Okāsa

Burmese Buddhist prayer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

An okāsa (Pāli; Burmese: ဩကာသ, Awgatha), sometimes known as the common Buddhist prayer, is a formulaic Theravada Buddhist prayer that is recited to initiate acts of Buddhist devotion, including obeisance to the Buddha and Buddhist monks and the water libation ritual.[1] The term okāsa literally means "permission" in Pali,[2] and is used to request permission to pay homage, seek forgiveness of any intentional and unintentional offenses, and precedes the undertaking of the Five Precepts.[3][4]

Standard prayer

Burmese tradition

Minor variations of this Burmese language prayer exist from one Buddhist monastery to another. In Burmese, okāsa (awgatha) explicitly references the gadaw of the Five Infinite Venerables (Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha, parents, and teachers).[5]

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