佛說佛名經 11

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11.1

"Namo Determinate Form Buddha; namo Skillful Mind Buddha; namo Taste of Wisdom Buddha; namo Faithful to Merit Buddha; namo Hard to Subdue Buddha; namo Good Vision Buddha; namo Moonlight Buddha; namo Moon Canopy Buddha; namo Bridge of the World Buddha; namo Faithful Offerings Buddha; namo Delight in Excellence Buddha; namo Good Canopy Buddha; namo Shame and Conscience Worthy Buddha; namo Capable of Contemplation Buddha; namo Boundless Dharma Buddha; namo Lion's Roar Buddha; namo Great Practice Buddha; namo Universal Faith Buddha; namo Sound of the Vessel Buddha; namo Supreme Love Buddha; namo Universal Practice Buddha; namo Universal Wisdom Buddha; namo Great Swiftness Buddha; namo Moon Banner Buddha; namo Firm Practice Buddha; namo Heavenly Offerings Buddha; namo Capable of Terrifying Buddha; namo Supreme Fame Buddha; namo Accomplishing All Merits Buddha; namo Firm and Solid Buddha; namo Nectar Light Buddha; namo Great Voice Buddha; namo Loud Voice Buddha; namo Great Power Buddha; namo Great Exhaustion Buddha; namo Faith in Nectar Buddha; namo Practicing Bodhi Buddha; namo Thinking of Supreme Voice Buddha; namo High Light Buddha; namo Aspiring for Excellence Buddha; namo Delighting in Various Sounds Buddha; namo Loving the Meaning Buddha; namo Faith in Cultivation Buddha; namo Free from Sorrow Buddha; namo Well Born Buddha; namo Power of Majestic Virtue Buddha; namo Faith in Merit Buddha; namo Famous Voice Buddha; namo Emitting Light Buddha; namo Swiftness Free from Doubt Buddha; namo Supreme King Buddha; namo Forest Flower Buddha; namo Merit Flower Buddha; namo Relinquishing Strife Buddha; namo Great and Vast Buddha; namo Great Fame Buddha; namo Loving Empty Space Buddha; namo Nectar Swiftness Buddha; namo Sun Aggregate Buddha; namo Moon Voice Buddha; namo Heavenly Banner Buddha; namo Bestowing Purity Buddha; namo Capable Sun Buddha; namo Delightful to Behold Buddha; namo Firm Intention and Supreme Voice Buddha; namo Raining Nectar Buddha; namo Fearless Voice Buddha; namo Roots of Virtue Voice Buddha; namo Supreme Voice Buddha; namo Supreme Love Buddha; namo Nectar Fame Buddha; namo Dharma Flower Buddha; namo Great Adornment Buddha; namo Revered by the World Buddha; namo Supreme Thought Buddha; namo Meru Light Buddha; namo Pure Contemplation Buddha; namo High Light Buddha; namo Destroyer of Foes Buddha; namo Nectar City Buddha; namo Flower Light Buddha; namo Great Fame Buddha; namo Peaceful Thought Buddha; namo Majestic Virtue of the Path Buddha; namo Pure Mind Buddha; namo Heavenly Offerings Buddha; namo Crossing the Mire Buddha; namo Free from Becoming Buddha; namo Dharma Flower Buddha; namo Great Excellence Buddha; namo Delightful Light Buddha; namo Fire Light Buddha; namo Loving to Behold Buddha; namo Loving Light Buddha; namo Joyful Voice Buddha; namo Virtue of Great Giving Buddha; namo True Steps Buddha; namo Unobstructed Wisdom Buddha; namo Attaining Majestic Virtue Buddha; namo Moon Treasury Buddha; namo Pure Light Buddha; namo Great Adornment Buddha; namo Attaining Blissful Mastery Buddha; namo Wondrous Light Buddha; namo Serene Light Buddha; namo Free from Doubt