Buddha-jaya-maṅgala Gāthā The Verses of the Buddha's Auspicious Victories

Bāhuṃ sahassam-abhinimmita-sāvudhantaṃ

Grīmekhalaṃ udita-ghora-sasena-māraṃ

Dānādi-dhamma-vidhinā jitavā munindo

Tan-tejasā bhavatu te jaya-maṅgalāni

[Tan-tejasā bhavatu te jaya-maṅgal'aggaṃ].

Creating a form with 1,000 arms, each equipped with a weapon,

Mara, on the elephant Girimekhala,

uttered a frightening roar together with his troops.

The Lord of Sages defeated him by means of such qualities as generosity:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.

[By the power of this, may you have the highest victory blessing.]

Mārātirekam-abhiyujjhita-sabba-rattiṃ

Ghorampan'āḷavaka-makkham-athaddha-yakkhaṃ

Khantī-sudanta-vidhinā jitavā munindo

Tan-tejasā bhavatu te jaya-maṅgalāni.

Even more frightful than Mara making war all night

Was Āḷavaka, the arrogant unstable ogre.

The Lord of Sages defeated him by means of well-trained endurance:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.

Nāḷāgiriṃ gaja-varaṃ atimattabhūtaṃ

Dāvaggi-cakkam-asanīva sudāruṇantaṃ

Mett'ambuseka-vidhinā jitavā munindo

Tan-tejasā bhavatu te jaya-maṅgalāni.

Nāḷāgiri, the excellent elephant, when maddened,

Was very horrific, like a forest fire, a flaming discus, a lightning bolt.

The Lord of Sages defeated him by sprinkling the water of good will:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.

Ukkhitta-khaggam-atihattha sudāruṇantaṃ

Dhāvan-ti-yojana-path'aṅguli-mālavantaṃ

Iddhībhisaṅkhata-mano jitavā munindo

Tan-tejasā bhavatu te jaya-maṅgalāni.

Very horrific, with a sword upraised in his expert hand,

Garlanded-with-Fingers ran three leagues along the path.

The Lord of Sages defeated him with mind-fashioned marvels:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.

Katvāna kaṭṭham-udaraṃ iva gabbhinīyā

Ciñcāya duṭṭha-vacanaṃ jana-kāya-majjhe

Santena soma-vidhinā jitavā munindo

Tan-tejasā bhavatu te jaya-maṅgalāni.

Having made a wooden belly to appear pregnant,

Ciñca made a lewd accusation in the midst of the gathering.

The Lord of Sages defeated her with peaceful, gracious means:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.

Saccaṃ vihāya mati-saccaka-vāda-ketuṃ

Vādābhiropita-manaṃ ati-andhabhūtaṃ

Paññā-padīpa-jalito jitavā munindo

Tan-tejasā bhavatu te jaya-maṅgalāni.

Saccaka, whose provocative views had abandoned the truth,

Delighting in argument, had become thoroughly blind.

The Lord of Sages defeated him with the light of discernment:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.

Nandopananda-bhujagaṃ vibudhaṃ mahiddhiṃ

Puttena thera-bhujagena damāpayanto

Iddhūpadesa-vidhinā jitavā munindo

Tan-tejasā bhavatu te jaya-maṅgalāni.

Nandopananda was a serpent with great power but wrong views.

The Lord of Sages defeated him by means of a display of marvels,

sending his son (Moggallana), the serpent-elder, to tame him:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.

Duggāha-diṭṭhi-bhujagena sudaṭṭha-hatthaṃ

Brahmaṃ visuddhi-jutim-iddhi-bakābhidhānaṃ

Ñāṇāgadena vidhinā jitavā munindo

Tan-tejasā bhavatu te jaya-maṅgalāni.

His hands bound tight by the serpent of wrongly held views,

Baka, the Brahma, thought himself pure in his radiance & power.

The Lord of Sages defeated him by means of his words of knowledge:

By the power of this, may you have victory blessings.

