Namo Homage / I prostrate / bow tassa to Him bhagavato the Blessed or the Exalted arahato the Worthy or the Enlightened One sammā rightly or completely sam himself (individually, by himself) buddhassa awakened Buddha or enlightened Buddha Before starting any Buddhist religious ceremony, we pay homage to the Buddha (Namassakāra) by chanting “Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa” three times, regardless of the event. A dāna offered to the Sangha, for example, begins with “Namo” in three repetitions. Buddhists traditionally…