Buddha; namo Flawless Wisdom Buddha; namo Accomplished Practice Buddha; namo Pure Body Buddha; namo Fearless Love Buddha; namo Roaring Fame Buddha; namo Great Roar Buddha; namo Good Thought Buddha; namo Great Thought Buddha; namo Pure Mind Buddha; namo Great Swiftness Buddha; namo Delightful Eyes Buddha; namo Pure Life Buddha; namo Pure Practice Buddha; namo Wisdom Free from Heat Buddha; namo Worthy Bridge Buddha; namo Wisdom of Good Gathering Buddha; namo Universal Faith Buddha; namo Śaśi-Majestic-Virtue Buddha; namo Deathless City Buddha; namo Sound of Non-Guarding Buddha; namo Manifestation Sun Buddha; namo Well Abiding Thought Buddha; namo High Faith Buddha; namo Sumanā Light Buddha; namo Power of Light Buddha; namo Aspiring for Merit Buddha; namo Dharma-Kusuma Buddha; namo Pure Majestic Virtue Buddha; namo Pure Practice Buddha; namo Celestial Form and Mind Buddha; namo King of Power Buddha; namo Universal Contemplation Buddha; namo Brahmā Offerings Buddha; namo Noble Flower Buddha; namo Empty Space Buddha; namo Subduing Urmi Buddha; namo Incomparable Wisdom Buddha; namo Subduing Thorns Buddha; namo Subduing the City Buddha; namo Worthy of Love Buddha; namo Virtue of Precepts Buddha; namo Equanimous and Non-Deliberating Buddha; namo Mind Without Cowardice Buddha; namo Vigorous Faith Buddha; namo High Light Buddha; namo Hearing Wisdom Buddha; namo Unobstructed Mind Buddha; namo Fearless Light Buddha; namo Nectar Voice Buddha; namo Diverse Sun Buddha; namo Supreme Wisdom Buddha; namo Worthy of Cultivated Reverence Buddha; namo King of Merit Buddha; namo Guarding the Sense-Bases Buddha; namo Dhyāna-Liberation Buddha; namo Great Majestic Virtue Buddha; namo Sandalwood Fragrance Buddha; namo Seeing Faith Buddha; namo Wondrous Bridge Buddha; namo Worthy of Contemplation Buddha; namo Immeasurable Wisdom Buddha; namo Majestic Virtue of a Thousand Suns Buddha; namo Relinquishing the Heavy Burden Buddha; namo Praised Faith Buddha; namo Heard in All Directions Buddha; namo Sovereign Buddha; namo Boundless Wisdom Buddha; namo Stainless Light Buddha; namo Faith in Nectar Buddha; namo Wondrous Eyes Buddha; namo Liberation Practice Buddha; namo Delightful to See Buddha; namo High Light Buddha; namo Great Voice Buddha; namo Aggregate of Great Majestic Virtue Buddha; namo Banner of Light Buddha; namo Worthy of Offerings Buddha; namo Accumulation of Merit and Majestic Virtue Buddha; namo Marks of Faith Buddha; namo Great Flame Buddha; namo Worthy of Faith Buddha; namo Well Abiding Thought Buddha; namo Suthita Buddha; namo Created by Wisdom Buddha; namo Universal Jewel Buddha; namo Sunlight Buddha; namo Sotthita Buddha; namo Flaming Eyes Buddha; namo Lion Body Buddha; namo Light of Praised Kin Buddha; namo Pure Voice Buddha; namo Aspiring for Delight Buddha; namo Supreme Serenity Buddha; namo Jewel Majestic Virtue Buddha; namo Good Majestic Virtue Offerings Buddha; namo Hair-pore Light Buddha; namo Honored One of the World Buddha; namo Pure in Good Practice Buddha; namo Well-Established Majestic Virtue Buddha; namo Worthy Eyes Buddha; namo Great Steps Buddha; namo Accomplished Meaning Buddha; namo Peaceful Love Buddha; namo Tamasita Buddha; namo Abandoning