GUIDE TO TIPITAKA – COMPILED BY U KO LAY

Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samæsambuddhassa Veneration to the Exalted One, the Homage-Worthy, the Perfectly Self-Enlightened.

The Buddha is an Arahat and he is worthy of the highest veneration. All beings including devas and Brahmæs venerate the Buddha because the Buddha is the Supreme One, who has extinguished all defilements, who has become perfectly self-enlightened through realization of the Four Noble Truths, and who is endowed with the six great qualities of glory, namely,Issariya (supremacy), Dhamma (Knowledge of the Path to Nibbæna), Yasa (fame and following), Sirø (noble splendour of appearance), Kæma (power of accomplishment) and Payatta (diligent mindfulness).