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... Pali stanza : aham bhante pabbajjam yācāmi I appeal , sire , for ordination Then he is made to say , three times , another Pali stanza which runs thus : sabba dukkha nissarana saccikaranatthāya imam kāsāvam gahetvā pabbājēta mam bhantē ...
... Pali stanza : aham bhante pabbajjam yācāmi I appeal , sire , for ordination Then he is made to say , three times , another Pali stanza which runs thus : sabba dukkha nissarana saccikaranatthāya imam kāsāvam gahetvā pabbājēta mam bhantē ...
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... Pali stanza is recited thrice : Imam kathina civaram sanghassa dema This kathina robe , we offer to the sangha . As this stanza is uttered the robe becomes the property of the entire community of monks . The next step is to assign the ...
... Pali stanza is recited thrice : Imam kathina civaram sanghassa dema This kathina robe , we offer to the sangha . As this stanza is uttered the robe becomes the property of the entire community of monks . The next step is to assign the ...
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... Pali stanza on the tender leaf . The stanza is , in fact , one that sums up the essence of the Buddha's teachings . Over the generations , it has acquired magical power . The stanza runs thus : sabba pāpassa akaranam kusalassa ...
... Pali stanza on the tender leaf . The stanza is , in fact , one that sums up the essence of the Buddha's teachings . Over the generations , it has acquired magical power . The stanza runs thus : sabba pāpassa akaranam kusalassa ...
Common terms and phrases
ambalama arecanut atta auspicious baeta Bandāra betel bhikkhu blessings Buddha Buddhist budu Budun bulat called cattle chanting child civara community of monks culture dāne denotes Deviyo devotee Dhamma dukkha flowers gedara gods hāmuduruvo hēvisi Image House Jātaka kamata karanava Kataragama kathina kavi kind king kiri known land layman maduva maha mahattaya Martin Wickramasinghe merit monk monks and peasants mother Nāga nirvāna nivan novice offered paddy fields paen Pali Pali stanza parents peasant perahaera performed phrase pilgrim pilgrimage pinkam pirit Pota pōya precept to abstain pūjā Rain Retreat rāla recited religious rice rite of passage ritual robe sabba sacred sādu samādiyāmi I take sangha Satakaya sermon Sri Lanka stupa take the precept teacher temple Ten Precepts term threshing floor traditional Sinhalese village upāsaka upasampada vaeda vahanse values vandanā veda venava vēramani sikkhāpadam samādiyāmi verses worship පූජා මේ වහන්සෙ වේරමණී සික්ඛාපදං සමාදියාමී