[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) › 8.15 # 佛說佛名經 8.15 佛說佛名經 8.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.8.15) 「又復，弟子等！從無始已來至于今日，或讒言鬪亂交扇彼此，兩舌讕搆販拽口舌，向彼說此向此噵彼，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，浮華虛巧發言常虛，口是心非其途非一，對面譽嘆背則呵毀，讚誦耶書傳耶惡法，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, we, disciples and the rest, from anādikāla down to the present day, have made slanderous remarks to incite discord and fan the flames between both sides; with divisive speech and fabricated slander, dealing in loose tongues, we spoke of this side to that side, and spoke of that side to this side; separating others from their families, breaking up others' marriages and kinships, exhausting our tongues in pointing out people's shortcomings, ruining people's good friends, making intimate ones estranged, and causing longtime intimates to become enemies. Or with frivolous and untrue speech, speaking words not tending toward righteousness, we slandered rulers and fathers, disparaged teachers and elders, destroyed the loyal and good, eclipsed those superior to ourselves, carried tales between two states to stir both sides up, were showy, hollow, and deceptive, always making false statements, saying one thing and thinking another in countless ways, praising to people’s faces while blaming and reviling behind their backs, reciting heretical texts, and transmitting heretical, evil teachings. Or with harsh speech we scolded and reviled, using coarse and rough words; or we called upon heaven and pointed to earth, invoking ghosts and spirits. The sins generated by speech karma such as these are immeasurable and boundless; today, with utmost sincerity, before the Buddhas of the ten directions, the venerable Dharma, and the noble Saṅgha, we pay namas and perform kṣamā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.8.14) - [Next: 8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.8.16) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441~en-mt.8.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.8.15) · Pramāṇa