Evening Chants

[LonesomeYogurt]

I chant in the morning before meditating by taking the precepts, refuges, and doing the traditional "Namo tassa..." It really helps me center myself and get into mindfulness mode.

In the evenings, however, I don't have quite the same ability as I can't just retake the precepts or whatever. Does anyone know any traditional evening chants, perhaps chants of reflection or encouragement or something?

I'm open to pretty much anything I guess. What are some tradition chants that people end the day with?

Thanks!

[Khalil Bodhi]

Hi LY,

Over the years I've come to prefer doing vandana and the parittas at night (primarily the Metta Sutta, the Maha-Mangala Sutta, Jayamangala Gatha, etc...) but Than Geoff has a downloadable version of the Wat Metta CHant book here which lists their eveining chants and recollections: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/dhammayut/chanting.html#evening

I compiled and had printed my own list of suttas and gathas but also use the compilation edited by Ven. Gunaratana. I hope this helps. Metta!

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Learn the introduction to the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta by heart — its quite short and easy to memorise:

“Ekāyano ayaṃ, bhikkhave, maggo sattānaṃ visuddhiyā, sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamāya, dukkhadomanassānaṃ atthaṅgamāya, ñāyassa adhigamāya, nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya, yadidaṃ cattāro satipaṭṭhānā.

“Katame cattāro“ Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ; vedanāsu vedanānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ; citte cittānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ; dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ.

This, monks, is the only way for the purification of beings, for the transcendence of grief and lamentation, for the extinguishing of pain and sorrow, for attaining the right method, for the realisation of nibbāna, that is the four foundations of mindfulness.

What four? Here, monks, a monk dwells mindful of the body in the body, ardent, clearly comprehending and mindful, having overcome covetousness and grief concerning the world; he dwells contemplating feelings in feeling ... consciousness in consciousness ... mental objects in mental objects, ardent, clearly comprehending and mindful, having overcome covetousness and grief concerning the world.

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