Okāsa
Awgatha
Burmese Buddhist prayer
An Awgatha (ဩကာသ; from Pali: okāsa), sometimes known as the common Buddhist prayer is a formulaic Burmese Buddhist prayer that is recited to initiate acts of Buddhist devotion, including obeisance to the Buddha and Buddhist monks and the water libation ritual.[1] The term okāsa literally means "permission" in Pali,[2] and is used to request permission to pay homage, seek forgiveness of any intentional and unintentional offenses, and precedes the undertaking of the Five Precepts.[3][4] Minor variations of this Burmese language prayer exist from one Buddhist monastery to another. Okāsa explicitly references the gadaw of the Five Infinite Venerables (Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha, parents and teachers).[5]
