The Ratana Sutta, or the Jewel Discourse, is a sutta that Ajahn Anan has recommended chanting particularly in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. This sutta was taught by the Buddha as a way to help alleviate a plague afflicting the city of Vesali. When the monks chanted the sutta, the plague was dispelled and the city returned to prosperity. 

One can listen peacefully or chant along in the Wat Marp Jan chanting book (pages 176-79): https://watmarpjan.org/en/audio-books/books/ (English translation included).

Ratana Sutta

Set in traditional Pāli, the language of the Buddha, these morning and evening puja chants have been used for centuries to deepen faith, brighten the heart and prepare the mind for meditation. For more information, visit www.watmarpjan.org/en.

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Magha Puja Chanting (English)

This chant, in English, is for the day of Asalha Puja, July 5, the full moon day (2020). Asalha Puja commemorates the first teaching of the Buddha, The Discourse of Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion, the Dhamma-cakkappavattana Sutta. 

One can watch the replay of the entire Wat Marp Jan Asalha Puja ceremony here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiRJ-q_VpVk

This Sutta is found on pages 96-108 of the Wat Marp Jan chanting book, found here: https://watmarpjan.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/Wat-Marp-Jan-English-Chanting-Book-2562-Edition.pdf. 

On this day the Buddha taught the group of five ascetics, and Anya Kondanya became the first disciple to see the Dhamma.

Asalha Puja Ceremony Chant

The ten parami, or perfections, are qualities that a Bodhisattva cultivates to a supreme level in order to become a Buddha, an awakened one. All spiritual practitioners cultivate these qualities to some degree. 

The chant translates as: "The perfection of giving/generosity (Dāna pāramī), the perfection of giving to the utmost, the perfection of giving to the supremely utmost, lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity perfection. Thus, indeed, is the Fortunate and Blessed One..."
Then as above for the remaining pāramīs:

Sīla pāramī : virtue, morality
Nekkhamma pāramī : renunciation
Paññā pāramī : wisdom
Viriya pāramī : energy, vigour
Khanti pāramī : patient endurance, forbearance
Sacca pāramī : truthfulness
Adhiṭṭhāna pāramī : determination
Mettā pāramī : loving-kindness
Upekkhā pāramī : equanimity

Finishing with Dasa (ten) pāramī: recollecting all of the Buddha's perfections.

Ratana Sutta

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