Etāpi buddha-jaya-maṅgala-aṭṭha-gāthā

Yo vācano dinadine sarate matandī

Hitvān'aneka-vividhāni c'upaddavāni

Mokkhaṃ sukhaṃ adhigameyya naro sapañño.

These eight verses of the Buddha's victory blessings:

Whatever person of discernment

Recites or recalls them day after day without lapsing,

Destroying all kinds of obstacles,

Will attain emancipation & happiness.

Bojjhaṅga Paritta The Factor-of-Awakening Protection

Bojjhaṅgo sati-saṅkhāto

Dhammānaṃ vicayo tathā

Viriyam-pīti-passaddhi-

Bojjhaṅgā ca tathāpare

Samādh'upekkha-bojjhaṅgā

Satt'ete sabba-dassinā

Muninā sammadakkhātā

Bhāvitā bahulīkatā

Saṃvattanti abhiññāya

Nibbānāya ca bodhiyā

Etena sacca-vajjena

Sotthi te hotu sabbadā.

The factors for Awakening include mindfulness,

Investigation of qualities,

Persistence, rapture, & serentiy factors for Awakening, plus

Concentration & equanimity factors for Awakening.

These seven, which the All-seeing Sage

Has rightly taught, when developed & matured,

Bring about heightened knowledge, Liberation, & Awakening.

By the saying of this truth, may you always be well.

Ekasmiṃ samaye nātho

Moggallānañca Kassapaṃ

Gilāne dukkhite disvā

Bojjhaṅge satta desayi

Te ca taṃ abhinanditvā

Rogā mucciṃsu taṃkhaṇe

Etena sacca-vajjena

Sotthi te hotu sabbadā.

At one time, our Protector — seeing that Moggallana & Kassapa

Were sick & in pain — taught them the seven factors for Awakening.

They, delighting in that, were instantly freed from their illness.

By the saying of this truth, may you always be well.

Ekadā dhamma-rājā pi

Gelaññenābhipīḷito

Cundattherena taññeva

Bhaṇāpetvāna sādaraṃ

Sammoditvā ca ābādhā

Tamhā vuṭṭhāsi ṭhānaso

Etena sacca-vajjena

Sotthi te hotu sabbadā.

Once, when the Dhamma King was afflicted with fever,

He had the Elder Cunda recite that very teaching with devotion.

And as he approved, he rose up from that disease.

By the saying of this truth, may you always be well.

Pahīnā te ca ābādhā

Tiṇṇannam-pi mahesinaṃ

Maggāhata-kilesā va

Pattānuppattidhammataṃ

Etena sacca-vajjena

Sotthi te hotu sabbadā.

Those diseases were abandoned by the three great seers,

Just as defilements are demolished by the Path

In accordance with step-by-step attainment.

By the saying of this truth, may you always be well.

Aṅgulimāla Paritta Ven. Angulimala's Protection

Yato'haṃ bhagini ariyāya jātiyā jāto,

Nābhijānāmi sañcicca pāṇaṃ jīvitā voropetā,

Tena saccena sotthi te hotu sotthi gabbhassa.

Sister, since being born in the Noble Birth,

I am not aware that I have intentionally deprived a being of life.

By this truth may you be well,

And so may the child in your womb.

Āṭānāṭiya Paritta Homage to the Seven Past Buddhas

Vipassissa namatthu

Cakkhumantassa sirīmato

Sikhissa pi namatthu

Sabba-bhūtānukampino

Homage to Vipassī, possessed of vision & splendor.

Homage to Sikhī, sympathetic to all beings.

Vessabhussa namatthu

Nhātakassa tapassino

Namatthu Kakusandhassa

Māra-senappamaddino

Homage to Vesabhū, cleansed, austere.

Homage to Kakusandha, crusher of Mara's host.

Konāgamanassa namatthu

Brāhmaṇassa vusīmato

Kassapassa namatthu

Vippamuttassa sabbadhi

Homage to Konāgamana, the Brahman who lived the life perfected.

Homage to Kassapa, entirely released.

