[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Mahāyāna sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra) › [Sūtras of the Great Collection](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata) › [Ākāśagarbhasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra) › [འཕགས་པ་ནམ་མཁའི་སྙིང་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo) › [The Akashagarbha Sutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo~en-84000) › intro.14 # འཕགས་པ་ནམ་མཁའ་སྙང་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད intro.14 The Ākāśagarbha Sūtra intro.14 - **Language:** English ### [intro.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.14) This practice of disclosure or confession of negative deeds is regarded as a fundamental element of Buddhist practice. Essential for the purification of the mind, it forms the third part of the seven-limbed practice, a preliminary practice recited daily by most practitioners in the Tibetan tradition.¹² The seven limbs are paying homage to the buddhas, presenting them with offerings, disclosing one’s negative deeds, rejoicing in the positive deeds of all beings, requesting the Dharma, supplicating the enlightened ones to remain with us, and dedicating all virtues to the benefit of sentient beings. - [Previous: intro.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.13) - [Next: intro.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.15) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.mahasamnipata.akasagarbhasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.14) · Pramāṇa