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Whatever beings are here assembled,
whether of the earth or those in the sky,
may all beings, one and all, be glad of heart,
and moreover listen attentively to what is spoken.
Therefore, O beings, pay heed, all of you;
show loving-kindness (mettā) to the human race,
who by day and by night bring you offerings (bali);
therefore, being heedful, protect them.
Whatever treasure there is, here or beyond,
or whatever precious jewel is in the heavens,
there is none equal to the Tathāgata.
This too is a precious jewel in the Buddha:
by this truth, may there be well-being!
Destruction, dispassion (virāga), the Deathless (amata), the sublime,
which the Sakyan Sage, concentrated, attained —
there is nothing equal to that Dhamma.
This too is a precious jewel in the Dhamma:
by this truth, may there be well-being!
That purity which the supreme Buddha extolled,
the concentration (samādhi) they call "of immediate result" (ānantarika) —
no equal to that concentration is found.
This too is a precious jewel in the Dhamma:
by this truth, may there be well-being!
The eight persons praised by the good,
who constitute these four pairs —
they, worthy of offerings, are the disciples of the Sugata;
what is given to them bears great fruit.
This too is a precious jewel in the Saṅgha:
by this truth, may there be well-being!
Those who, with firm mind, are well applied,
desireless in Gotama's dispensation —
they have reached the goal; having plunged into the Deathless,
they enjoy the quenching (nibbuti) gained without cost.
This too is a precious jewel in the Saṅgha:
by this truth, may there be well-being!
Just as a gate-post (indakhīla) set firm in the earth
would stand unshaken by the winds from the four quarters,
of such a kind, I declare, is the good person (sappurisa)
who, having penetrated them, sees the noble truths (ariyasacca).
This too is a precious jewel in the Saṅgha:
by this truth, may there be well-being!
Those who clearly discern the noble truths¹
well taught by him of profound wisdom —
even though they should be exceedingly heedless,
they do not take up an eighth existence.
This too is a precious jewel in the Saṅgha:
by this truth, may there be well-being!
Together with his attainment of vision,
three things come to be abandoned:
personality-view (sakkāyadiṭṭhi), doubt (vicikicchā),
and whatever [clinging to] rules and observances (sīlabbata) there may be;
he is freed from the four states of loss (apāya),
and he is incapable of committing the six grave deeds (abhiṭhāna).
This too is a precious jewel in the Saṅgha:
by this truth, may there be well-being!
Even though he should do an evil deed
by body, by speech, or by mind,
he is incapable of concealing it;
such incapacity is declared of one who has seen the state (diṭṭhapada).
This too is a precious jewel in the Saṅgha:
by this truth, may there be well-being!
Just as a woodland thicket with blossoming crown
in the first month of the heat of summer,
even so he taught the excellent Dhamma,
leading to Nibbāna, supreme, for the sake of welfare.
This too is a precious jewel in the Buddha:
by this truth, may there be well-being!
The excellent one, knower of the excellent,
giver of the excellent, bringer of the excellent,
the unsurpassed one taught the excellent Dhamma.
This too is a precious jewel in the Buddha:
by this truth, may there be well-being!
The old is destroyed; there is no new arising;
their minds are dispassionate toward future existence;
they, with seed destroyed, with no desire for growth,
the wise, go out even as this lamp.
This too is a precious jewel in the Saṅgha:
by this truth, may there be well-being!
Whatever beings are here assembled,
whether of the earth or those in the sky —
to the Tathāgata revered by devas and humans,
the Buddha, let us pay homage: may there be well-being!
Whatever beings are here assembled,
whether of the earth or those in the sky —
to the Dhamma, thus-gone, revered by devas and humans,
let us pay homage: may there be well-being!
Whatever beings are here assembled,
whether of the earth or those in the sky —
to the Saṅgha, thus-gone, revered by devas and humans,
let us pay homage: may there be well-being!
The Ratana Sutta is concluded.
¹ [Editorial footnote in the Siam Raṭṭha edition:] "Nowadays it is generally read: 'ye ariyasaccāni vibhāvayanti.'"
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The Tirokuḍḍa Section in the Khuddakapāṭha
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.