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Homage to that Blessed One, Arahant, Perfectly Self-Enlightened One. Great Homage Recitation (Homage to the Buddha) 1. He, who; Is, for them; 2. The Teacher, for them; The safety, giver; 3. He, the dispeller of scorn; For beings, not indeed; 4. He, having destroyed the world's blindness, the one without blemish; The Awakener of the lotus of beings, indeed. 5. The Sun-Victor, in the sky of the three existences; May he illuminate the great darkness. 6. The Victor, seeing the multitude of people at the root of the Victor; Immersed in transmigration, desiring omniscience. 7. Having abandoned, with compassion, the aspiration for liberation; He practiced the path of compassion, that sage I revere. 8. My children, wife, and wealth, even my body I would abandon. To the root of the Buddha's wisdom, that sage went, my friend. 9. He, having abandoned his own body, and given the supreme gift; The chief of elephants, fulfilled the supreme virtue, complete renunciation. 10. Having become a king on the path of renunciation, having conquered the army, supreme in wisdom; The King of Videha, supreme in effort, the speaker of patience, supreme in patience. 11. He, Sutasoma, the Tathagata, the supreme determination of Temiya; Ekabhoga, the supreme loving-kindness, Lomahasa, the supreme equanimity. 12. Having fulfilled the extremely difficult perfections, the supreme enlightenment; He attained, the one of infinite essence of Dhamma, I bow to him. 13. Having abandoned the universal monarchy, having endured the brought-on suffering; He conquered Māra with his army on the earth, I bow to him. 14. Then, the Victor, the source of supreme victory, of great benefit; By those who saw him without blinking, he is observed, I bow to him. 15. He, who walked on the promenade, dispelling doubt, on the jewel; The doer of miracles of psychic power, the one with vision, I bow down to him. 16. Then, the Buddha in the jewel house, generating six-colored rays; He, who taught the Abhidhamma, revered by gods and humans, I revere. 17. He, who experienced happiness near the Nigrodha tree, the lord of Dhamma, contemplating; Having attained with difficulty the unique enlightenment, I revere that Sugata, the dweller near the Nigrodha. 18. By Mucalinda, with all enjoyments, Protected in solitude by the king of nāgas; He, who experienced the happiness of liberation, I revere that conqueror of Māra, of incomparable wisdom. 19. The Compassionate One, who at the Rājāyatana tree, Ate the food... A great taste of food; The bearer of endless virtues dwelt, One-pointed, I venerate the Great Seer. 20. To be praised, to be praised, the banner of supreme victory, To be conquered, to be conquered, the drink of supreme victory; To be drunk, to be drunk, that well-considered one, I bow, To be led, to be led, to equanimity, I bow. 21. The Victorious One, for seven times seven days, Having spent at the Banyan tree, then went again; Born to the very difficult-to-see Dhamma, With thoughts eager for Dhamma-discourse. 22. By the hosts of devas, together with Brahmā, Giving a jeweled garland, like Meru; Having been implored, a promise, I bow to the Ten-Powered One, to teach. 23. And having gone to the Isipatana forest, The Teacher taught in the Deer Park; The nature of truth, the Dhamma-wheel Sutta, I bow to that six-fold one. 24. Having made a promise to the king of Magadha, Then going to Rājagaha, he disciplined; Beings afflicted with the disease of defilements, the best medicine, Having made them drink, I bow to that physician. 25. In Kapilavatthu, the abode of the Sakyans, self-restraint, Breaking the banner of conceit with the wind of psychic power; He made his father and others drink the Deathless Dhamma, I venerate the Sakyan Lord, the mind-seer. 26. By the name Anāthapiṇḍika, endless Wealth having been given up, in well-made monasteries; He dwelt further for the welfare of the people, Sounding the drum of good Dhamma, I venerate. 27. Endowed with merit, with excellent marks, Pure, a blazing lamp; A lamp for beings, faultless, with faultless speech, I bow to the Sugata. 28. The Sage-Sun, with the radiance of Dhamma, The lotus of beings, having removed the darkness of ignorance, He who, with the dawn of compassion, awakened, The one who cools the heat of existence, I bow. 29. Like the moon in the midst of the sky, he who, Shines with the host of stars, the Lord of Sages; Surrounded by the noble assembly in the three worlds, that one, With reverence, I venerate his arisen splendor. 30. Roots and roots are the thirty perfections, Branches and branches are the bodies of the middle jhāna; Leaves and leaves are his Buddha-eyes, Flowers and flowers are the aggregate of the path of compassion. 31. The essence and non-essence are the twin miracles, the trivial knowledge, The sprout of all supports is the stalk of virtue; The remaining dhammas are the honey-ripe fruits, The rays are the bark, the hearing is the lakk strikes. 