Reflections & Recollections

Requesting the Three Refuges & the Five Precepts

For a group from a monk

Mayaṃ bhante tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāma Dutiyampi mayaṃ bhante tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāma Tatiyampi mayaṃ bhante tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāma

For oneself from a monk

Ahaṃ bhante tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāmi Dutiyampi ahaṃ bhante tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāmi Tatiyampi ahaṃ bhante tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāmi

For a group from a nun

Mayaṃ ayye tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāma Dutiyampi mayaṃ ayye tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāma Tatiyampi mayaṃ ayye tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāma

For oneself from a nun

Ahaṃ ayye tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāmi Dutiyampi ahaṃ ayye tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāmi Tatiyampi ahaṃ ayye tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāmi

For a group from a layperson

Mayaṃ mitta tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāma Dutiyampi mayaṃ mitta tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāma Tatiyampi mayaṃ mitta tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāma

For oneself from a layperson

Ahaṃ mitta tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāmi Dutiyampi ahaṃ mitta tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāmi Tatiyampi ahaṃ mitta tisaraṇena sa꜕hapañca sī꜓lāni yā꜕cāmi

Translation

We/I, Venerable Sir/Sister/Friend, request the Three Refuges and the Five Precepts. For the second time, we/I, Venerable Sir/Sister/Friend, request the Three Refuges and the Five Precepts. For the third time, we/I, Venerable Sir/Sister/Friend, request the Three Refuges and the Five Precepts.