Buddhist Recitation - Ratana Sutta recited by The Most Ven. Datuk K. Sri Dhammaratana

The Ratana Sutta, recited by The Most Ven. Datuk K. Sri Dhammaratana, Chief High Priest of Malaysia. He is also the Founder & Advisor of Ti-Ratana Welfare Society & Ti-Ratana Buddhist Society. Ratana Sutta - Discourse of the Jewels The Ratana Sutta is said to have been recited by the Buddha when the city of Vesali of the Licchavis was afflicted with illness, famine and non-humans. In the opening stanza, the Buddha is pacifying the non-humans and requesting for them to listen to what is being said. In the second stanza, the non-humans are being requested to protect the human beings because they make offerings to the former. From then onward, the stanzas extol the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha describing their virtues. After mentioning each set of qualities attributed to the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha, well being is wished for on the strength of the Truth of what is said. Thus is evident the paritta (protection) quality of this sutta. The last three stanzas contain the homage of the non-humans to the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha after the Sutta was over, and their benediction. According to the commentaries the last three stanzas were uttered by Sakka the king of the devas.