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Homage to the Blessed One, the Arahant, the Perfectly Self-Enlightened One. Homage Chant 1. The well-gone, the supreme well-gone, abandoning the unwholesome; The deathless, the peaceful deathless, giving the unequalled. The refuge, the refuge for the world, making it free from danger; The fearless, the fearless state, to the leader, the leader, I bow. 2. Whose body parts are lovely to behold, endowed with a sweet, excellent voice; The support of countless groups of virtues, to the unequalled Ten Powers, I pay homage. 3. The Buddha, who is resolute and bears the Dhamma, experienced in cyclic existence, bodily and mental suffering from the world; To that auspicious one, the lord of men, I pay homage. 4. Whose body is adorned with thirty-two marks, whose bodily radiance shines forth; A collection of wisdom, resolve, and virtue, to that sage, born in his final existence, I pay homage. 5. Like the rising sun at dawn, charming among ascetics with glory; With a face like the full moon, unstirred, to the Omniscient One, the Lord of Sages, I pay homage. 6. Having accumulated merit, at the root of the excellent Bodhi tree, the Well-Gone One conquered Māra with his army; He awakened to enlightenment at dawn, to that unconquered conqueror of Māra, I bow. 7. Whose sword of pure knowledge cuts off lust and the like, who grasps the shield of mindfulness and wisdom; Adorned with the ornament of the flood of virtue, to that one endowed with excellent higher knowledge and power, I bow. 8. The abode of compassion, who performed all difficult deeds, who reached the path of crossing the ocean of existence; The Lord of the three worlds, well-composed, beneficial, the all-seeing one, to that immeasurable one, I bow. 9. Accumulating perfections here and there, who went to the state that gives happiness to all good people; The source of happiness for humans and non-humans, to that revered chief of conquerors, I bow. 10. The sage, the skilled navigator, with the boat of the path, who, taking hold with the oar of knowledge, ascended it, and by it, many from the ocean of existence he ferried across; to that Buddha, the dispeller of sin, I bow. 11. Who accumulated thirty perfections, who saw the Four Noble Truths at the excellent Bodhi tree; Who attained excellent psychic powers, beneficial to gods and humans, to that Conqueror, who brings peace to the three worlds, I bow. 12. Pure, with a hundred auspicious marks, whose mind is like the sky, whose resolve is like Mount Meru; Like a lotus... Endowed with a dark, pure nature, I bow to the Conqueror, patient like the earth. 13. The Buddha, wise, like the sun in the sky, Shining on the joyful stone seat; Seated, he taught the Dhamma, giving auspicious happiness, To the devas; him, unequalled, I always revere. 14. Whose lotus feet, by the joyful, exalted kings, And by the three worlds, free from defilements, unagitated; The Lord attained peerlessness, Him, honored by all worlds, unequalled, I revere. 15. The Buddha, a refuge for humans and non-humans, with a steadfast mind, Who dispelled darkness with the light of the lamp of wisdom; Him, bringing welfare to humans and devas desiring benefit, I venerate, the compassionate, supreme, of infinite knowledge. 16. The Lord of Sages, a treasury of all virtues, having gone, To the forest called Isipatana, the abode of the restrained; There he set in motion the Dhamma-wheel, cutting off unwholesome states, Him, incomparable, glorious, worthy of veneration, I revere. 17. Pure, surrounded by beautiful, radiant lights, An abode of vast glory, protected, endowed with faculties; Adorned with marks like the radiance of the sun and moon, The Well-Gone, worshipped by devas and humans, I respectfully revere. 18. By the raft of the Path, having crossed the ocean of samsara, With its surging waves of anger and defilements, him, fearless, who reached the other shore for beings; A protector, a shelter, an unequalled refuge, a unique ford, a foundation, A field of merit, bestower of supreme happiness, the Dhamma King, I revere. 19. The Lord of Sages, seated at the root of the mango tree, doing good for others, Performed a wondrous, swift, eye-pleasing miracle, a blazing net of fire, Destroying evil nets, abandoned by sages; I venerate him, the supreme, producer of ultimate joy, endowed with psychic powers and Dhamma. 20. The unique sun-like Lord of Sages, with a compassionate rise, whose disk of knowledge is vast, Awakened the multitude of trainable beings, likened to lotuses, with the excellent rays of Dhamma; He perfectly enlightened them, and his pure fame spread throughout the three realms, Him, the unique eye of the three worlds, who cannot endure suffering, that Great Sage, I revere. 