the Flowing Stream Buddha; namo Relinquishing Treasures Buddha; namo Fullness of Wisdom Buddha; namo Crossing Bridge Buddha; namo Worthy of Liberation Buddha; namo Assemblage of Steps Buddha; namo Majestic Virtue of Light Buddha; namo Power of Compassion Buddha; namo Moon Excellence Buddha; namo Serene Light Buddha; namo Loving Eyes Buddha; namo Śaśira Sound Buddha; namo Deathless Form Buddha; namo Delighting in Dharma Buddha; namo Great Moon Buddha; namo Unobstructed Voice Buddha; namo Merit Swiftness Buddha; namo Deathless Flower Buddha; namo Equanimous View Buddha; namo Great Moon Buddha; namo Taste of Merit Buddha; namo Ten Lights Buddha; namo Diverse Lights Buddha; namo Nāga Virtue Buddha; namo Cloud Voice Buddha; namo Steps of Merit Buddha; namo Thinking of Merit Buddha; namo Great Voice Buddha; namo Distinct Voice Buddha; namo Far Removed from Evil Destinies Buddha; namo Heavenly Flower Buddha; namo Delightful Eyes Buddha; namo Great Lamp Buddha; namo Practice Free from Delusion Buddha; namo Firm Aspiration Buddha; namo Relinquishing the Perverse Buddha; namo Mark Flower Buddha; namo Inconceivable Light Buddha; namo Samantabhadra Buddha; namo Moon Wondrous Buddha; namo Delighting in Virtue Buddha; namo Pure Voice Buddha; namo Supreme Wisdom Buddha; namo Worthy Light Buddha; namo Firm Flower Buddha; namo Light Intention Buddha; namo Virtue of Merit Buddha; namo Accomplished Intention Buddha; namo Delighting in Liberation Buddha; namo Taming Foes Buddha; namo Never Abandoning Buddha; namo Free from Raging Torrents Buddha; namo Nectar Light Buddha; namo Stainless Mind Buddha; namo Delighting in Voice Buddha; namo Immeasurable Eyes Buddha; namo Delightful Practice Buddha; namo Wondrous High Light Buddha; namo Gathering Merit Buddha; namo Delightful Buddha; namo Great Mind Buddha; namo Heavenly Faith Buddha; namo Thinking of Nectar Buddha; namo Clever Wisdom Buddha; namo Supreme Lamp Buddha; namo Firm Intention Buddha; namo Powerful Steps Buddha; namo Lotus Leaf Eyes Buddha; namo Bodhi Light Buddha; namo Wondrous Roaring Voice Buddha; namo Voice of the Six Superknowledges Buddha; namo Power of Majestic Virtue Buddha; namo Renowned Among Humans Buddha; namo Supreme Flower Gathering Buddha; namo Great Topknot Buddha; namo Not Following Others Buddha; namo Fearless Practice Buddha; namo Non-Cowardly Buddha; namo Free from the Darkness of Sorrow Buddha; namo Transcending the Tide Buddha; namo Moonlight Buddha; namo Valiant Mind Buddha; namo Wisdom of Liberation Buddha; namo Neither Grasping nor Relinquishing Buddha; namo Campaka Lamp Buddha; namo Supreme Fire Buddha; namo Well Thinking Mind Buddha; namo Supreme Majestic Virtue Form Buddha; namo Faith in the World Buddha; namo Wondrous Wisdom Buddha; namo Well Delighting Faith Buddha; namo Flower Light Buddha; namo Human Flower Buddha; namo Good Fragrance Buddha; namo Supreme Merit Buddha; namo Various Flowers Buddha; namo High Excellence Buddha; namo Empty Space Merit Buddha; namo Heavenly Faith Buddha; namo Worthy of Reverence and Pride Buddha; namo Moonlight Buddha; namo Mass of Fire Buddha; namo Foremost Power Buddha; namo Ground of Wisdom Buddha; namo High Intention Buddha; namo Wisdom