Namo tassa

Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammā sambuddhassa  (repeat 3 times)

Tisaraṇa

Buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi

Dhammaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi

Saṅghaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi

Dutiyampi buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi

Dutiyampi dhammaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi

Dutiyampi saṅghaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi

Tatiyampi buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi

Tatiyampi dhammaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi

Tatiyampi saṅghaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi

Pañca Sīla

Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi

Adinnādānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi

Abrahmacariyā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi

Musāvādā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi

Surā meraya-majja-pamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi

Homage to the Budda

Homage to the Blessed One, the Perfected One, the Fully Enlightened One

The Three Refuges

I go to the Buddha for refuge

I go to the Dharma for refuge

I go to the Sangha for refuge

A second time, I go to the Buddha for refuge

A second time, I go to the Dharma for refuge

A second time, I go to the Sangha for refuge

A third time, I go to the Buddha for refuge

A third time, I go to the Dharma for refuge

A third time, I go to the Sangha for refuge

The Five Precepts

I undertake the training rule to abstain from taking life

I undertake the training rule to abstain from taking what is not freely given

I undertake the training rule to abstain from sexual activity

I undertake the training rule to abstain from wrongful speech

I undertake the training rule to abstain from drugs and alcohol