Ven. Thích Trừng Sỹ Pháp Nhãn Temple
THE RITUAL OF THE VESAK DAY CHANTING
Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma SamBuddhassa
(3 times, bell)
Respectfully pay homage to the Buddha: The World-Honored One, the Worthy One, the Exalted One, the Fully Awakened and Enlightened One. Namo Buddhaya.
Respectfully pay homage to the wonderful Dharma of the Buddha, the path of practicing peace, joy, happiness, understanding, and love for the many right in the present life. Namo Dharmaya.
Respectfully pay homage to the harmonious and peaceful Sangha of the Buddha, the Community of cultivated people who vow to live their lives of virtue, meditation, wisdom, deliverance, and deliverance with right understanding to benefit oneself and other people right here and right now in the present life. Namo Sanghaya. (Bell)
Praising the Buddha
As wonderful as the lotus flower,
As bright as the northern star,
Let us come back and take refuge in
the Teacher of gods and human beings.
The precious lotus blossoms on the enlightened pedestal,
The halo shines in all directions.
Wisdom is beyond the dharma realms,
Loving-kindness and compassion permeate all the mountains and rivers.
I have just seen the Buddha’s perfect countenance,
I respectfully offer the Buddha my whole sincere heart,
I forward wholeheartedly to praise for the Noble Triple Gem.
Diligence in the Dharma path is well cultivated.
Namo The Original Master Shakyamuni Buddhaya
(3 times, bell)
Respectfully pay homage to the Noble Triple Gem
The Buddha, who is the fully Awakened and Enlightened One,
Shows the way of peace to living things and living beings,
has the virtuous, good, and noble signs,
The Buddha’s wisdom and compassion are perfect.
We, disciples of Gautama Buddha, wholeheartedly pay homage to the Buddha forever present in the three lifetimes and ten directions. (Bell, one prostration)
The Dharma that is the bright way,
Instructs people to escape the realm of delusion,
Leads us to return to true home
In order to lead a life of awakening.
We, disciples of Gautama Buddha, wholeheartedly pay homage to the Dharma forever present in the three lifetimes and ten directions. (Bell, one prostration)
The Sangha that is the beautiful Community in harmony
Travels on the joyful path together,
Cultivates to be freed from afflictions
In order to make life beautified.
We, disciples of Gautama Buddha, wholeheartedly pay homage to the Sangha forever present in the three lifetimes and ten directions. (Bell, one prostration)
Open Verse
The Dharma is deep and lovely,
Now we have a chance
to see, study, and to practice,
we vow to realize its true meaning.
Namo The Fully Enlightened Buddhaya.
(3 times, bell)
Recollection of Gratitude to the Buddha
The World-Honored Buddha;
The Teacher is our peaceful, noble, and spiritual Leader,
The Teacher is the most worthy to be made offerings to,
The Teacher is fully endowed with loving-kindness, compassion, wisdom, love, understanding, and virtue perfectly.
The teacher has skillfully crossed to the shore of liberation, peace, joy, and happiness completely,
The Teacher knows the world thoroughly,
The Teacher has the ability to train and teach living beings,
The Teacher of both gods and human beings,
The Teacher is the fully enlightened and awakened One,
The Teacher deserves to be best honored and respected in the world. (Bell)
Touching the earth to deep gratitude to the Buddha:
Wholeheartedly pay homage to Siddhārtha Gautama Bodhisattva,
starting from Tusita heaven,
foreseeing a wholesome omen to holy Maya Queen,
riding a white elephant with six tusks,
entering into his mother’s fetus.
Namo the Original Master Shakyamuni Buddhaya
(Bell, one prostration)
Wholeheartedly pay homage to Siddhārtha Gautama Bodhisattva,
being born under an Ashoka tree,
being bathed by two currents of warm and cool water,
stepping seven steps lifted out by seven lotuses,
confidently stating out that:
“The Enlightened One is topmost.”
Namo the Original Master Shakyamuni Buddhaya
(Bell, one prostration)
Wholeheartedly pay homage to Siddhārtha Gautama Bodhisattva,
for forty-nine days and nights,
sitting diligently in deep meditation,
attaining the fruition of full enlightenment,
under early morning starlight.
Namo the Original Master Shakyamuni Buddhaya
(Bell, one prostration)
Wholeheartedly pay homage to the Buddha,
throughout forty-five years,
only proclaiming suffering,
and transforming suffering
to bring peace and joy to the world today.
Namo the Original Master Shakyamuni Buddhaya
(Bell, one prostration)
Wholeheartedly pay homage to the Buddha,
at the age of 80,
entering parinibbāna
under between two Sala trees
leaving his holy bodily relics all over the world.
Namo the Original Master Shakyamuni Buddhaya
(Bell, one prostration)
Wholeheartedly pay homage to the Buddha,
the Master of spiritual instruction,
the Teacher of gods and human beings,
the gentle compassion Father in all realms,
bringing welfare and well-being to all living things and living beings.
Namo the Original Master Shakyamuni Buddhaya
(Bell, one prostration)
(3 times, bell)
His right index finger points up to the sky, and left index finger points down to the ground, the new-born baby Buddha clearly said that:
The fully Awakened and Enlightened One is supreme
In heaven and on earth, no one is more perfect than Him,
Today is the great celebration of Vesak Day …. We the disciples of Gautama Buddha together celebrate the gratitude to the sublime merit of Shakyamuni Buddha, who founded Buddhism, the path of mindfulness, awareness, culture, equality, and peace honored and respected all over the world.
In front of the auspicious blessing of the Triple Gem, we would like to pray for the world peace, good weather, favorable rainy wind to living things and living beings on earth.
Everywhere in rural and urban areas, all people know how to follow Buddhism, keep far away from evil, do good things, purify their minds.
The peace messengers of Lord Tathagata, monastic and lay Buddhists all over the global together learn, practice, and apply the Buddha Dharma into daily life to benefit oneself and other people right here and right now in the present life.
