NARAHISA GATHA 
(LION OF MEN)
  
Cakka varankita ratta supado 
Lakkhana manurta ayata panhi 
Camara chatta vibhusita pado 
Esa hi tuyha pita narasiho 
 
Sakyu kumara vara sukhumalo 
Lakkhana vitthata punna sariro 
Loka hitaya gato naraviro 
Esa hi tuyha pita narasiho 
 
Punna sasanka nibho mukha vanno 
Deva narana piya naranago 
Matta gajinda vilasita gami 
Esa hi tuyha pita narasiho 
 
Khatti ya sambhava agga kulino 
Deva manussa namassita pado 
Sila samadhi patitthita citto 
Esa hi tuyha pita narasiho 
 
Ayata tunga susanthita nasio 
Gopamukho abhinila sunetto 
Indadhanu abhinila bhamukho 
Esa hi tuyha pita narasiho 
 
Vattasu matta susanthita givo 
Sihahanu migaraja sariro 
Kancana succhavi uttama vanno      
Esa hi tuyha pita narasiho 
 
Suniddha sugambhira manjusa ghoso 
Hingula bandhub suratta sujivho 
Visati visati setasudanto 
Esa hi tuyha pita narasiho 
 
Anjana vanna sunila suke so 
Kancana patta visuddha lalato 
Osadhi pandara suddhasu unno 
Esa hi tuyha pita narasiho 
 
Gacchati nilapathe viyu cando 
Taragana parivethita rupa 
Savaka majjhagato samanindo 
Esa hi tuyha pita narasiho 
  
NAVA GUNA GATHA 
(Nine Virtues Of The Buddha) 
 
Araham arahoti namena 
Araham papam nakaraye 
Arahatta phalam patto 
Araham nama te namo 
 
Samma sambuddha nanena 
Samma sambuddha desana 
Samma sambuddha lokasmin 
Samma sambuddha te namo 
 
Vijja carana sampanno 
Tassa vijja pakasita 
Atita naga tuppanno 
Vijja carana te namo 
 
Sugato sugatattanam 
Sugato sundaram pi ca 
Nibbanam sugatim yanti 
Sugato nama te namo 
 
Lokaviduti namena 
Atita nagate vidu 
Sankhara satta mokase 
Lokavidu nama te namo 
 
Anuttaro nana'silena 
Yo lokassa anuttaro 
Anuttaro puja lokasmim 
Tam namassami anuttaro 
 
Sarathi sarathi deva 
Yo lokassa susarathi 
Sarathi puja lokasmim 
Tam namassami sarathi 
 
Deva yakkha manussanam 
Loke agga phalam dadam 
Dadantam damayantanam 
Purisa janna te namo 
 
Bhagava bhagava yutto 
Bhaggam kilesa kilesa vahato 
Bhaggam samsara muttaro 
Bhagava nama te namo 
  
NIRVANA'S ENDLESS DAY 
 
Long have we sought for truth's bright light, 
Long have we wanderes in the night, 
Lord Buddha hath found the holy way, 
That leads from night to endless day. 
 
When shall we find the road to peace, 
When earthly strife and hatred ceased? 
O weary soul that peace profound, 
In Buddha's holy law if found, 
 
Where shall we learn that law sublime, 
Which leads us on the peace divine? 
To Buddha's holy law we turn, 
The path of truth and peace to learn. 
 
Why must we wander many a year, 
To pain and misery and fear? 
The eightfold path of wondrous wesith, 
Is hidden by the love of self. 
 
And must we pray that we mayfind, 
The strength to break the chains that bind? 
By each one must the race be run, 
And not by prayer is freedom won. 
 
Whence comes the suffering of this life, 
How can we end our state of strife? 
By Buddha's law is justice known, 
For each must reap what each has sown. 
 
With love that never more shall wane, 
We'll praise lord Buddha's holy name, 
And in the Dhamma's noble way, 
We'll reach Nirvana's endless day. 
 
From the tape The Sunrise Come 
(Wayfarers)  
  
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