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[60] Chanting Book of Wat Phra Dhātu Srī Chomtong Voravihāra
Aniccā vata saïkhārā uppāda-vaya-dhammino
Uppajjitvā nirujjhanti tesaü vūpasamo sukho.
[60] Paüsukūlatāya (Compounded Things) 98
Inconstant are compounded things. Their nature: to arise & pass away. They
disband as they are arising. Their total stilling is bliss.
[60] Paüsukūla-gāthā Verses (for Recitation while taking) Paüsukūla (Robes)
Aciraü vata yaü kāyo pañhaviü adhisessati Not long, alas − and it will lie this body here, upon the earth!
chuóóo apeta-viññāõo niratñhaü va kaliïgaraü. Rejected, void of consciousness and useless as a rotten log.
[60] Tiro-kuóóa-kaõóha-pacchima-bhāga (Adāsi-me-ādi-gāthā Verses on ’He Gave to Me’, etc.) 99
Adāsi me akāsi me ñāti-mittā sakhā ca me
Petānaü dakkhiõaü dajjā pubbe katam-anussaraü
Na hi ruõõaü vā soko vā yā vaññā paridevanā
Na taü petānam-atthāya evaü tiññhanti ñātayo
*Ayañ ca kho dakkhiõā dinnā saïghamhi supatiññhitā
Dīgha-rattaü hitāyassa ñhānaso upakappati
So ñāti-dhammo ca ayaü nidassito.
Petāna-pūjā ca katā uëārā
Balañ ca bhikkhūnam anuppadinnaü
Tumhehi puññaü pasutaü anappakanti.
"He gave to me, he acted on my behalf, and he was my relative, companion,
friend." Offerings should be given for the dead when one reflects (thus) on
what was done in the past.
For no weeping or sorrowing or any kind of lamentation
benefit the dead whose relatives keep acting in that way.
But when this offering is given, well-placed in the Saïgha,
It works for their long-term benefit and they profit immediately.
In this way the proper duty to relatives has been shown
And great honor has been done to the dead
And the monks have been given strength:
You’ve acquired merit that’s not small.
98 Cf. BCI; PCT p. 53
99 These verses are the concluding part of the Tirokuóóa- or Tirokuñña-sutta (Discourse on Those Outside the Wall), Khuddakapāñha p. 6 (PTS). They are often chanted on
occasions when donors dedicate merit to the dead. A common practice is for the leader to begin chanting at the asterisk, omitting the first four lines. (Cf. BCI; PCT 53 f.)
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