Cyber Puja -- Devotion
Leader
:
Brothers and Sister in the Dhamma,
let us now compose our minds and
prepare ourselves for this Buddha Puja.
Uplift our hearts and charge our
minds with the purest thoughts
for the Triple Gems. Contemplate on these words
of devotion we recite.
Let us all kneel for the opening salutation.
1. OPENING SALUTATION
Leader
:
We
kneel before the Buddha image / with our minds clear and calm.
/
We offer
to the Buddha / our purest thoughts / and our hearts full of
devotion.
I bow before the Compassionate Buddha, / the Supremely
Enlightened One,
/ who shows the Way
to Liberation.
I bow before the Glorious Dhamma, / the Buddha’s
Teaching,
/ that leads from darkness /
to Spiritual Light.
I bow before the Holy Sangha, / the Fellowship of the
Buddha’s Disciples,
/ that inspires
and guides.
2. REVERENCE
Leader
:
Homage to Him, / the Blessed One, /
the Exalted One, / the Fully
Enlightened One.
NAMO TASSA BHAGAVATO ARAHATO SAMMA
SAMBUDDHASSA
Three
times
3. THREEFOLD REFUGE
Leader
:
To
the Buddha, / our Teacher and Spiritual Ideal, / we go for
refuge,
To
the Dhamma, / the Path to Liberation, / we go for refuge,
To the Sangha, / the Spiritual
Community, / we go for refuge.
Buddham saranam gacchami ; Dhammam saranam gacchami
;
Sangham saranam
gacchami
[ I go to
the Buddha for refuge; I go to the Dhamma for refuge;
I go to the Sangha for refuge
]
Dutiyampi Buddham saranam gacchami ; Dutiyampi Dhammam
saranam gacchami
Dutiyampi Sangham
saranam gacchami
[
For the second time, I go to the Buddha for refuge; I go .....
]
Tatiyampi Buddham saranam gacchami ; Tatiyampi Dhammam
saranam gacchami
Tatiyampi Sangham
saranam gacchami
[
For the third time, I go to the Buddha for refuge; I go .....
]
4. FIVE PRECEPTS
Leader
:
Let us all be seated.
The wrong action we do / cause
suffering.
An act / performed thoughtlessly / or with greed and hatred
/
brings
pain to ourselves, / what more to others.
Five noble principles we follow /
to train ourselves, /
and bring happiness to the world.
I undertake to observe the precept / to abstain from destroying living beings.
I undertake to observe the precept / to abstain from taking what is not given.
I undertake to observe the precept / to abstain from sexual misconduct.
I undertake to observe the precept / to abstain from false speech.
I undertake to observe the precept / to abstain from
drugs and liquor
/ that cause
intoxication and heedlessness.
FIVE NOBLE PRINCIPLE
Leader
:
Master our words, / Master our Thoughts. / Never allow our body to
do harm.
With deeds of love and compassion, / I purify my
action.
With selfless giving, / I
purify my action.
With moderation and
contentment, / I purify my action.
With truthful words, / I purify my
speech.
With clear mindfulness and
calmness, / I purify my thoughts.
5. HOMAGE TO THE TRIPLE GEM
Leader
:
Let us pay homage / to the Buddha, / Dhamma / and
Sangha.
I honour the Blessed One, / Exalted,
/ Fully Enlightened, / Perfect with Knowledge and
Virtue,
/ the Attainer, / Knower of
the World,
/ the Guide Incomparable, /
Teacher of Gods and Men
/ Enlightened
and Holy.
I honour the Teaching, / well taught, / to be
self-realised,
/ bringing immediate
good results, / to be examined by oneself,
/ leading on to Nibbana, / to be known by the wise,
/ each for himself.
I honour the Noble Disciples of the
Buddha,
/ of good conduct, / of
upright conduct,
/ of wise conduct, /
of dutiful conduct.
/ To these Noble
Ones, / who are a great field of merit,
/ I offer salutation and support.
Till Deliverance is attained, / I go to the Buddha,
/
Dhamma / and Sangha / for
refuge.
No other refuge do I seek / (for my protection and
liberation),
/ the Buddha, / Dhamma, /
and Sangha / is my matchless refuge;
by the truth of these words, / may joyous victory be mine !
6. SUTTA RECITAL
Leader
:
We
shall now recite ....
7. STANZAS FROM DHAMMAPADA
Leader
:
Let us all rise to reflect on the "stanzas from the Dhammapada
"
We shall
recite selection number .....
