大通方廣懺悔滅罪莊嚴成佛經 3.12
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3.12
"Furthermore, Bhagavat, over immeasurable kalpas we have held the four inverted views, or called the dharmas of the four parājikas sthūlātyayas, called the sthūlātyaya dharmas the four parājikas, called offenses non-offenses, called non-offenses offenses, called minor sins grave, called grave sins minor, seen the pure as impure, and seen the impure as pure. Or with wrong views, we praised and spoke of secular texts, disrespected Buddhist scriptures, engaged in evil polemics, and kept the eight impure things; we took what was truly the Buddha's word to be the words of māra, and took what was truly the words of māra to be the Buddha's word. Or we faithfully accepted what was taught by the six teachers; or we said: 'The Tathāgata today enters final nirvāṇa, and the Three Jewels are impermanent,' generating delusions and immeasurable inverted views in body and mind. Therefore, today, with immeasurable dread and immeasurable shame, we take refuge in the Three Jewels, the compassion of the Buddhas, the vaipulya parents, and the bodhisattva spiritual friends. Grant us permission to disclose and repent. We pray that the grave sins of birth-and-death accumulated over immeasurable kalpas be eliminated, and we vow never to commit them again!"
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