Confession of the Eight Branch Infractions and Downfalls
Translation of ཡན་ལག་ག་དམ་ཚག་ཅས་བྱ་བ (ཡན་ལག་གི་དམ་ཚིག་ཅེས་བྱ་བ)
- Language
- English
- Date
- 2025 CE
- Translator
- han-kop
- Extent
- 33 passages, 223 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- lotsawahouse · Han Kop (tr.), Confession of the Eight Branch Infractions and Downfalls, Lotsawa House (version 1.0-20250703) · CC BY-NC 4.0 (Lotsawa House); shown with attribution on a non-commercial site
Contents
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p1
Experiencing pleasure with a consort
p2
Who lacks samaya commitments
p3
Is the first branch downfall.
p4
I openly admit and confess breaches of this first kind.
p5
To quarrel in the gaṇacakra
p6
Is the second branch downfall.
p7
I openly admit and confess breaches of this second kind.
p8
For a mantrin to obtain the nectar
p9
From an unqualified consort
p10
Is the third branch downfall.
p11
I openly admit and confess breaches of this third kind.
p12
While knowledgable about the elements of secret Dharma,
p13
To refrain from teaching it to others is a failure of wisdom.
p14
It is the fourth branch downfall.
p15
I openly admit and confess breaches of this fourth kind.
p16
To mislead sincere students seeking the Dharma
p17
By discussing topics other than bodhicitta
p18
Is the fifth branch downfall.
p19
I openly admit and confess breaches of this fifth kind.
p20
To stay more than seven days among śrāvakas
p21
Is the sixth branch downfall.
p22
I openly admit and confess breaches of this sixth kind.
p23
While not knowing the primordial wisdom of yoga,
p24
To proclaim oneself a mantrin
p25
Is the seventh branch downfall.
p26
I openly admit and confess breaches of this seventh kind.
p27
To explain the secret meaning
p28
While teaching the outer Dharma,
p29
To anyone who is not a suitable recipient—
p30
This is the eighth branch downfall.
p31
I openly admit and confess breaches of this eighth kind.
p32
Tibetan Texts
p33
Secondary Sources