Root Downfalls of the Vajra Vehicle: A Confession
Translation of རྡ་རྗ་ཐག་པ་རྩ་བའ་ལྟང་བ་བསྡས་པ (རྡོ་རྗེ་ཐེག་པ་རྩ་བའི་ལྟུང་བ་བསྡུས་པ)
- Language
- English
- Date
- 2018 CE
- Translator
- Adam Pearcey
- Extent
- 45 passages, 360 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- lotsawahouse · Adam Pearcey (tr.), Root Downfalls of the Vajra Vehicle: A Confession, Lotsawa House (version 2.1-20250117) · CC BY-NC 4.0 (Lotsawa House); shown with attribution on a non-commercial site
Contents
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- p2
- p3
- p4
- p5
- p6
- p7
- p8
- p9
- p10
- p11
- p12
- p13
- p14
- p15
- p16
- p17
- p18
- p19
- p20
- p21
- p22
- p23
- p24
- p25
- p26
- p27
- p28
- p29
- p30
- p31
- p32
- p33
- p34
- p35
- p36
- p37
- p38
- p39
- p40
- p41
- p42
- p43
- p44
- p45
Text
p1
The Vajradhara said that accomplishments
p2
Come from following the teacher,
p3
So to disparage him or her
p4
Is explained as the first root downfall.
p5
All such breaches, of the first kind, I openly admit and confess!
p6
To transgress the words of the sugatas
p7
Is taught to be the second downfall.
p8
All such breaches, of the second kind, I openly admit and confess!
p9
Out of anger, to speak ill
p10
Of one's vajra siblings is the third.
p11
All such breaches, of the third kind, I openly admit and confess!
p12
To abandon love for sentient beings
p13
Is the fourth, the victorious ones say.
p14
All such breaches, of the fourth kind, I openly admit and confess!
p15
The root of Dharma is bodhicitta —
p16
To abandon which is the fifth.
p17
All such breaches, of the fifth kind, I openly admit and confess!
p18
To disparage the tenets
p19
Of one's own or others' traditions is the sixth.
p20
All such breaches, of the sixth kind, I openly admit and confess!
p21
To disclose secrets to beings
p22
Who are not fully matured is the seventh.
p23
All such breaches, of the seventh kind, I openly admit and confess!
p24
To abuse the psycho-physical aggregates,
p25
Which are by nature the five buddhas, is the eighth.
p26
All such breaches, of the eighth kind, I openly admit and confess!
p27
To have doubts about the natural purity
p28
Of all phenomena is the ninth.
p29
All such breaches, of the ninth kind, I openly admit and confess!
p30
To show only affection to the wicked
p31
Is said to be the tenth.
p32
All such breaches, of the tenth kind, I openly admit and confess!
p33
To conceptualize phenomena,
p34
Which are unnameable and so on, is the eleventh.
p35
All such breaches, of the eleventh kind, I openly admit and confess!
p36
To cause those beings who have faith
p37
To grow disillusioned is the twelfth.
p38
All such breaches, of the twelfth kind, I openly admit and confess!
p39
Not to rely upon the samaya substances
p40
As one should is the thirteenth.
p41
All such breaches, of the thirteenth kind, I openly admit and confess!
p42
To disparage women, who are by nature wisdom,
p43
Is the fourteenth.
p44
All such breaches, of the fourteenth kind, I openly admit and confess!
p45
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