法苑珠林 16.9

16.9

The treatise says: A detailed explanation of the power and efficacy of the three refuges is fully presented in the three fascicles of the Jingfu lun. Having received the three refuges, one must next receive the precepts of the ten wholesome deeds. If one does not practice the ten wholesome deeds, one will definitely not attain rebirth above. One should fully observe the proper deportments, go before a monastic, admonish one's own mind, and repent with utmost sincerity, and then receive them, saying: 'I, so-and-so, for the rest of my life, toward all sentient beings, superior and inferior, without distinction of ordinary or sage, will not give rise to the intention to kill.' And so on through the tenth: 'I, so-and-so, for the rest of my life, toward all sentient beings, superior and inferior, without distinction of ordinary or sage, will not give rise to wrong views' (say this three times).