21. The Conqueror, who in countless births, even his children, wife, limbs, and life, Due to his love for enlightenment, with an unattached mind, gave to those who asked; He fulfilled the perfection of giving, and thereafter also the perfections of virtue and so on, Of these... I bow to him, who has attained the highest state, the unique lamp. 22. The God of gods, the God of gods, who bears a body of destruction, the breaker of Māra, the unbreakable, the lamp, the lamp of beings, who attained the Bodhi-leaf, the master of the seat of victory, the speaker of excellent words to Brahmās and those who have come from Brahmā, who has cast off evil, who has cast off, who delights the world and the non-world, I always bow to that Sage, that Sage. 23. The Buddha, with a banyan-like body, with soft hands and feet, with a voice like Brahmā, with thighs like an antelope, with his private parts concealed, again, the Sugata, with well-planted feet; the Sugata, with an upright body like Brahmā, with an auspicious hair-tuft between his brows, with blue eyes, with a long nose, with a subtle, unblemished skin, praised as the essence of taste. 24. With forty even teeth, with a smooth, full body, with feet marked with a wheel, with close-set teeth, with a conch-like ankle, standing, not bending, with soft hands, not touching his knees, with rounded shoulders, the Conqueror, with eyelashes like a young ox, with the forepart of his body like a lion. 25. With seven parts full, and with long fingers, again, the Sugata, with a single hair in each pore, with perfect, white fangs, with skin like gold, with blue hair on his head, the Fully Awakened One, with a thick tongue, and with a lion-like jaw, with hands and feet like a net, the Protector, with a head-protuberance, I bow to that Great Sage, endowed with such qualities. 26. The Buddha, the Buddha, his voice is exceedingly rare, how much more so his Buddhahood? Therefore, in the world, may those who desire various beneficial happinesses, the good people, always bow to that unequalled Ten-Powered One, who brings desired benefits, who is honored by gods and humans, who is fearless, worthy of offerings, who increases the joy of beings. 27. By this merit, may I be of subtle wisdom, mindful, and content in the next world, skillful, with direct insight, of unblemished energy, wealthy, sharing, sharp, brave, resolute, acting for my own and others' welfare, long-lived, free from illness, prosperous, of good complexion, famous, of great strength, renowned, endowed with patience. 28. Faithful, endowed with generosity, bearing supreme glory, dispassionate towards things seen in this world, modest, with good friends, delighting in wholesome deeds, guarding the five precepts and so on, of few desires, of little anger, of exceedingly upright heart, endowed with psychic powers, immeasurable, praiseworthy. May he be of loving speech, Knowing the virtues of good people, May he be mine. 29. Thus, O Lord, The countless virtues, Illuminated by marks; Even one verse, Indicating them in verses, The wise one remembers. 30. He is freed from the four lower realms, And accomplishes the two benefits; Whose net of misfortunes is destroyed, And who gains welfare and happiness. 31. Lord of human gods, Or ruler of the four continents; May he be, in his last body, That other one, with a white umbrella. 32. Having ascended the vehicle of development, The one of good vows will attain peace; Even in this existence, Healthy and long-lived. 33. Honored by all worlds, Whose mind delights in development; Dear to people and pleasing, What to say about holding all (virtues)? The Pāli text of homage is finished. Commentary on the Homage Homage to the Blessed One, the Arahant, the Perfectly Self-Enlightened One. 1. By descriptions like "Sugata" and so on, And praised, giving happiness; Having bowed to the Conqueror, The pure Dhamma, the supreme Sangha, For those who pay homage. 2. The homage, by those seeking welfare, And by ancient teachers; Written and established, By that worshipper, with the wisdom of merit. 3. Its explanation of meaning, I shall make, Making clear the profound meaning; Requested by the peaceful one, Named Movipu, endowed with virtue. 4. And even while explaining its meaning, In various commentaries and so on; I shall make it by the method stated, Good people, listen with faith. 5. Bowing, or that which bows, Or by that, there is bowing, hence "namo"; They make that by those (means), Hence it is called "namakkāra". 6. And that, by Acariya Buddhaghosa, By whom it was previously heard/composed; And in the account of Buddhaghosa's origin, And in various stories and so on. 7. The reason for its making is not seen, Therefore, by those seeking welfare; And by ancient teachers, "It was established," so it is said by me; That reason, by the wise, Having considered, they should know. 1. The Well-gone, the Well-gone, the excellent, Abandoning wholesome and unwholesome; The Deathless, the Deathless, the peaceful, Giving the unequalled, the unequalled. The refuge, the refuge of the world, Making fearless, making fearless; The fearless, the fearless state, To the leader, the leader, I bow. 1.