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འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མཆག་ཏ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའ་མད་སྡའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 2.23

The Sūtra of the Sublime Golden Light (1) 2.23

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2.23

With their minds of great compassion
And accept the confession that I make.

“ ‘I have committed many bad actions,
And misery and fear constantly arise in my mind.
Even in all of the four kinds of physical actions,
I have no experience of happiness.²⁴⁶

“ ‘The buddhas, who have great compassion,²⁴⁷
Are able to dispel fear within beings.
I pray that you accept my confession²⁴⁸
And free me from misery and fear.

“ ‘I pray that with the water of compassion
You will wash me clean
Of every kleśa obscuration
And ripening karma that I have.

“ ‘I one-pointedly confess and repent
The bad actions that I have done in the past
And the bad actions I have done in the present;
May I be purified of them all.²⁴⁹

“ ‘I make the commitment not to repeat
These bad actions in the future,
And if there is any transgression,
Then I shall never²⁵⁰ conceal it.

“ ‘There are three physical acts, four vocal,
And three kinds of mental actions
That have placed beings in bondage
Beginninglessly and continuously.²⁵¹

“ ‘Through those three types of conduct
The ten bad actions are done.
I make a confession of each of my
Numerous errors of that kind.

“ ‘Because I have committed many bad actions,
I will experience their ripening and suffering.
I sincerely confess each one of them
In the presence of the buddhas.²⁵²

“ ‘Today I rejoice in all of²⁵³
The numerous good actions
That exist in this Jambudvīpa²⁵⁴
And in other world realms.

“ ‘I pray that I will reject the ten bad actions,
Practice the path of ten good actions,
Be established upon the ten bhūmis,
And always see the buddhas in the ten directions.²⁵⁵

“ ‘Through the power of the good roots²⁵⁶
That I have accomplished from merit and wisdom

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