refuge supreme, is there for me.
O by the virtue of this truth,
May grace abound, and victory!

 

Sangha Vandana

Supatipanno bhagavato savakasangho
ujupatipanno bhagavato savakasangho
nayapatipanno bhagavato savakasangho
samicipatipanno bhagavato savakasangho

yadidam cattari purisayugani
attha purisapuggala
Esa bhagavato
savakasangho
ahuneyyo, pahuneyyo,
dakkhineyyo anjalikaraniyo
anuttaram
punnakkhettam lokassa’ti

Sangham jivitapariyantam saranam gacchami

Ye ca Sangha atita ca
Ye ca Sangha anagata
Paccuppanna ca ye Sangha
Aham vandami sabbada
N’atthi me saranam annam
Sangho me saranam varam
Etena saccavajjena
Hotu me jayamangalam

Happily proceeding is the fellowship of the Hearers of the Richly Endowed One, uprightly
proceeding … methodically proceeding … correctly proceeding,… namely, these four pairs of
Individuals, these eight Persons. This fellowship of Hearers of the Richly Endowed One is
worthy of worship, worthy of hospitality, worthy of offerings, worthy of salutation with folded
hands, an incomparable source of goodness to the world.

All my life I go for Refuge to the Fellowship.

To all the Fellowships that were,
To all the Fellowships to be,
To all the Fellowships that are,
My worship flows unceasingly.
No refuge but the Fellowship,
Refuge supreme, is there for me.
O by the virtue of this truth,
May grace abound, and victory!

 

 

Saturday 8am

 

 

 

 

Saturday 10.30am 1st Part

 

 

 

Saturday 10.30am 2nd Part

 

 

 

 

 

Poem: Know Deeply, Know Thyself More Deeply (D. H. Lawrence)

Go deeper than love, for the soul has greater depths

love is like the grass, but the heart is deep wild rock

molten, yet dense and permanent.

Go down to your deep old heart, and lose sight of yourself.

And lose sight of me, the me whom you turbulently loved.

Let us lose sight of ourselves, and break the mirrors.

For the fierce curve of our lives is moving again to the depths

out of sight, in the deep living heart.

 

Mind Map: Three Aspects of Sraddha

 

Saturday 4pm

 

 

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Meet new friends and greet old ones on this Sunday’s Sangha Day, 8th December, 10.30am-4.30pm. See our new chair Amalavajra welcomed too! See programme here.

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