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A Chanting Guide Jinapañjara Gāthā
… These five elders—Puṇṇa, Aṅgulimāla, Upālī, Nanda, & Sīvalī—have arisen as auspicious marks at the middle of my forehead. Sesāsīti mahātherā Vijitā jina-sāvakā Etesīti mahātherā Jitavanto jin’orasā Jalantā sīla-tejena Aṅgam-aṅgesu saṇṭhitā. The rest of the 80 great elders—victorious, disciples of the Victor, sons of the Victor, shining with the majesty of moral virtue—are established in the various parts …
A Chanting Guide Breath Meditation: Seven Steps
… Let the breath at the base of the throat spread down the central nerve at the front of the body, past the lungs & liver, all the way down to the bladder & colon. Inhale the breath right at the middle of the chest and let it go all the way down to your intestines. Let all these breath sensations spread so that they connect & flow …
A Chanting Guide Dhamma-cakkappavattana Sutta
… Avoiding both of these extremes, the middle way realized by the Tathāgata—producing vision, producing knowledge—leads to calm, to direct knowledge, to self-awakening, to unbinding. Katamā ca sā bhikkhave majjhimā paṭipadā Tathāgatena abhisambuddhā, Cakkhu-karaṇī ñāṇa-karaṇī upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṁvattati. And what is the middle way realized by the Tathāgata that—producing vision, producing knowledge—leads to calm, to direct …
A Chanting Guide Visākha Pūjā
… was born in the Middle Country, the Ariyaka race, the noble warrior class, & the Gotama lineage. Sakya-putto Sakya-kulā pabbajito, sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake, sassamaṇa-brāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadeva-manussāya, anuttaraṁ sammā-sambodhiṁ abhisambuddho. A member of the Sakyan clan, he left his Sakyan family, went forth into the homeless life, & attained Right Self-Awakening unsurpassed in the cosmos with its Devas, Māras, & Brahmās …
A Chanting Guide The Council Chant
… Along the way, Suppiya the wanderer spoke in many ways in dispraise of the Buddha, in dispraise of the Dhamma, in dispraise of the Saṅgha. But Suppiya the wanderer’s apprentice, Brahmadatta the young brāhman, spoke in many ways in praise of the Buddha, in praise of the Dhamma, in praise of the Saṅgha. Itiha te ubho ācariy’antevāsī aññam-aññassa uju-vipaccanika-vācā …
A Chanting Guide Morning Chanting
… The Teacher’s Dhamma, like a lamp, divided into Path, Fruition, & the Deathless, both transcendent (itself) & showing the way to that goal: I revere that Dhamma with devotion. Saṅgho sukhettābhyatikhetta-saññito, Yo diṭṭha-santo sugatānubodhako, Lolappahīno ariyo sumedhaso: Vandāmi saṅghaṁ aham-ādarena taṁ. The Saṅgha, called a field better than the best, who have seen peace, awakening after the one gone the good way …
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