Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Highest Self—Enlightened One!
The Bodhisatta who awakens to the Four Noble Truths and becomes the Sammasambuddha, arises in the human world. Understanding well the harm of going to extremes, he develops the Middle Way. Destroying all defilements he gains Sammasambuddhahood. Not allowing his mind to be shaken by the eight worldly conditions, realizing the Truth and extinguishing the flames of samsara [suffering], he gains super-mundane bliss.