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Buddhaguṇagāthāvalī -(Buddha Merits Verse Collection)

English

Bearing loving-kindness, practicing loving-kindness, Making loving-kindness, dwelling in loving-kindness; Having loving-kindness as support, having loving-kindness as essence, That Buddha, I bow down to. Bearing peace, making peace, Practicing peace, having a peaceful mind; Having peace as essence, having a peaceful heart, That Buddha, I bow down to. Bearing patience, making patience, Practicing patience, having a patient mind; Endowed with patience, having patience as essence, That Buddha, I bow down to. I bow down. Maker of happiness, walking in happiness, Sustainer of happiness, bringing happiness; Essence of happiness, with a happy mind, I bow down to that Buddha. Maker of welfare, sustainer of welfare, Walking in welfare, bringing welfare; Essence of welfare, seeking welfare, I bow down to that Buddha. Walking in wisdom, essence of wisdom, Sustainer of wisdom, abode of wisdom; Sun of wisdom, sun of wisdom, I bow down to that Buddha. Walking in insight, essence of insight, Sustainer of insight, abode of insight; Moon of insight, lord of insight, I bow down to that Buddha. Maker of loving-kindness, maker of joy, Skillful, maker of skill; Walking in insight, maker of insight, I bow down to that Buddha. Maker of light, maker of day, Compassionate, maker of compassion; Fearless, maker of fearlessness, I bow down to that Buddha. Maker of peace, maker of goodness, Maker of happiness, maker of welfare; Remover of arrows, remover of spears, I bow down to that Buddha. Great maker of safety, secure, Great maker of wisdom, lord; Great maker of peace, peaceful, I bow down to that Buddha. Protector of the helpless, Maker of fearlessness for the fearful; Maker of refuge for the wretched, I bow down to that Buddha. Far-seeing, long-seeing, End-seeing, gone to the end of existence; Shore-seeing, other-shore-seeing, I bow down to that Buddha. Essence-seeing, truth-seeing, Peace-seeing, clearly-seeing; Bond-seeing, safety-seeing, I bow down to that Buddha. Peace-seeing, happiness-seeing, Purity-seeing, pure-minded; Foremost-seeing, constant-seeing, I bow down to that Buddha. Seeing the transcendent Dhamma, Seeing the end, sage; Path-seeing, fruit-seeing, I bow down to that Buddha. Meaning-seeing, path-seeing, Excellent-seeing, clearly-seeing; Supreme-seer, clearly-seeing, I bow down to that Buddha. Seeing cessation, seeing decay, Seeing guidance, clearly-seeing; Seeing the imperishable, clearly-seeing, I bow down to that Buddha. Seeing the Deathless, direct, Observer, purifier; Attained to analytical knowledges, I bow down to that Buddha. In all respects, all-seeing, All-seeing. All-knower; All things he rightly knew, To that Buddha I bow. Having slain craving for sensual existence, The destroyer of craving for non-existence; All cravings he crushed, To that Buddha I bow. The destroyer of the fetters of craving, The crusher of the dart of craving; Craving and longing he tore asunder, To that Buddha I bow. His craving for sensual pleasures exhausted, He transcended craving for existence; His craving for non-existence destroyed, To that Buddha I bow. Satisfied among the satisfied, Well-content among the discontented; Beyond craving, ever content, To that Buddha I bow. The destroyer of the net of defilements, The cleanser of the stain of craving; The stream of samsara he dried up, To that Buddha I bow. The relinquisher of attachments, The breaker of the net of craving; The hindrances he pierced through, To that Buddha I bow. His dwelling in the cave (body) exhausted, His reliance on craving abandoned; His latent tendency to ignorance cut off, To that Buddha I bow. Having slain the dart of craving, Possessor of the three knowledges, transcending death; He attained supreme enlightenment, To that Buddha I bow. The tangle of craving he untangled, The dispeller of attachment everywhere; Delight and passion he destroyed, To that Buddha I bow. Having transcended all hopes, The drier of the stream of craving; The stream of Dhamma he caused to flow, To that Buddha I bow. Having attained the destruction of all craving, The dispeller of all suffering; All attachments he shattered, To that Buddha I bow. All cravings he suppressed, All desires calmed; All agitations he uprooted, To that Buddha I bow. All agitations he broke, The ascetic who transcended all craving; All desires he abandoned, To that Buddha I bow. Having crossed the ocean of craving, Desiring nothing, wishing for nothing; The dart of the mind he released, To that Buddha I bow. The cycle of kamma he avoided, From defilements of kamma he departed; Restrained everywhere, the hero, To that Buddha I bow. Unattached, perfectly calm, Beyond lust, hatred, and fear; The abandoner of existence and kamma, the skillful one, To that Buddha I bow. I bow down to him. A lion without fear, whose trembling is cut off, whose fear is cut off; Attained the destruction of becoming and