Evening Chant

Refuges in Pali

Buddham saranam gacchami
Dhammam saranam gacchami
Sangham saranam gacchami

Dutiyampi buddham saranam gacchami
Dutiyampi dhammam saranam gacchami
Dutiyampi snagham saranam gacchami

Tatiyampi buddham saranam gacchami
Tatiyampi dhammam saranam gacchami
Tatiyampi sangham saranam gacchami

Before Lecture or Class

The unsurpassed, complete and perfect Dharma
is rarely met with, even in a hundred thousand million kalpas.
Now we can see and hear it, accept and maintain it.
May we unfold the meaning of the Tathagatas words.

After Lecture or Class (Bodhisattva Vows)

Beings are numberless -
I vow to free them
Delusions are inexhaustible -
I vow to end them
Dharma gates are boundless -
I vow to enter them
The Buddha Way is unsurpassable -
I vow to realize it