Saturday, 19 January 2019

Buddham Saranam Gacchami

During my India trip last November,
I visited Sujata village in North India, I heard a street musician playing good music, singing some words repeatedly like this:

"Buddham Saranam Gacchami"

After doing research I found out a similar song on YouTube and the
meaning of it as following:


Buddhist Mantra in Pali Language 'Buddham Saranam Gacchami'
बुद्धं शरणं गच्छामि।
Buddham saranam gacchami
I go to the Buddha for refuge
धर्मं शरणं गच्छामि।
Dhammam saranam gacchami
I go to the Dhamma for refuge
संघं शरणं गच्छामि।
Sangham saranam gacchami
I go to the Sangha for refuge.


In Vietnamese this is Qui Y Tam Bao or 三宝帰依Sanpoukie in Japanese. Then you get a Dharma name.

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