kamma, I bow down to that Buddha. He burnt up the seeds of kamma, the uprooter of the root of delusion; He wore away the latent defilements, I bow down to that Buddha. Whose all kamma is exhausted, who has worn away all results; Who has abandoned all merit and demerit, I bow down to that Buddha. All kamma and defilements, he carried away without remainder; He released all knots, I bow down to that Buddha. Liberated from all kamma, who has abandoned all kamma; Free from all sensual pleasures, I bow down to that Buddha. He broke the root of ignorance, the destroyer of the kamma-machine; Attained the destruction of all kamma, I bow down to that Buddha. Having crushed the doctrine of annihilation, he established the doctrine of existence; He made known right view, I bow down to that Buddha. The Lord who has bathed internally, gone to the far shore of the flood of three becomings; Fortunate, purified in every way, I bow down to that Buddha. The foremost elephant, the foremost lion, the caravan leader, the foremost teacher; The ocean of wisdom, the bearer of wisdom, I bow down to that Buddha. The dispeller of suffering, the dispeller of pain, the giver of welfare and happiness to all; The speaker of pleasant words, the speaker of dear words, I bow down to that Buddha. Endowed with conduct, possessing the three knowledges, who has uprooted the roots; Attained his last birth, I bow down to that Buddha. The wonderful banner of the three becomings, the astonishing standard of the three worlds; The best banner of the True Dhamma, I bow down to that Buddha. Whose faculties are restrained, whose faculties are calmed, whose faculties are clear and serene; Whose faculties are well-developed, the peaceful one, I bow down to that Buddha. Endowed with immeasurable wisdom, endowed with fortitude, like a mountain; Endowed with patience, like the earth, I bow down to that Buddha. Possessing immeasurable glory, adorned with the ornament of peace; Adorned with the adornment of happiness, I bow down to that Buddha. He accumulated thirty perfections, well-crossed the ocean of three becomings; He who is endowed with the final birth, I bow down to that Buddha. Who has fully understood the cankers of becoming, attained... Whose defilements are calmed; Who has attained supreme happiness, To that Buddha I bow. Who has attained welfare, who speaks of welfare, Who reveals the path of welfare; Who has auspicious eyes, who sees welfare, To that Buddha I bow. Greatly powerful, wise, Who has ended existence and non-existence; Who has attained the fruit of immortality, To that Buddha I bow. The Blessed One, partaker of Nibbana, Who has attained peace, fortunate; Who has attained supreme bliss, To that Buddha I bow. Endowed with virtues of conduct, A mine of all virtues; Complete like the full moon, To that Buddha I bow. Whose delight and passion are exhausted, Who releases from clinging; The supreme man, secure from bondage, To that Buddha I bow. Who does what is to be done, whose task is done, Who reveals what is to be done and not to be done; Skilful in matters of duty, To that Buddha I bow. The greatly calmed, supreme sage, The skilled, chief of sages; The chief of seers, the highest, To that Buddha I bow. Whose fear and terror are abandoned, Confident in assemblies; Who roared the lion's roar among men, To that Buddha I bow. Who goes to the other shore, who has gone to the other shore, The excellent one, who has reached the end; Knower of the world, who has reached the world's end, To that Buddha I bow. Fully accomplished in the ultimate truth, Seer of the supreme truth; Who has realized Nibbana, To that Buddha I bow. In gain and loss, fame and disrepute, In honor and dishonor; The master, equal in all things, To that Buddha I bow. The wise one who has attained the ultimate goal, The supremely pure and excellent one; Who released from the bonds of existence, To that Buddha I bow. The fitting one, the awakened one, Who liberates from transmigration; Endowed with perfect tranquility, To that Buddha I bow. Who has fully understood the five aggregates, Who is perfected by wisdom; Who crushed all delusion, To that Buddha I bow. The foremost, supreme man, Seeker of the other shore, who has gone to the other shore; Who has attained seclusion, To that Buddha I bow. Who has attained the destruction of all defilements, Whose all latent tendencies are destroyed; Who abandoned all cankers, To that Buddha I bow. You cut off all ignorance, wielding the sharp weapon of wisdom; You destroyed all underlying tendencies, to that Buddha I bow. You have overcome all sorrow, destroyer of all suffering; You have cut off all distress, to that Buddha I bow. You revealed the path to liberation, seeker of the path to liberation; Free from all diseases of existence, to that Buddha I bow. Who is not stained by sensual pleasures, like a mustard seed on an awl's tip; Disconnected from the poison of attachment to existence, to that Buddha I bow. The sage endowed with sagely qualities,