of the Mountain King Buddha; namo Swift Ascent Buddha; namo Wondrous Ascent Buddha; namo Supreme Kin Buddha; namo Free from Doubt Buddha; namo Worthy Practice Buddha; namo Supreme Fragrance Buddha; namo Strife-Free Practice Buddha; namo Merit of Cultivation Buddha; namo Great Vigorous Mind Buddha; namo Burning Lamp Light Buddha; namo Gathering Steps Buddha; namo Cultivating the Profound Mind Buddha; namo Aspiration for Fragrance Buddha; namo Fragrant Hands Buddha; namo Serene Wisdom Buddha; namo Wondrous Mind Buddha; namo Adorned with Merit Buddha; namo Surpassing Practice Buddha; namo Wisdom Intention Buddha; namo Mountain of Merit and Pure Voice Buddha; namo Gathering and Collecting Buddha; namo Wondrous Faith Buddha; namo Sun Vision Capable Power Buddha; namo Light of the Merit King Buddha; namo Dharma Incomparable Power Buddha; namo Swiftness Free from All Doubts Buddha; namo King of Fame Buddha; namo Gathering the Sense-Bases Buddha; namo Ascending High Buddha; namo Nectar Light Buddha; namo Nectar Mind Buddha; namo Foremost Among the Multitudes Buddha; namo Pure Topknot Buddha; namo Inconquerable Form Buddha; namo Universal Faith Buddha; namo King of Adornment Buddha; namo Nectar Sun Buddha; namo Supreme Lamp Buddha; namo Foremost Lotus Buddha; namo Jewel Treasury Buddha; namo Universal Light Buddha; namo Most Supreme King Buddha; namo Sovereign King of the Supreme Accumulation of Universal Light Buddha; namo Universally Manifest Buddha; namo Sovereign King Turning the Dharma Wheel Buddha; namo Samantabhadra Buddha; namo Returning Flower Supreme Buddha; namo Voice of Mastery in a Thousand Worlds Buddha; namo Sovereign King of the Single Good and Stainless Voice Buddha; namo Sovereign King of a Thousand Fearless Voices Buddha; namo Sovereign King of a Thousand Stainless Majestic Virtues Buddha; namo Sovereign King of Five Hundred Sun Voices Buddha; namo Voice of Five Hundred Joyous Masteries Buddha; namo Sun Nāga Joy Buddha; namo Renowned King Free from Fear Buddha; namo Banner of Wondrous Light Buddha; namo Voice Free from Light Buddha; namo Voice of Renowned Mastery Buddha; namo Voice of Renowned Wondrous Dharma Buddha; namo Renowned King of the Supreme Treasury Buddha; namo King of Inconceivable Intention Buddha; namo Jewel Banner Buddha; namo Great Sovereign Buddha; namo Valiant King of the Noble Wisdom Banner of Mastery Buddha; namo Inconceivable Wisdom Buddha; namo Wisdom Treasury Buddha; namo High Banner of Wisdom Buddha; namo Wisdom Ocean King Buddha; namo Sovereign King of the Voice of Great Vigor Buddha; namo Meru Supreme Merit Buddha; namo Sovereign King of the Roar of the Well-Cultivated Seed of Mastery and Stainless Wisdom Manifestation Buddha; namo King of the Ocean of Subduing Merits Buddha; namo King of Accomplished Wisdom Power Buddha; namo Sovereign King of the Supreme Path Buddha; namo Sovereign of Overcoming the Mass of Darkness Buddha; namo Wisdom of Accumulating Supreme Flowers Buddha; namo Vajra Lion Buddha; namo Supreme Precepts Buddha; namo Worthy and Supreme Buddha; namo Boundless Light Buddha; namo Lion Joy Buddha; namo Endless Wisdom Accumulation Buddha; namo Jewel Practice Buddha; namo Jñānaprabha Buddha."

