Pali Chanting

by the monks of Metta Forest Monastery

• The full Chanting Guide can now be read online;
• the text icon at the end of the links below allows you to listen and read along;
• there are also eBook versions;
• a print version is available by request at no charge;
• and there are pronunciation and tone guides for those trying to learn the chants.

Zip of all chanting audio

Homage

• Veneration

Morning Chanting

• Praise and Salutation to the Triple Gem
• Reflection at the Moment of Using the Requisites

Evening Chanting

• Recollection and Celebration of the Triple Gem
• Reflection after Using the Requisites

Reflections

• Contemplation of the Body
• Five Recollections
• Verses on Friends
• Verses on Respect
• Verses on the Noble Truths
• Four Dhamma Summaries
• Sublime Attitudes

Blessings

• Invitation to the Devas
• Maṅgala Sutta
• Cha Ratana Paritta Gāthā
• Karaṇīya Mettā Sutta
• Khandha Paritta
• Buddha-jaya-maṅgala Gāthā
• Jaya Paritta
• Mahā-maṅgala-cakkavāḷa

Discourses

• Dhamma-cakkappavattana Sutta | Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion
  See also: Saṁyutta Nikaya 56:11.
• Āditta-pariyāya Sutta | The Fire Discourse
• Mahā-Samaya Sutta | The Great Meeting
  See also: Dīgha Nikaya 20.

The Divine Mantra

• The Divine Mantra | Purification of the Six Properties