32. Many human and divine beings, Who came under his shade, To the Buddha, the Conqueror of Māra, the Dīpaṅkara, The great one, the one who spreads endless seeds of merit, The one-rooted tree, the Sage, I pay homage. 33. He who destroyed Māra, the heretics, and darkness, And established the city of Dhamma, With the gate-posts of morality as a barrier, And supreme faith as the main pillar. 34. With mindfulness as the well-restrained gatekeeper, With the power of knowledge, a crossroads and a square, With the Dhamma-path as a hut and a hall, He is like the Dhamma-general Sāriputta. 35. The second son, the great chaplain, The one who holds the ascetic practices, the one who shows the highest, The one who knows the Vinaya, the protector of Dhamma, The lord of the three worlds, the king of Dhamma. 36. He is heard, heard everywhere by good people, He is measured, measured as an abode of endless virtues, He is offered, offered by beings, to him I bow, I bow, May he be a blessing, a blessing in every existence, in the three worlds. 37. He is delightful to the world, a charming sapphire, He has reached the end of the world, not approaching fear, He is the banner of the world, the destroyer of the banner of conceit, He is the chief of the world, to the chief of causes, I bow. 38. He is the fruit at the crown, the eye-salve, The ear-ornament, the mouth-ornament, The neck-ornament, the power of incomparable taste, The action of knowing the belly, the action of knowing two parts. 39. He is the waist-ornament, the middle knowledge, The anointing of compassion, the ornament of endurance, The faultless, unsurpassed garment, To that one supreme Sage, I pay homage. 40. He is the indicator of supreme mindfulness, the highest wisdom of the wealthy, The vehicle of great effort, the mountain of joy, The householder's highest tranquility, the island of faith, The son of the thunderbolt, equanimity, the sevenfold wealth. 41. He is the one with the fourfold psychic power, without a peer, Well-surrounded by kings and noble ones, By pure assemblies, by gods and humans, To the Lord of the Ten Powers, the Emperor, I pay homage. 42. He is the great power of concentration, the sixth mountain of mindfulness, The fifth of effort, the middle of life, good action, The third of good speech, the second of the highest, The first of right thought, the sevenfold excellence. 43. He is the ocean of various knowledge and power, The abode of many great psychic powers of the formless ones, The constantly shining and delightful one, The Sugata, the city of Meru. I honor. 44. The ocean of jewel-Dhamma, with water of virtue, With waves of wisdom, a deep foundation of mindfulness; An abode of noble origin, with extensive knowledge, Wonderful, eight-limbed, unshaken. 45. The confluence of many rivers, of one taste, Difficult to approach, with immeasurable accumulation; I honor the one with abundant merit, the great vessel, The ocean, best of bipeds, the lord of rivers. 46. The bow of resolute effort, the perfections, With the arrow of wisdom, striking the face of pride; With the well-aimed arrow of balanced perseverance, Piercing the sky of defilements with a single insight. 47. Who revealed the supreme path and the quiver, That one strength, the Dhamma's adornment, the Brahma; The sword of infinite knowledge, the wisdom-utterance, The breath of omniscience, the staff of psychic power, I bow down. 48. The rain of excellent ascetic practice, the good seed of faith, The yoke of wisdom, the plow, shame and fear as oxen; The rope of well-calmed mind, mindfulness as the double-yoke, Perseverance enduring, the root of truth. 49. Restraint of vows, gentleness and release, Whose refuge turns away much suffering; Endowed with the fruit of immortality, with many essences, To the Well-Gone One, the great farmer, I pay homage. 50. The chief of gods, who in the city of the thirty, on the excellent seat, To the gods, their parents and rulers, taught the Abhidhamma; Like a young sun, shining for three months, He taught the supreme realm, I honor the unconquerable one. 51. Of great fame, revealing various good things, Who among the Kurus, of immeasurable qualities, dispeller of darkness; Destroyer of others' doctrines, to those who practice auspiciously, I bow to him who taught the Foundations of Mindfulness. 52. The bowl of tranquility, with loving right mindfulness, Supreme wisdom-fire, with all-round effort; Creator of all light, the lamp of excellent Dhamma, This one, illuminated by the Conqueror, I bow down. 53. Defilements utterly gone, Mind greatly beneficial and honored; Destroyer of becoming, leading to non-becoming, Good people with excellent qualities. 54. Adorned with the excellent staff of virtue, attained excellent concentration, Shining brightly with beauty, the peak of infinite knowledge; And the supreme jewel of the True Dhamma, the banner of the three worlds,