11.2

"Next, pay homage to the wheel of the Dharma of the great canon of the twelvefold noble scriptures:

11.3

"Namo the Sūtra on Accordance with Expedient Means; namo the Sūtra on Expedient Means Adorned with Delightful Necklaces; namo the Sūtra on the Great Cloud Wheel Praying for Rain; namo the Sūtra on the Great Cloud Praying for Rain; namo the Mahāvaipulya Sūtra on the Great Cloud Praying for Rain; namo the Sūtra on the Tathāgata's Adornment of Wisdom Light Entering the Realm of All Buddhas; namo the Sūtra on the Adornment of Wisdom Traversing the Realm of All Buddhas; namo the Sūtra on the Wisdom-Light Adornment Traversing the Realm of All Buddhas; namo the Sūtra on the Elder Guṇagupta; namo the Sūtra on the Youth Candraprabha; namo the Sūtra on Suryamitra; namo the Sūtra on the Youth Sucinti; namo the Mahāvaipulya Sūtra on the Crown King; namo the Mahāyāna Sūtra on the Crown King; namo the Sūtra on the Mirror of the Dharma; namo the Sūtra of the Questions of the Elder Ugra; namo the Sūtra of Ugra's Questions on Bodhisattva Practice; namo the Sūtra of Immeasurable Pure Equal Enlightenment; namo the Amitābha Sūtra.

11.4

"Reverently pay homage to all the great bodhisattva-mahāsattvas of the ten directions:

11.5

"Namo Samantasaddharma Bodhisattva; namo Samantapariṇāma Bodhisattva; namo Samantamati Bodhisattva; namo Samantacakṣus Bodhisattva; namo Samantāvalokana Bodhisattva; namo Samantaprabha Bodhisattva; namo Samantaketu Bodhisattva; namo Samantaguṇajñānaprabha Bodhisattva; namo Samantaprabhāsalisiṃha Bodhisattva; namo Samantābhyudgataprabhāratna Bodhisattva; namo Samantaguṇasāgaraketu Bodhisattva; namo Samantamatiprabhā Bodhisattva; namo Samantaratnapuṣpaketudhvaja Bodhisattva; namo Samantābhyudgatamṛdusvara Bodhisattva; namo Samantaguṇavimalaśikhin Bodhisattva; namo Samantalakṣaṇaprabha Bodhisattva; namo Samantabodha Bodhisattva; namo Bodhiśīrṣa Bodhisattva; namo Dhanaśīrṣa Bodhisattva; namo Ratnaśīrṣa Bodhisattva; namo Guṇaśīrṣa Bodhisattva; namo Netraśīrṣa Bodhisattva; namo Vīryaśīrṣa Bodhisattva; namo Dharmaśīrṣa Bodhisattva; namo Jñānaśīrṣa Bodhisattva; namo Bhadraśīrṣa Bodhisattva; namo Mahāprabhāsasāgaracandra Bodhisattva; namo Meghasvarasāgaragarbha Bodhisattva; namo Guṇaratnābhyudgatacandra Bodhisattva; namo Viśuddhijñānaprabhāśikhīśvararāja Bodhisattva; namo Vikrāntapuṣpaprabha Bodhisattva; namo 'Pramāṇajñānameghasūryaprabha Bodhisattva; namo Mahābalavīryavajra Bodhisattva; namo Gandhaśikhāprabhāketu Bodhisattva; namo Candraguṇamañjusvara Bodhisattva; namo Prabhāsapūjyaguṇa Bodhisattva; namo Prabhāviśuddhagarbha Bodhisattva; namo Cittarāja Bodhisattva; namo 'Pratihatacitta Bodhisattva; namo Vaśavartīprabhāva Bodhisattva.

11.6

"Namas to all such immeasurable and boundless great bodhisattva-mahāsattvas of the worlds of the ten directions.

11.7

"Reverently pay homage to all the worthy and noble śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas:

11.8

"Namo Ājñātakauṇḍinya; namo Mahākāśyapa; namo Uruvilvākāśyapa; namo Gayākāśyapa; namo Nadīkāśyapa; namo Śāriputra; namo Mahāmaudgalyāyana; namo Mahākātyāyana; namo Aniruddha; namo Mahākapphiṇa.

