“In the forest, at the root of a tree or
in an empty dwelling too, O bhikkhus,
should you recollect the Sambuddha,
no fear could befall you.

If you cannot recall the Buddha
the foremost in the world, the bull [leader] of men,
then you should recall the Dhamma,
well-taught, leading out to salvation.

If you cannot recall the Dhamma,
well-taught, leading out to salvation,
then you should recall the Sangha,
the unsurpassed field of merit.

Thus recollecting the Buddha,
the Dhamma and the Sangha, O bhikkhus,
fear, alarm or
hair raising [fright] will not be.”

araññe rukkhamūle vā
suññāgāreva bhikkhavo,
anussaretha sambuddhaṃ
bhayaṃ tumhāka no siyā.

no ce buddhaṃ sareyyātha
lokajeṭṭhaṃ narāsabhaṃ,
atha dhammaṃ sareyyātha
niyyānikaṃ sudesitaṃ.

no ce dhammaṃ sareyyātha
niyyānikaṃ sudesitaṃ,
atha saṅghaṃ sareyyātha
puññakkhettaṃ anuttaraṃ.

evaṃ buddhaṃ sarantānaṃ
dhammaṃ saṅghañca bhikkhavo,
bhayaṃ vā chambhitattaṃ vā
lomahaṃso na hessatīti.