Aṅgīrasassa namatthu

Sakya-puttassa sirīmato

Yo imaṃ dhammam-adesesi

Sabba-dukkhāpanūdanaṃ.

Homage to Aṅgīrasa, splendid son of the Sakyans,

who taught this Dhamma — the dispelling of all stress.

Ye cāpi nibbutā loke

Yathābhūtaṃ vipassisuṃ

Te janā apisuṇā

Mahantā vītasāradā

Those unbound in the world, who have seen things as they are,

Great Ones of gentle speech, thoroughly mature,

Hitaṃ deva-manussānaṃ

Yaṃ namassanti Gotamaṃ

Vijjā-caraṇa-sampannaṃ

Mahantaṃ vītasāradaṃ

Even they pay homage to Gotama, the benefit of human & heavenly beings,

Consummate in knowledge & conduct, the Great One, thoroughly mature.

Vijjā-caraṇa-sampannaṃ

Buddhaṃ vandāma Gotamanti

We revere the Buddha Gotama, consummate in knowledge & conduct.

Dhajagga Paritta The Top-of-the-Banner-Staff Protection

Itipi so bhagavā arahaṃ sammā-sambuddho,

He is a Blessed One, a Worthy One, a Rightly Self-awakened One,

Vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno sugato lokavidū,

consummate in knowledge & conduct, one who has gone the good way, knower of the cosmos,

Anuttaro purisa-damma-sārathi satthā deva-manussānaṃ buddho bhagavāti.

unexcelled trainer of those who can be taught, teacher of human & divine beings; awakened; blessed.

Svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo,

The Dhamma is well-expounded by the Blessed One,

Sandiṭṭhiko akāliko ehipassiko,

to be seen here & now, timeless, inviting all to come & see,

Opanayiko paccattaṃ veditabbo viññūhīti.

leading inward, to be seen by the wise for themselves.

Supaṭipanno bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho,

The Sangha of the Blessed One's disciples who have practiced well,

Uju-paṭipanno bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho,

the Sangha of the Blessed One's disciples who have practiced straightforwardly,

Ñāya-paṭipanno bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho,

the Sangha of the Blessed One's disciples who have practiced methodically,

Sāmīci-paṭipanno bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho,

the Sangha of the Blessed One's disciples who have practiced masterfully,

Yadidaṃ cattāri purisa-yugāni aṭṭha purisa-puggalā:

i.e., the four pairs — the eight types — of Noble Ones:

Esa bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho —

That is the Sangha of the Blessed One's disciples —

Āhuneyyo pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjali-karaṇīyo,

worthy of gifts, worthy of hospitality, worthy of offerings, worthy of respect,

Anuttaraṃ puññakkhettaṃ lokassāti.

the incomparable field of merit for the world.

Vaṭṭaka Paritta The Baby Quail's Protection

Atthi loke sīla-guṇo

Saccaṃ soceyy'anuddayā

Tena saccena kāhāmi

Sacca-kiriyam-anuttaraṃ

There is in this world the quality of virtue,

Truth, purity, tenderness.

In accordance with this truth I will make

An unsurpassed vow of truth.

Āvajjitvā dhamma-balaṃ

Saritvā pubbake jine

Sacca-balam-avassāya

Sacca-kiriyam-akāsa'haṃ

Sensing the strength of the Dhamma,

Calling to mind the victors of the past,

In dependence on the strength of truth,

I made an unsurpassed vow of truth:

Santi pakkhā apattanā

Santi pādā avañcanā

Mātā pitā ca nikkhantā

Jāta-veda paṭikkama

Here are wings with no feathers,

Here are feet that can't walk.

My mother & father have left me.

Fire, go back!

Saha sacce kate mayhaṃ

Mahāpajjalito sikhī

Vajjesi soḷasa karīsāni

Udakaṃ patvā yathā sikhī

Saccena me samo n'atthi

Esā me sacca-pāramīti.

When I made my vow with truth,

The great crested flames

Avoided the sixteen acres around me

As if they had come to a body of water.

My truth has no equal:

Such is my perfection of truth.