11.9

"Namas to all such renowned great arhats.

11.10

"Having paid homage to the Triratna, next perform kṣamā.

11.11

"Disciples! Having already confessed the hindrances of kleśas, and having already confessed the karmāvaraṇas, we shall now in due order disclose and confess the remaining retributive hindrances. It is stated in the sūtras: 'When karmic retribution arrives, it is neither in the sky nor in the sea, nor by entering among mountain rocks; there is no other place where one can escape it and not receive retribution. Only through the power of kṣamā can it be eradicated.' How is this known to be so? When the five signs of decay appeared to Śakra Devānām Indra, in terrified panic of heart he turned with utmost sincerity to the Triratna, whereupon the signs of death were immediately extinguished and his celestial lifespan was prolonged. Comparable cases clarified by the scriptures and teachings are not solitary; thus we know that kṣamā can truly extinguish misfortune. Yet if an ordinary mortal does not encounter a good friend to guide and encourage them, there is no evil they will not commit, causing it to be that when great life is about to end and one approaches the final extremity, the evil signs of hell all appear before them. At that very moment, remorse and fear arrive together; not having cultivated good in advance, one regrets only at the final extremity, but having regretted it after the fact, how can it avail? Calamities and misfortunes lie waiting in a different place, rigorously prepared from past lives; one must proceed alone into that distant place, only able to step forward into the great cauldron, where body and mind are shattered and the spirit suffers acutely. At such a time, were one to seek a single bow or a single kṣamā, how could it ever be gained again? Assembly, do not rely on prime years, wealth, or power, indolent, negligent, and unrestrained; once the suffering of death arrives, without asking whether young or old, poor, rich, noble, or base, all are utterly wiped away, arriving precipitously without letting anyone know. For impermanent life is likened to morning dew; though an outgoing breath exists, the incoming breath is hard to guarantee—how can one fail to perform kṣamā for this?

11.12

"Furthermore, once the messengers of the five heavenly signs have come and the sudden ghost of impermanence has swiftly arrived, none in their prime years and robust complexion can escape. At that very moment, what do splendid halls and secluded mansions matter to human concerns? How could high carriages and grand horses accompany oneself? Wives, children, and kin are no longer one's intimates; the seven treasures and precious adornments become playthings for others. Spoken in this way, worldly retributions are all like illusions and apparitions; though the heavens above are joyful, they inevitably turn to destruction, and when life ends, the soul falls into the three evil paths. Therefore, the Buddha said to Subhadra: 'Your teacher Udraka Rāmaputra had sharp faculties and cleverness, able to subdue the kleśas; yet upon dying in the sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, he returned to take the body of a flying fox in the animal destiny, so how much more so for others?' Thus we know that before realizing the noble fruits, all must wander and experience the evil destinies in full; if one is not cautious, should one suddenly incur this in a single morning, it will be too late for regrets. It is like now when someone incurs guilt and is taken before the magistrate: this is already a minor suffering, yet the mind and spirit are alarmed and terrified, the family is frightened, and they seek rescue in a hundred ways; the manifold sufferings of hell, compared to this, cannot be matched by a hundred thousand myriad times. The sins that all of us together have accumulated over kalpas are like Mount Sumeru. How could one, hearing of this, remain tranquil and untroubled, neither startled nor afraid? To cause this spirit to incur such suffering again is truly lamentable. Therefore, disciples! Marshalling this sincere devotion, with utmost heart take refuge in the Buddha:

11.13

"Namo Vinīta Buddha of the eastern direction; namo Vajragarbha Buddha of the southern direction; namo Dharmadhātudīpa Buddha of the western direction; namo Pārantacakṣus Buddha of the northern direction; namo Aśokaguṇa Buddha of the south-eastern direction; namo Sarvabhayavidhvamsin Buddha of the south-western direction; namo Vikrāntadamana Buddha of the north-western direction; namo Mahābalaprabha Buddha of the north-eastern direction; namo Pramodamārga Buddha of the nadir; namo Gandhottamarāja Buddha of the zenith.

