Buddham Saranam Gacchami lyrics:
„Buddham saranam gacchami
Dhammam saranam gacchami
Sangham saranam gacchami.”
Buddham Saranam Gacchami meaning and translation:
„I go to the Buddha for refuge.
I go to the Dhamma for refuge.
I go to the Sangha for refuge.”
This sacred chant signifies – „I go for refuge to myself, to my own heart-of-hearts, to my own innate wakefulness and silence and goodness”.
Buddham saranam gacchami – means the supreme intellect within you which leads you with discrimination of right and wrong. Right, that makes your life happy and noble leading one to the state of Bliss. This aspect also expresses all the factors that makes others – the entire animate and inanimate world happy. Live harmoniously and let others live as in the universe every one has every right to lead a spiritual life.
Dhammam saranam gacchami – means always be honorable, so surrender to the righteous behavior and character. Also, dhamma means the righteous behavior of humans. A human must be humane, and should not embrace the characteristic behavior of brutes and animals.
Sangham saranam gacchami – means surrender to the society by involving your life for the good of the society even at the expense your own advantages in your own life. A sacrificing life for the good of the society. Only through sacrifice only ones life becomes „immortal”. Jesus is the good model for this. Would you agree, and there are so many who sacrificed their lives for the betterment and welfare of the society.
These are the 3 great messages given by Gautama Buddha to the human race and which were emulated by the saints and great preachers even before the christian era came into existence.
Taking refuge in the three jewels (Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha) is central to Buddhist lay and monastic ordination ceremonies, as originated by Buddha Gautama, according to the sacred scriptures.
Siddhartha Gautama, who would one day become known as Buddha, also known as the „the awakened” or „enlightened one”, lived in Nepal during the 6th to 4th century B.C.
In the earliest accounts, Buddha achieved enlightenment by gaining the 3 types of knowledge: complete knowledge of all his own past lives, of the karma and rebirths of all others, and the Four Noble Truths. Later accounts explain that, with enlightenment, He achieved omniscience.
„To take refuge in the Buddha is to take refuge in someone who has let go of holding back just as you can do. To take refuge in the dharma is to take refuge in all the teachings that encourage you and nurture your inherent ability to let go of holding back. And to take refuge in the sangha is to take refuge in the community of people who share this longing to let go and open rather than shield themselves.
The support we give each other as practitioners is not the usual samsaric support in which we all join the same team and complain about someone else. It’s more that you’re on your own, completely alone, but it’s helpful to know that there are forty other people who are also going through this all by themselves. That’s very encouraging and supportive. Fundamentally, even though other people can give you support, you do it yourself, and that’s how you grow up in this process, rather than becoming more dependent.” – Pema Chodron’s quote from the book „Start Where You Are”.
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