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[66] Chanting Book of Wat Phra Dhātu Srī Chomtong Voravihāra
Bahuü ve saraõaü yanti
pabbatāni vanāni ca,
Ārāma-rukkha-cetyāni
manussā bhaya-tajjitā.
Miscellaneous Verses II
[ 66] Khemākhema-saraõa-gamana-paridīpikā-gāthā 119 Secure & Unsecure Refuge
N’ etaü kho saraõaü khemaü
n’ etaü saraõam uttamaü,
N’ etaü saraõam āgamma,
sabba-dukkhā pamuccati.
Yo ca buddhañ ca dhammañ ca
saïghañ ca saraõaü gato,
Cāttāri ariya-saccāni
samma-ppaññāya passati:
Dukkhaü dukkha-samuppādaü
dukkhassa ca atikkamaü
Ariyañ c’ aññhaïgikaü maggaü
dukkhūpasama-gāminaü.
Etaü kho saraõaü khemaü
etaü saraõam uttamaü,
Etaü saraõam āgamma,
sabba-dukkhā pamuccatī ti.
119 Cf. BCI; SP p. 35
104
Many are those who go for refuge
to mountains, forests,
Parks, trees, & shrines:
People threatened with danger.
That is not the secure refuge,
that is not the highest refuge,
that is not the refuge, having gone to which,
one gains release from all suffering.
But a person who, having gone to the Buddha, Dhamma,
& Saïgha for refuge,
sees the four Noble Truths
with right discernment:
Stress, the cause of stress,
the transcending of stress,
And the Noble Eightfold Path,
the way to the stilling of stress.
That is the secure refuge,
that is the highest refuge,
That is the refuge, having gone to which,
one gains release from all suffering.