No. 29. — 1884.] BUDDHISTICAL CEREMONIES. 



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Yam nammadaya nadiya puline ca thire 



Yam. saccabaddhagirike sumanecalagge 



Yam tattha yonakapure munino ca padam 



Tarn padalancana maham sirasa namami. 

 Suvannamalike suvannapabbate sumanakute yonakapure 

 nammadaya nadiya tan ca padavaram thanam aham vandami 

 durato aham vandami dhituyo, aham vandami sabbaso. 



Vandami cetiyam sabbam 



Sabbathanesu patitthitam 



Saririkadhatumaha bodhim 



Buddharapam sakalam sada. 



Icc-evam accantanamassamyyam 



Namassamano ratanattayam yam 



Punnabhisandam vipulam aladham 



Tass-anubhavena hatantarayo. 



Buddho cittappasadena 



Dhamme sarighe ca yo naro 



Kappani satasahassani 



Duggatim so nagaccati. 



[Worship Buddha who has passed beyond the regions of 

 existence, 



Who is like a banner to the three worlds — their noblest chief, 



The saviour who, by overcoming all sin, 



Has been the teacher of countless men. 



In reverence of the foot-print of the holy sage, 



In the sandy desert of the Yon country on the banks of the 



Nerbudda, 

 On the rock in Siam, on Adam's Peak, 

 Do I bow my forehead to the ground. 



That spot made sacred by the holy footstep on the Yavana's 

 golden sands by Nerbudda's banks, on the gilded rock, on the 

 bank of Sumana, I worship from afar. I worship the relics ; I 

 worship in every way. 



I worship continually all the relic-shrines, 

 Whatever they may be — 

 The relics of his body, the sacred Bo-tree, 

 And all the images of Buddha. 

 Thus exceedingly in all fitting ways 

 I show reverence for the three jewels. 

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