[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Buddhist tantras and tantric exegesis](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra) › [Tantric rites](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual) › [Vows and Transgressions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya) › [Vajrayānamūlāpattisaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha) › [རྡོ་རྗེ་ཐེག་པ་རྩ་བའི་ལྟུང་བ་བསྡུས་པ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo) › Root Downfalls of the Vajra Vehicle: A Confession # 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)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo) - **Language:** English - **Date:** 2018 CE - **Translator:** [Adam Pearcey](https://indike.org/pramana/person/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 - [p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p1) - [p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p2) - [p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p3) - [p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p4) - [p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p5) - [p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p6) - [p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p7) - [p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p8) - [p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p9) - [p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p10) - [p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p11) - [p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p12) - [p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p13) - [p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p14) - [p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p15) - [p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p16) - [p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p17) - [p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p18) - [p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p19) - [p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p20) - [p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p21) - [p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p22) - [p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p23) - [p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p24) - [p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p25) - [p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p26) - [p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p27) - [p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p28) - [p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p29) - [p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p30) - [p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p31) - [p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p32) - [p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p33) - [p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p34) - [p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p35) - [p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p36) - [p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p37) - [p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p38) - [p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p39) - [p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p40) - [p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p41) - [p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p42) - [p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p43) - [p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p44) - [p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p45) ## Text ### [p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p1) The Vajradhara said that accomplishments ### [p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p2) Come from following the teacher, ### [p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p3) So to disparage him or her ### [p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p4) Is explained as the first root downfall. ### [p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p5) All such breaches, of the first kind, I openly admit and confess! ### [p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p6) To transgress the words of the sugatas ### [p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p7) Is taught to be the second downfall. ### [p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p8) All such breaches, of the second kind, I openly admit and confess! ### [p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p9) Out of anger, to speak ill ### [p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p10) Of one's vajra siblings is the third. ### [p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p11) All such breaches, of the third kind, I openly admit and confess! ### [p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p12) To abandon love for sentient beings ### [p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p13) Is the fourth, the victorious ones say. ### [p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p14) All such breaches, of the fourth kind, I openly admit and confess! ### [p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p15) The root of Dharma is bodhicitta — ### [p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p16) To abandon which is the fifth. ### [p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p17) All such breaches, of the fifth kind, I openly admit and confess! ### [p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p18) To disparage the tenets ### [p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p19) Of one's own or others' traditions is the sixth. ### [p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p20) All such breaches, of the sixth kind, I openly admit and confess! ### [p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p21) To disclose secrets to beings ### [p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p22) Who are not fully matured is the seventh. ### [p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p23) All such breaches, of the seventh kind, I openly admit and confess! ### [p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p24) To abuse the psycho-physical aggregates, ### [p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p25) Which are by nature the five buddhas, is the eighth. ### [p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p26) All such breaches, of the eighth kind, I openly admit and confess! ### [p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p27) To have doubts about the natural purity ### [p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p28) Of all phenomena is the ninth. ### [p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p29) All such breaches, of the ninth kind, I openly admit and confess! ### [p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p30) To show only affection to the wicked ### [p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p31) Is said to be the tenth. ### [p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p32) All such breaches, of the tenth kind, I openly admit and confess! ### [p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p33) To conceptualize phenomena, ### [p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p34) Which are unnameable and so on, is the eleventh. ### [p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p35) All such breaches, of the eleventh kind, I openly admit and confess! ### [p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p36) To cause those beings who have faith ### [p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p37) To grow disillusioned is the twelfth. ### [p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p38) All such breaches, of the twelfth kind, I openly admit and confess! ### [p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p39) Not to rely upon the samaya substances ### [p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p40) As one should is the thirteenth. ### [p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p41) All such breaches, of the thirteenth kind, I openly admit and confess! ### [p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p42) To disparage women, who are by nature wisdom, ### [p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p43) Is the fourteenth. ### [p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p44) All such breaches, of the fourteenth kind, I openly admit and confess! ### [p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2.p45) Source --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.ritual.samaya.vajrayanamulapattisamgraha*bo~en-pearcey-2) · Pramāṇa