11.14

"Namas to all such Triratna of the ten directions exhausting the realm of space.

11.15

"Disciples! Regarding all the retributive hindrances from anādikāla until today, the heaviest is foremost none other than the Avīci Hell. As clarified in the sūtras, we shall now briefly describe its characteristics: Around this hell there are seven layers of iron walls, and there are further seven layers of iron nets covering it from above; below there are seven layers of blade forests and boundless fierce fires, extending eighty-four thousand yojanas in length and breadth. The bodies of the sinners completely fill its interior, yet due to the causes and conditions of sinful karma, they do not obstruct one another; the upper fire penetrates below and the lower fire penetrates above, running through and crossing from east, west, south, and north, like fish in a pan with their fat and oil completely melted away; the sinful suffering within it is also like this.

11.16

"At the four gates of its walls there are four great bronze hounds, their bodies forty yojanas in length and breadth, with fangs and claws sharp as blades, and eyes like lightning. There are also boundless iron-beaked birds soaring and swooping to peck at the sinners' flesh. The ox-headed wardens have forms like rākṣasas, with nine tails resembling iron forks; they also have eight heads, atop which are eighteen horns and sixty-four eyes, and from every single eye there burst forth hot iron pellets burning the sinners' flesh, and when they fly into anger and roar, the sound is like a thunderclap.

11.17

"There are also boundless spontaneously arisen blade-wheels descending from the sky, entering through the crowns of the sinners and exiting through their feet; thereupon the sinners' pain pierces through to their marrow, and suffering cuts into their livers and hearts. In this way, they endure all afflictions through immeasurable years, seeking life without obtaining it, and seeking death without obtaining it. For all such retributions, today we bow our heads to the ground in shame, reveal them, and sincerely confess.

11.18

"For the retributions of other hells—the Hell of the Mountain of Blades and Tree of Swords, where heads and bodies fall away, we confess. For the Hell of Boiling Cauldrons and Stove Embers, where one is burned and boiled, we confess. For the Hell of Iron Beds and Copper Pillars, where one is scorched, we confess. For the Hell of Blade-Wheels and Fire Carts, where one is split and crushed, we confess. For the Hell of Tongues Pulled Out and Plowing, where one suffers bitter pain, we confess. For the Hell of Swallowing Iron Pellets and Molten Copper Poured into the Mouth, where the five viscera melt and rot away, we confess.

11.19

"For the Hell of Iron Pestles and Iron Mills, where bones and flesh are ground to dust, we confess. For the Hell of the Black Rope and Iron Nets, where limbs and joints are severed, we confess. For the Hell of the River of Ashes and Boiling Excrement, where one suffers agony and suffocation, we confess. For the Hell of Salty Water and Freezing Ice, where skin splits and one freezes naked, we confess. For the Hell of Tigers, Wolves, Hawks, and Hounds, where one is mutually torn apart, we confess.

11.20

"For the Hell of Clashing Weapons, where one is mutually struck, seized, chopped, and stabbed, we confess. For the Hell of the Fire Pit, where one is roasted and broiled, we confess. For the Hell of Two Stones Crashing Together, where one's skeleton is crushed, we confess. For the Hell of Crowding Black Ears, where one is dissected and flayed, we confess. For the Hell of the Dark Mountain of Flesh, where one is hacked and minced, we confess.

11.21

"For the Hell of Saws and Nailing the Body, where one is severed and cut off, we confess. For the Hell of Iron Clubs and Hanging Upside Down, where one is slaughtered and carved up, we confess. For the Hell of Scorching Heat and Screaming, where one is tormented and aggrieved, we confess. For the space between the Greater and Lesser Iron Ring Mountains, where through the long night it is pitch black without knowing the three luminaries, for such sinful retributions we confess.

