འཕགས་པ་གསར་འད་དམ་པ་མཆག་ཏ་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བའ་མད་སྡའ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.8

3.8

and develops veneration for it in their mind will become purified of karmic obscurations through regret because of that meaning—that there are no beings but there is the basis of the essence.

“Noble one, someone³⁴² who has four qualities will completely eliminate karmic obscurations and be permanently purified of them. What are those four? They are (1) not giving rise to wrong thoughts³⁴³ and maintaining a perfection of true mindfulness; (2) not maligning the extremely profound meaning; (3) developing an aspiration by thinking that beginning bodhisattvas are omniscient; and (4) developing limitless love for beings. Those are the four qualities.”³⁴⁴

Then the Bhagavat spoke this verse:

“Protecting the three yānas³⁴⁵ with a single-pointed mind,
Not maligning the profound Dharma,
Developing the perception of omniscience,
And a loving mind will purify karmic obscurations.

“Noble one, there are four kinds of karmic obscuration³⁴⁶ that are difficult to eliminate. What are those four? They are (1) committing very heavy transgressions of the bodhisattva vow; (2) maligning the Mahāyāna sūtras³⁴⁷ in one’s mind; (3) not increasing one’s own good roots; and (4) having attachment to the three existences.

“Moreover, there are four remedies for karmic obscuration. What are those four? They are (1) approaching with sincerity all the tathāgatas in the worlds in the ten directions and confessing all one’s transgressions; (2) praying for the tathāgatas to teach the profound, sublime Dharma for the sake of all beings; (3) rejoicing in all the merit of all beings;³⁴⁸ and (4) dedicating all merit’s roots of goodness to the highest, most complete enlightenment.”

Then Śakra, the lord of devas, asked the Bhagavat,