Evening Chanting (English)
Verses of Sharing and Aspiration
[ No꜓w let us chant the verses of sharing and aspira꜕tion. ]
Through the꜕ goodness that ari꜓ses from my pra꜕ctice,
May m꜕y spiritual te꜓achers and guides of great vi꜕rtue,
M꜕y mother, my fa꜓ther, and my re꜕latives,
The Sun a꜕nd the꜓ Moon, and a꜕ll virtuous le꜓aders of the꜕ world,
May the꜕ highest gods and evil fo꜕rces,
Cele꜕stia꜓l beings, guardian spi꜓rits of the꜕ Earth, and the Lo꜕rd o꜓f Death,
May those who꜕ are frie꜓ndly, indifferent, or ho꜕stile,
May a꜕ll beings receive the ble꜓ssi꜓ngs of m꜕y life,
May the꜕y soon attain the thre꜓efo꜕ld bliss and realize the De꜕athless.
Through the꜕ goodness that ari꜓ses from my pra꜕ctice,
And through this act of sha꜕ring,
May all de꜕sires and atta꜓chments quickl꜖y cease
And a꜕ll harmful sta꜕tes o꜓f mind.
Until I realize Nibbā꜕na,
In every kind o꜕f birth, may I ha꜕ve an u꜓pri꜕ght mind,
Wi꜕th mindfulness and wi꜕sdom, auste꜓rity and vi꜕gour.
May the꜕ forces of delu꜓sion not ta꜕ke hold nor weaken m꜖y re꜓solve.
The꜕ Buddha is my e꜓xcellent re꜕fuge,
Unsu꜕rpassed is the prote꜓ction of the Dhamma꜕,
The꜕ Solitary Bu꜓ddha is my no꜕ble guide,
The꜕ Saṅgha is my supre꜓me su꜕pport.
Through the꜕ supreme po꜓we꜓r of a꜕ll these,
Ma꜕y darkness and delu꜓sion be di꜕spelled.