Basic Passages 1

The Three Refuges

Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!

I take refuge in the Buddha,

I take refuge in the Teaching,

I take refuge in the Sangha.

For the second time I take refuge in the Buddha,

for the second time I take refuge in the Teaching,

for the second time I take refuge in the Sangha.

For the third time I take refuge in the Buddha,

for the third time I take refuge in the Teaching,

for the third time I take refuge in the Sangha.