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   Paritta

   Paritta (Pali), generally translated as "protection" or "safeguard," refers to the Buddhist practice of reciting certain verses and scriptures in order to ward off evil fortune or dangerous conditions, as well as to the specific verses and discourses recited as paritta texts.
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   Metta Sutta

   Paritta - traditional Buddhist "protective suttas," including the Karaniya Metta Sutta.
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   Ratana Sutta

   Paritta - traditional Buddhist "protective suttas," including the Ratana Sutta.
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   Angulimala

   This verse, commonly called the Angulimala paritta, continues to be recited at the blessings of houses or pregnant women in Theravada countries.
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   Mangala Sutta

   The sutta is often recited, and forms one of the commonest pieces of chanting used for the Paritta.
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   Preta

   Threefold Training: (Morality, Concentration, Wisdom) · Buddhist devotion · Taking refuge · Four Divine Abidings: (Loving-kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic joy, Equanimity) · Mindfulness · Merit · Puja: (Offerings, Prostration, Chanting) · Paritta · Generosity · Morality: (Five Precepts, Eight Precepts, Ten Precepts, Bodhisattva vows, Patimokkha) · Bhavana · Meditation: (Kammaṭṭhāna, Recollection, Mindfulness of Breathing, Serenity meditation, Insight meditation, Shikantaza, Zazen, Kōan, Mandala, Tonglen, Tantra)
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   Schools of Buddhism

   Threefold Training: (Morality, Concentration, Wisdom) · Buddhist devotion · Taking refuge · Four Divine Abidings: (Loving-kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic joy, Equanimity) · Mindfulness · Merit · Puja: (Offerings, Prostration, Chanting) · Paritta · Generosity · Morality: (Five Precepts, Eight Precepts, Ten Precepts, Bodhisattva vows, Patimokkha) · Bhavana · Meditation: (Kammaṭṭhāna, Recollection, Mindfulness of Breathing, Serenity meditation, Insight meditation, Shikantaza, Zazen, Kōan, Mandala, Tonglen, Tantra)
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   History of Buddhism

   Threefold Training: (Morality, Concentration, Wisdom) · Buddhist devotion · Taking refuge · Four Divine Abidings: (Loving-kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic joy, Equanimity) · Mindfulness · Merit · Puja: (Offerings, Prostration, Chanting) · Paritta · Generosity · Morality: (Five Precepts, Eight Precepts, Ten Precepts, Bodhisattva vows, Patimokkha) · Bhavana · Meditation: (Kammaṭṭhāna, Recollection, Mindfulness of Breathing, Serenity meditation, Insight meditation, Shikantaza, Zazen, Kōan, Mandala, Tonglen, Tantra)
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   Cultural elements of Buddhism

   Threefold Training: (Morality, Concentration, Wisdom) · Buddhist devotion · Taking refuge · Four Divine Abidings: (Loving-kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic joy, Equanimity) · Mindfulness · Merit · Puja: (Offerings, Prostration, Chanting) · Paritta · Generosity · Morality: (Five Precepts, Eight Precepts, Ten Precepts, Bodhisattva vows, Patimokkha) · Bhavana · Meditation: (Kammaṭṭhāna, Recollection, Mindfulness of Breathing, Serenity meditation, Insight meditation, Shikantaza, Zazen, Kōan, Mandala, Tonglen, Tantra)
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    Engaged Buddhism

    Threefold Training: (Morality, Concentration, Wisdom) · Buddhist devotion · Taking refuge · Four Divine Abidings: (Loving-kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic joy, Equanimity) · Mindfulness · Merit · Puja: (Offerings, Prostration, Chanting) · Paritta · Generosity · Morality: (Five Precepts, Eight Precepts, Ten Precepts, Bodhisattva vows, Patimokkha) · Bhavana · Meditation: (Kammaṭṭhāna, Recollection, Mindfulness of Breathing, Serenity meditation, Insight meditation, Shikantaza, Zazen, Kōan, Mandala, Tonglen, Tantra)

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Paritta,
• Metta Sutta,
• Ratana Sutta,
• Angulimala,
• Mangala Sutta,
• Preta,
• Schools of Buddhism,
• History of Buddhism,
• Cultural elements of Buddhism,
• Engaged Buddhism