“A gift of dhamma conquers all gifts”

*~~~PUBBANHA SUTTA~~~*
( Discourse on Good Morning )

The unlucky omen, the inauspicious event, and the unpleasant

scream of evil birds, the undesirable dreadful planet, and
miserable nightmare, may all these be gone to disappear by the
glory of the Buddha.

The unlucky omen, the inauspicious event, and the unpleasant

scream of evil birds, the undesirable dreadful planet, and
miserable nightmare, may all these be gone to disappear by the
glory of the Dhamma.

The unlucky omen, the inauspicious event, and the unpleasant

scream of evil birds, the undesirable dreadful planet, and
miserable nightmare, may all these be gone to disappear by the
glory of the Sangha.
May all living beings who are suffering be saved not to suffer;
May who are in anxiety be cheered up not to be disappointed.

To such an extent we have accomplished

the meritorious fulfillments.
May all the deities rejoice in these accomplishments.
In order to achieve all types of accomplishments,

May you give charity with full devoted faith;

may you observe the moral percepts constantly;
may you enjoy yourselves peacefully in meditation.
And all the deities who are present here may return to their
respective abodes.

There is a certain strength of wisdom, of all the Universal

Buddha, all individual Buddhas, and all Arahants,
who had attained the Supreme Might.
 By the power of this strength,
I fortify the protection all around me.
Whatever treasure there be either here or in the world beyond,
Whatever precious jewel there be in the heavenly abodes,
there is no equality with the Tathagata.
This precious jewel is also in the Buddha.
By this asseveration of the truth,
may there be happiness to you.

Whatever treasure there be either here or in the world beyond,

Whatever precious jewel there be in the heavenly abodes,
there is no equality with the Tathagata.
This precious jewel is also in the Dhamma.
By this asseveration of the truth,
may there be happiness to you.
Whatever treasure there be either here or in the world beyond,
Whatever precious jewel there be in the heavenly abodes,
there is no equality with the Tathagata.
This precious jewel is also in the Sangha Order.
By this asseveration of the truth,
May there be happiness to you.

May all the auspices be with you!

May all the deities protect you;
By the glorious power of the Buddhas,
May you all be happy now and forever.

May all the auspices be with you;

May all the deities protect you;
By the glorious power of the Dhammas,
May you all be happy now and forever.
 May all the auspices be with you;
May all the deities protect you;
By the glorious power of the Sangha Orders,
May you all be happy now and forever.

The most compassionate Lord had fulfilled

all the required perfections,
for the welfare of all beings and had attained
the Supreme Enlightenment.
By this asseveration of the truth,
May you all be blissful now and forever.

Just as the lord, the most affectionate of the Sakyas had

triumphed through, at the foot of the Bodi tree,
so also may the victory be to you
and may you be successful in the auspicious conquests.
 On the Un-vanquishable seat, above the summit of the most
sacred earth, being consecrated by the Buddhas,
the Lord had attained the Supreme Stage and rejoiced.
( in like manner may you rejoice too.)

May good planets, good blessings, good dawn, good awakening,

good moment, good instance, and offering good oblations to the
Noble Sages, be to you.

May the physical act be sacred, the verbal act be sacred,

and the mental act be sacred.
May you be established in these sacred things.

Having done the sacred acts, may you obtain the sacred gains;
and having obtained the sacred issues,
May you be happy and prosper
in the Teachings of the Buddha.
 May you, altogether with all your kinsmen
be happy and be free from all types of disease.

( …The End of Pubbanah Sutta … )

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Transliterated and
Translated from the Burmese Pali Scriptures
( The Sixth Buddhist Council Version )
Into English
by
Sao Htun Hmat Win
M.A; A.M; A.R.F. ( Harvard )
Director of Research and Scriptures.
Department of Religious Affairs,
Yangon, Myanmar.
1991
 Dhamma darna
by Sympathy

May you all be happy now and forever…