Chants

Request:

(* If only 1 person is requesting, use “Ahaṁ bhante” instead)

*[Mayaṁ] bhante, ti-saraṇena saha pañca sīlāni yācāma.
Dutiyam-pi *[mayaṁ] bhante, ti-saraṇena saha pañca sīlāni yācāma.
Tatiyam-pi *[mayaṁ] bhante, ti-saraṇena saha pañca sīlāni

Venerable Sir, we request the Three Refuges & the Five Precepts.
Venerable Sir, a second time, we request the Three Refuges & the Five Precepts.
Venerable Sir, a third time, we request the Three Refuges & the Five Precepts.

The monk then recites the following passage three times, after which the lay people repeat it three times:

Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammā-sambuddhassa (3 times)

Homage to the Blessed One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha! (3 times)

The monk then recites the following passages line by line, with the lay people reciting line by line after him:

Buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi.
Dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi.
Saṅghaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi.

I go to the Buddha for refuge.
I go to the Dhamma for refuge.
I go to the Saṅgha for refuge.

Dutiyam-pi buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi.
Dutiyam-pi dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi.
Dutiyam-pi saṅghaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi.

For the second time, I go to the Buddha for refuge.
For the second time, I go to the Dhamma for refuge.
For the second time, I go to the Saṅgha for refuge.

Tatiyam-pi buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi.
Tatiyam-pi dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi.
Tatiyam-pi saṅghaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi.

For the third time, I go to the Buddha for refuge.
For the third time, I go to the Dhamma for refuge.
For the third time, I go to the Saṅgha for refuge.