The Bodhisattva’s Confession of Downfalls
- Language
- English
- Date
- 2020 CE
- Translator
- samye-translations-stefan-mang-peter-woods
- Extent
- 63 passages, 706 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- lotsawahouse · Samye Translations; Stefan Mang; Peter Woods (tr.), The Bodhisattva’s Confession of Downfalls, Lotsawa House · CC BY-NC 4.0 (Lotsawa House); shown with attribution on a non-commercial site
Contents
- p1
- p2
- p3
- p4
- p5
- p6
- p7
- p8
- p9
- p10
- p11
- p12
- p13
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- p15
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- p19
- p20
- p21
- p22
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- p24
- p25
- p26
- p27
- p28
- p29
- p30
- p31
- p32
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- p41
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- p48
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- p55
- p56
- p57
- p58
- p59
- p60
- p61
- p62
- p63
Text
p1
All sentient beings always take refuge in the Guru;
p2
Take refuge in the Buddha;
p3
Take refuge in the Dharma; and
p4
Take refuge in the Saṅgha.
p5
Homage to the blessed one, the tathāgata, the arhat, the complete and perfect Buddha, Śākyamuni!
p6
Homage to Vajra Conqueror;
p7
Homage to Blazing Jewel;
p8
Homage to Sovereign King of Nāgas;
p9
Homage to Leader of Heroes;
p10
Homage to Glorious Joy;
p11
Homage to Flaming Jewel;
p12
Homage to Exquisite Moonlight;
p13
Homage to Meaningful To Behold;
p14
Homage to Jewel Moon;
p15
Homage to Stainless Glory;
p16
Homage to Glorious Benefactor;
p17
Homage to Brahmaṇa;
p18
Homage to Gift of Brahmā;
p19
Homage to Water Deity;
p20
Homage to God of the Water Deities;
p21
Homage to Glorious Goodness;
p22
Homage to Glorious Sandalwood;
p23
Homage to Infinite Majesty;
p24
Homage to Glorious Splendour;
p25
Homage to Glory Without Sorrow;
p26
Homage to Son Without Craving;
p27
Homage to Glorious Flowers;
p28
Homage to the tathāgata, Splendour of Brahmā, True Knowing;
p29
Homage to the tathāgata, Splendorous Lotus, True Knowing;
p30
Homage to Glorious Wealth;
p31
Homage to Glorious Mindfulness;
p32
Homage to Renowned Glory;
p33
Homage to Victory over King Indra’s Banner;
p34
Homage to Glorious Hero;
p35
Homage to Perfect Victor in Battle;
p36
Homage to Transcendent Victory;
p37
Homage to Glorious One Appearing to All;
p38
Homage to Courageous Lotus Jewel;
p39
Homage to the tathāgata, the arhat, the complete and perfect buddha, Lotus Jewel Steadfast like the King of Mountains.
p40
May you, and however many other blessed ones, tathāgatas, arhats, complete and perfect buddhas there are living and dwelling in all the world systems in all directions—all you blessed buddhas—please pay attention to me!
p41
In this life and all my other lives circling from one form of saṃsāric existence to the next throughout beginningless time—whatever wrongs I may have done, or caused other to do, or have rejoiced in;
p42
Whatever possessions of stūpas, possessions of the Saṅgha, or possessions of saṅghas dwelling in all directions, I may have appropriated, caused others to appropriate, or rejoiced in the appropriation of;
p43
Whichever of the five actions of immediate retribution I may have committed, caused others to commit, or rejoiced in;
p44
Whichever path of the ten unwholesome actions I may have embarked upon or am currently residing on, incited others to enter, or rejoiced in;
p45
Whatever karmic veils I may have developed that would lead to the hells, or to the animal realm, or to the land of the pretas, or to birth in border regions, or amongst barbarians, or amongst the long-lived gods, or that would lead to incomplete sense faculties, or holding wrong views, or to not rejoicing at the advent of a Buddha—
p46
All of these I confess in the presence of the blessed buddhas, who are aware, who observe, who are witnesses, who are authorities, who know and see. I admit them and do not conceal them, and I make a vow to refrain from them henceforth!
p47
All you blessed buddhas, please pay attention to me!
p48
Over the course of this life and all other lives in saṃsāra without beginning or end—whatever wholesomeness there may be from having given gifts to others, even as little as a mouthful of food to a being born as an animal;
p49
Whatever wholesomeness there may be in having preserved discipline;
p50
Whatever wholesomeness there may be in having maintained chaste behavior;
p51
Whatever wholesomeness there may be in having caused sentient beings to mature;
p52
Whatever wholesomeness there may be in having roused a mind set on supreme awakening;
p53
Whatever wholesomeness there may be in unsurpassable wisdom—
p54
Combining, gathering, and collecting all of this together, I dedicate it to the unexcelled, unsurpassed, most exalted, the most excellent; I dedicate it to unsurpassable, complete and perfect awakening.
p55
Just as past blessed buddhas have dedicated, and just as future buddhas, blessed ones, will dedicate, and just as the buddhas, blessed ones of the present in all directions, are dedicating now, I also fully dedicate in the very same way.
p56
I confess each and every misdeed.
p57
I rejoice in all goodness.
p58
I request and pray to all the buddhas to teach and remain in saṃsāra.
p59
May I attain sublime, supreme, unsurpassed wisdom!
p60
Supreme among humans, Victors now present,
p61
Those of the past, and those yet to come,
p62
Your praiseworthy qualities are boundless like the ocean—
p63
With folded palms, I take refuge in you!