For the monks and nuns

Cira-parinibbutampi taṃ bhagavantaṃ uddissa arahantaṃ sammāsambuddhaṃ

Remembering the Blessed One, the Noble Lord, and Perfectly Enlightened One, who long ago attained Parinibbāna,

Saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitā

We have gone forth with fa°ith from home to homelessness,

Tasmiṃ bhagavati brahma-cariyaṃ carāma

And like the Blessed One, we practice the Holy Life,

Bhikkhūnaṃ sikkhāsājīva-samāpannā

Being fully equipped with the bhikkhus’ system of training.

Taṃ no brahma-cariyaṃ imassa kevalassa dukkha-kkhandhassa antakiriyāya saṃvattatu

May this Holy Life lead us to the end of this whole mass of suffering.

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