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# 佛說佛名經 9.12

佛說佛名經 9.12

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.9.12)

「弟子等！已懺悔身三口四竟。次復懺悔佛法僧間一切諸障。是故經中說人身難得、佛法難聞、眾僧難值、信心難生、六根難具、善友難得、怖心難發。而今相與宿植善根得此人身六根完具，又值善友得聞正法，於其中間復各不能盡心精勤，恐於未來長溺萬苦無有出期。是故今日應須至誠慚愧，稽顙歸依佛。

> "We disciples have already finished repenting the three bodily and four verbal \[misdeeds\]. Next we repent all obstacles with regard to the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha. Therefore, the sūtras say that a human body is difficult to obtain, the Buddha's Dharma is difficult to hear, the assembly of monks is difficult to meet, faithful devotion is difficult to generate, the six sense faculties are difficult to possess in full, good spiritual friends are difficult to find, and a mind of dread \[toward saṃsāra\] is difficult to arouse. Yet now, together, through our good roots planted in past lives, we have obtained this human body with the six faculties complete, have also met good spiritual friends, and have been able to hear the true Dharma; but meanwhile, each of us has been unable to exert utmost heart and diligence. We fear that in the future we will long drown in myriad sufferings with no time of release. Therefore, on this day, we must with utmost sincerity and shame touch our foreheads to the ground and take refuge in the Buddha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441~en-mt.9.12) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [現在賢劫千佛名經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.447a.1.44) — Classical Chinese

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