[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛說佛名經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441) › 23.12 # 佛說佛名經 23.12 佛說佛名經 23.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.23.12) 「又復，弟子等！從無始已來至于今日，或讒言鬪亂交扇彼此，兩舌𧮧搆販拽口舌，向彼說此向此導彼，離他眷屬，破他婚親窮他口舌。說人長短壞人善友，使狎密者為踈，親舊者成怨。或綺語不實言不及義，誣謗君父評薄師長，破壞忠良埋沒勝己，通致二國彼此扇作，浮花虛巧發言常虛，口是心非其途非一，對面譽嘆背則呵毀，讚誦耶書傅耶惡法。或惡口詈罵言語麁獷，或呼天指地牽引鬼神。如是口業所生諸罪無量無邊，今日至誠向十方佛尊法聖眾前，歸命懺悔。 > "Furthermore, disciples, from anādikāla until today, \[we have\] perhaps stirred up discord with slanderous words, instigating both sides against each other; engaged in double-tongued framing, trafficking in idle gossip, speaking of that side to this side and leading that side about this side, alienating others' families, ruining others' marriages and kindred, and wearing down others with gossip. We have spoken of people's faults and ruined others' good friendships, making intimate friends grow distant and old acquaintances become enemies. Or we have engaged in frivolous speech that was untrue, words failing to reach righteousness; slandered sovereign and father, depreciated teachers and elders, destroyed the loyal and good, eclipsed those superior to ourselves, acted as go-betweens for two countries stirring up intrigue between them; engaged in superficial flattery and hollow cleverness, constantly uttering falsehoods, professing one thing outwardly while thinking another inwardly along manifold paths; praising someone to their face while reviling them behind their back; recited and chanted heterodox texts, and transmitted heterodox, evil teachings. Or \[we have used\] harsh speech, cursing and abusing with coarse words, or invoked Heaven, pointed to the Earth, and called upon ghosts and spirits. The various sins born of such vocal karma are limitless and boundless; today, with utmost sincerity, before the Buddhas of the ten directions, the venerable Dharma, and the sagely saṅgha, we take refuge and make kṣamā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.23.11) - [Next: 23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.23.13) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441~en-mt.23.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.23.12) · Pramāṇa