This is a stereo recording of our regular Sunday afternooon chanting, which we do at the start of every Sunday afternoon session, before the meditation.

Our Sangha of 4 bhikkhus and the lay community are chanting together, with the Amaravati version of the chants playing additionally on loudspeaker in the background. With this stereo recording, if you use good 'around-the-ears' headphones, or decent loudspeakers (especially with 'surround sound' activated), you should be able to have quite an immersive audio experience. (Naturally, some limitations remain, due to true live recording, and not all our chanters being 100% perfect in pitch 🎵 and time ⏲ keeping 😉)

Due to time constraints for the 2 hour session including meditation & Dhamma reflections, and to have enough time left to include English chants, we have abbreviated the texts slightly: We only include 'Recollection of the Buddha/Dhamma/Sangha', leaving out the sections 'Supreme Praise of the Buddha/Dhamma/Sangha'.

The text for the first part of our chanting, in Pali language, is therefore as follows:

Dedication of Offerings

[Yo so] bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho

Svākkhāto yena bhagavatā dhammo

Supaṭipanno yassa bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho

Tam-mayaṃ bhagavantaṃ sadhammaṃ sasaṅghaṃ

Imehi sakkārehi yathārahaṃ āropitehi abhipūjayāma

Sādhu no bhante bhagavā sucira-parinibbutopi

Pacchimā-janatānukampa-mānasā

Ime sakkāre duggata-paṇṇākāra-bhūte paṭiggaṇhātu

Amhākaṃ dīgharattaṃ hitāya sukhāya.

[Arahaṃ] sammāsambuddho bhagavā

Buddhaṃ bhagavantaṃ abhivādemi

[Svākkhāto] bhagavatā dhammo

Dhammaṃ namassāmi

[Supaṭipanno] bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho

Saṅghaṃ namāmi

Primary Homage

[Handa mayaṃ buddhassa bhagavato

pubbabhāga-namakāraṃ karomase]

Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa (×3)

Recollection of the Buddha

[Handa mayaṃ buddhānussatinayaṃ karomase]

Taṃ kho pana bhagavantaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo

kittisaddo abbhuggato

Itipi so bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho

Vijjācaraṇa-sampanno sugato lokavidū

Anuttaro purisadamma-sārathi satthā deva-manussānaṃ

buddho bhagavā’ti

Recollection of the Dhamma

[Handa mayaṃ dhammānussatinayaṃ karomase]

Svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo

Sandiṭṭhiko akāliko ehipassiko

Opanayiko paccattaṃ veditabbo viññūhī’ti

Recollection of the Saṅgha

[Handa mayaṃ saṅghānussatinayaṃ karomase]

Supaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho

Ujupaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho

Ñāyapaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho

Sāmīcipaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho

Yadidaṃ cattāri purisayugāni aṭṭha purisapuggalā

Esa bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho

Āhuneyyo pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjali-karaṇīyo

Anuttaraṃ puññakkhettaṃ lokassā’ti

You can read the full text for our chanting in the Amaravati Chanting Book Vol 1 (pages 18ff, 37ff & 33ff) here: https://cdn.amaravati.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/30/Chanting-Book-Vol-1-Web.pdf

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