Evening Chanting (Pali)
Supreme Praise of the Dhamma
[ No꜓w let us chant the supreme praise of the Dha꜕mma. ]
It i꜕s excellent be꜕cause it is ‘we꜕ll expo꜓unded,’
And it can be di꜕vided into꜕ Path and Fruit, Learning and Li꜕bera꜓tion.
The꜕ Dhamma holds those who u꜕phold it from fa꜕lli꜕ng i꜕nto꜕ delu꜓sion.
I revere the꜕ excellent Te꜓aching, that which removes da꜕rkness —
The꜕ Dhamma, which is the su꜕preme, se꜕cure re꜓fuge of al꜖l beings —
As the꜕ Second Object of Re꜕colle꜓ction, I꜕ venerate it with bo꜓wed head.
I am indeed the Dhamma’s se꜕rvant, the꜕ Dhamma is my Lo꜓rd a꜕nd Guide.
The꜕ Dhamma is sorrow’s destro꜕yer, and it bestows ble꜓ssi꜓ngs o꜕n me.
To the꜕ Dhamma I de꜓dicate this bo꜕d꜕y and life,
And in de꜕votion I wi꜕ll walk this excellent wa꜓y o꜕f Truth.
For me there is no other re꜕fuge, the꜕ Dhamma is my e꜓xcelle꜕nt re꜕fuge.
By the꜕ utterance of thi꜕s Truth, may I grow in the Ma꜓ste꜕r’s Way.
By my de꜕votion to the Dha꜕mma, and the꜕ blessing of this pra꜓ctice —
By i꜕ts power, may a꜕ll obstacles be o꜓ve꜕rcome.
By body, speech, o꜕r mind,
For whatever wro꜕ng action I have co꜕mmitted towards the Dha꜕mma,
May my a꜕cknowledgement of fault be acce꜓pted,
That i꜕n future there may be re꜕straint regarding the Dha꜕mma.