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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