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To even hairs and other relics, I give honour. To all the images of Buddha, in all ten directions, Perfumed with infinite qualities, the Tathagatha,įragrant of face and form, I revere with incense,Īnd the Heaven of the Thirty(-three) - in stupas there: I honour the Fully-Awakened, that Light of the Triple World, With lights brightly shining, dispelling the gloom, With flowers in great variety, the Buddha I adore I offer at the sacred lotus Feet of the Noble Sage.

This spread of flowers, fresh-hued and fragrant, Here’s a link to the Pali Buddha Puja sung by Joe on the last day of the Retreat, with a transcript of the words and their translation below…