11.22

"For the Arbuda Hell, the Nirarbuda Hell, the Aṭaṭa Hell, the Hahava Hell, for all such eight cold and eight hot hells, within each hell there being further eighty-four thousand partitioned subsidiary hells as retinue; where the sinful suffering therein—basting and boiling, agonizing pain, peeling skin and scraping flesh, shaving bones and striking marrow, extracting intestines and pulling out lungs—is of boundless sufferings that can neither be heard nor spoken of: Namo the Buddha! May those who are in these today, who may have been our parents or kin throughout births from anādikāla, and we ourselves, who after death might fall again into such hells—today, purifying our minds with utmost and sincere devotion, prostrating and bowing to the ground before the Buddhas and great bodhisattvas of the ten directions, we beg for compassion and confess, so that all these retributive hindrances may be completely extinguished.

11.23

"May the disciples, relying on the merit generated by this kṣamā of hellish retributions, vow that life after life, through the compassion of all Buddhas rescuing sentient beings from suffering, the iron walls of Avīci will immediately be destroyed, and all will be endowed with a pure land without the name of the evil destinies. May all the instruments of suffering in the other hells turn into conditions for bliss: mountains of blades and trees of swords transforming into jewelled couches; boiling cauldrons and stove embers becoming apparitional births on lotuses; ox-headed wardens abandoning cruelty and all generating compassion without evil thoughts. May the sentient beings of the hells be freed from the fruits of suffering and create no further causes, equally receiving peace and joy like that of the third dhyāna, simultaneously bringing forth the unexcelled resolve for awakening."

11.24

The Mahāyāna Padma Baoda Dialogue on Retribution for Śramaṇas Sūtra

11.25

A short while before, Baoda entered the Hell of Drinking Molten Iron Pellets. Why is it named the Hell of Drinking Molten Iron Pellets? That hell is three hundred yojanas in length and breadth, with iron walls surrounding it on all sides, where smoke and fire arise together. On its ground there is a cauldron filled with iron pellets boiling in turbulence, beside which stands a horse-headed rākṣasa holding an iron ladle, ladling the molten iron pellets.

11.26

Within the eastern gate were eight thousand śramaṇas wailing and weeping, their body hair ablaze with smoke and flames rising together, and the sinful bhikṣus stumbling and collapsing at every step. Horse-headed rākṣasas held three-pronged iron forks in their hands, thrusting them toward their chests so that they came out through their backs; the tines of the forks were ablaze, piercing through from left to right. Hell-warden yakṣas held iron hooks in their hands, aiming at their chins and hooking through so that they came out of their mouths.

11.27

At that time, the sinful people's eyes and mouths were forced wide open. Then the hell-wardens held iron ladles in their hands, scooping up molten iron pellets, aiming at the sinful people's mouths and pouring the iron pellets into them. From all their six sense faculties smoke and blazing flames poured forth together, and within their bodily pores fire burned as well. In a single day and a single night they underwent myriad forms of punishment, dying a thousand times and being born a thousand times, dying ten thousand times and being born ten thousand times. If they managed to be reborn as humans, their bodies would be incomplete, deaf, blind, mute, never hearing the names of the Buddhas, nor seeing a thousand Buddhas appear in the world.

11.28

The Bodhisattva Baoda asked the horse-headed rākṣasas: "What karmic actions did these śramaṇas perform to suffer such retribution?"

11.29

The horse-headed rākṣasas replied: "These śramaṇas received the pure precepts of the Buddha but did not maintain them purely. Consuming the offerings of faith from people, they instead failed to maintain the fasts. Eating saṅgha food at night, they also prepared food with their own hands and took it to eat themselves without any sense of shame. Due to these causes and conditions, they undergo such retribution."

11.30

When Baoda heard this, he wept sorrowfully and departed.

11.31

Fascicle the Eleventh of the Sūtra on the Names of the Buddhas

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