Chant Traditional
Homage to the Buddha
Namo tassa
The homage that opens nearly every chanting session: to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Self-Awakened One.
The texts
Words worth returning to
The Buddha's discourses, the chants of the forest monasteries, and verses to carry through the day — in the Pāli and in English, side by side wherever we can.
What the forest monasteries chant, morning and evening.
Chant Traditional · Khp 1
The Three Refuges
Tisaraṇa
Going for refuge to the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Saṅgha — the step that sets one on the Buddha's way.
Chant Traditional
The Five Precepts
Pañcasīla
The five training rules at the heart of a lay Buddhist life: not harming, not stealing, restraint, truthfulness, and a clear mind.
Chant Traditional · e.g. AN 11.11
Recollection of the Triple Gem
Buddhānussati · Dhammānussati · Saṅghānussati
The qualities of the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Saṅgha, chanted every morning and evening in the monasteries — and a meditation in its own right.
Chant AN 5.57
Five Things to Reflect On Often
Abhiṇhapaccavekkhaṇa
Five facts to remember every day — ageing, illness, death, separation, and that we inherit our own actions.
Chant DN 16
Their Stilling Is Happiness
Aniccā vata saṅkhārā
Four lines on impermanence, spoken at the Buddha's passing and chanted at Thai funerals ever since.