11 โอวาทะปาฏิโมกขะคาถา : Ovadapatimkkhagatha :

 11   โอวาทะปาฏิโมกขะคาถา   :  Ovadapatimkkhagatha :

(Leader)

Handa mayaṃ Ovādapatimokkhagāthāyo bhanāma se.

Let us now chant ovadapatimakkhagatha.

(All)

Sabbapapassa akaranaṃ,                                              Never doing the least evil.

Kusalassūpasampadā,                                                    In virtue always ready.

Sacittapariyadapanaṃ,                                                    Purifying one’s own mind.

Etaṃ Buddhānasāsanaṃ,                                              These three are the teaching of

                                                                                                Awakened Ones.

Khanti paramaṃ tapo titikkhā,                                       Patient endurance burns up defilements

                                                                                                Supremely.

Nibbānaṃ paramaṃ vadanti Buddhā,                          All Enlighten Ones say Nibbana is the

                                                                                                Supreme,

Na hi pabbhajito parūpaghātī,                                         those who destroy life are not the ascetic.

Samano hoti paraṃ vehethayanto,                               those who oppress others are not recluse,

Sabbapapassa akaraṇaṃ                                               The non-doing of all evil,

Kusalasūpasampadā                                                        the performance of what is skillful,

Sacittapariyodapanaṃ                                                     the cleansing of one’s own mind:

Etaṃ buddhānasāsanaṃ.                                               This is the Buddhās’ teaching.

Anūpavādo  anūpaghāto,                                 not speaking evil, not doing harm,

Patimokkhe ca saṃvaro,                                                restrain within the Training Discipline,

Mattaññutā ca bhattassamiṃ,                                       knowing moderation in taking food,

Pantañca sayanāsanaṃ,                                                sleeping and sitting in secluded places,

Adhicitte ca āyogo,                                                           devoted in training for higher mentality,

Etaṃ Buddhānasāsanaṃ,                                              These six are the Teaching of

                                                                                                The Awakened Ones.

Ended.