佛說佛名經 1.45

1.45

「夫欲禮懺悔，必須先敬三寶。所以然者，三寶則是一切眾生良友福田。若能歸向者，則滅無量罪長無量福，能令行者離生死苦得解脫樂。是故，弟子某甲等！歸依十方盡虛空界一切諸佛，歸依十方盡虛空界一切尊法，歸依十方盡虛空界一切諸大菩薩，歸依十方盡虛空界一切聖僧。

"Now, those who wish to make obeisance and perform kṣamā must first revere the triratna. Why is this? Because the triratna is the good friend and the field of merit for all sentient beings. If one can take refuge in it, one eliminates immeasurable sins and produces immeasurable merit, enabling practitioners to leave the suffering of birth and death and attain the bliss of liberation. Therefore, we disciples, so-and-so and the others, take refuge in all the Buddhas throughout the space of the ten directions; take refuge in all the exalted Dharmas throughout the space of the ten directions; take refuge in all the great Bodhisattvas throughout the space of the ten directions; and take refuge in all the sagely Saṅgha throughout the space of the ten directions.