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Atthavisati Buddha
Vandana
The following stanzas
are recited in salutation to the 28 Buddhas who have appeared in this
world during various periods. The Buddhist scriptures record the names
of these Buddhas. Going back into the distant past of the universe which
has appeared and disintegrated countless times, the Buddha visualized
innumerable periods of earlier, Buddhas.
The Buddhas in the
past are infinite in number. Of the known 28 Buddhas, only four Buddhas
belong to this present world cycle, the fourth being Gautama the Buddha
whose teachings we now follow. In time to come and during the course of
the present universe itself, one more Buddha will appear. He will be the
Maitreya Buddha. The present world system would thus have a total of
five Buddhas. This clearly shows that Buddhists do not subscribe to the
idea that the world will end in the near future.
Buddhists pay their
homage in veneration to all these Buddhas. In essence, all these Buddhas
are exactly the same as the Buddha of this world I cycle. They have all
realized the same Universal Truth (Dhamma) that Sakyamuni Buddha had
realized and they have all His qualities.
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Atthavisati
Buddha Vandana |
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Pali |
English
Translation |
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Vande
Tanhamkaram Buddham
Vande
Medhamkaram munim
Saranamkaram
munim vande
Dipamkaram jinam
name |
I respect
Tanhamkaram, the wise.
I respect
Medhamkaram, the sage,
Saranamkaram the
sage, I respect.
Dipamkaram the
conqueror, I respect. |
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Vande Kondanna
sattharam
Vande Mangala
nayakam
Vande Sumana
sambuddham
Vande Revata
nayakam |
I respect
Kondanna, the teacher.
I respect
Mangala, the leader.
I respect Sumana,
the Fully Enlightened.
I respect Revata,
the leader. |
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Vande Sobhita
sambuddham
Anomadassi munim
name
Vande Paduma
sambuddham
Vande Narada
Nayakam |
I respect
Sobhita, the Fully Enlightened.
Anomadassi the
sage, I respect.
I respect Paduma,
the Fully Enlightened.
I respect Narada,
the leader. |
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Padumuttaram
munim vande
Vande Sumedha
nayakam
Vande Sujata
sambuddham
Piyadassi munim
name |
Padumuttaram the
sage, I respect.
I respect
Sumedha the leader.
I respect Sujata,
the Fully Enlightened.
Piyadassi the
sage, I respect. |
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Atthadassi munim
vande
Dhammadassi
jinam name
Vande Siddhattha
sattharam
Vande Tissa
mahamunim |
Atthadassi the
sage, I respect.
Dhammadassi the
conqueror, I respect.
I respect
Siddhattha, the teacher.
I respect Tissa,
the great sage. |
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Vande Phussa
mahaviram
Vande Vipassi
nayakam
Sikhi mahamunim
vande
Vande Vessabhu
nayakam |
I respect Phussa
the great hero.
I respect
Vipassi, the leader.
Sikkhi, the
great sage, I respect.
I respect
Vessabhu, the leader. |
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Kakusandham
munim vande
Vande Konagama
nayakam
Kassapam sugatam
vande
Vande Gotama
nayakam |
Kakusandha the
sage, I respect.
I respect
Konagama, the leader.
Kassapa the
Welcome One, I respect.
I respect the
Gotama, the leader. |
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Atthavisati me
Buddha
Nibbanamata
dayaka
Namami sirasa
Niccam
Te mam rakkhantu
sabbada |
These twenty
eight Buddhas,
The Givers of
Deathless Nibbana.
Ever I salute
with my head.
May they ever
protect me: |
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