Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association)
Venerable Shravasti Dhammika
The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom
To sacred hills, woods, and groves,
To sacred trees and shrines
Do people go, gripped by fear.
But they are not safe refuges,
Not the best refuge.
Not by going there
Is one freed from all suffering?
But whoever takes refuge
In the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha
Will understand with wisdom
The Four Noble Truths:
Suffering, its cause, its overcoming,
And the Noble Eightfold Path
Leading to its overcoming.
And this is a safe refuge,
The best refuge.
Having taken refuge here,
One is freed from all suffering.
