佛說佛名經 13

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13.1

Namo Aśoka Buddha; namo Dharaṇīśīghrabala Buddha; namo Varaprada Buddha; namo Īśvarakāra Buddha; namo Anantasvara Buddha; namo Dīpaṃkara Buddha; namo Ratnaprabhāsa Buddha; namo Amitābha Buddha; namo Pravicayavādin Buddha; namo Pravicayasvara Buddha; namo Jinaratnasaṃcayagarjanarāja Buddha; namo Damanavajradṛḍha Buddha; namo Ratnacandraprabha Buddha; namo Ratnāgni Buddha; namo Bhadrottama Buddha; namo Ratnapadmavikrama Buddha; namo Ratnajina Buddha; namo Suvarṇaratnaprabha Buddha; namo Āśāpramodyavara Buddha; namo Aprameyavara Buddha; namo Sugatarāja Buddha; namo Āryeśvarahasta Buddha; namo Anabhilāpyavikalpa Buddha; namo Amoghavara Buddha; namo Candrasuvicāra Buddha; namo Jyotirvara Buddha; namo Gaganaprabhāsa Buddha; namo Suviśuddhavimalavyatikīrṇadhvaja Buddha; namo Susthitakuśalamūlagarbharāja Buddha; namo Sarvārthasiddhivara Buddha; namo Jñānaguṇaviśuddhavara Buddha; namo Supravacanaviśuddhadhvaja Buddha; namo Vaiḍūryagarbhordhvajina Buddha; namo Samantaguṇavikrānta Buddha; namo Suviśuddhaguṇaratnasthita Buddha; namo Ratnaprabhāsaviśuddhacittavara Buddha; namo Suvarṇordhvavara Buddha; namo Jinacandra Buddha; namo Padmottaravikrāntavara Buddha; namo Padmottara Buddha; namo Ratnasiddhivara Buddha; namo VidyutprabhadhvajGenericrāja Buddha; namo Vidyutprabhāsottamarāja Buddha; namo Tārārāja Buddha; namo Suvara Buddha; namo Gaganadīpaṃkara Buddha; namo Sarvaguṇasiddha Buddha; namo Bhadroccadhvajarāja Buddha; namo Sarvaratnavyatikīrṇavyūhadhara Buddha; namo Ratnaprabhāsavyūhajñānatejasvararāja Buddha; namo Kusumaśikhivikrāntābhijña Buddha; namo Candramaṇḍalaviśuddha Buddha; namo Vikāśitakusumasālarāja Buddha; namo Praśāntacandrasvararāja Buddha; namo Asaṃkhyeyavīryasthitavara Buddha; namo Padmacittārcis Buddha; namo Śailaguṇadhvajarāja Buddha; namo Dharmadhvajaśaila Buddha; namo Sumeruśaila Buddha; namo Guṇasiṃheśvara Buddha; namo Śāntarāja Buddha; namo Viśuddharāja Buddha; namo Yaśaḥśaila Buddha; namo Guṇasumeruvara Buddha; namo Sūryānana Buddha; namo Candrānana Buddha; namo Vigatagaganabhaya Buddha; namo Samantaprabha Buddha; namo Digsiddha Buddha; namo Sāgarānanasthita Buddha; namo Ratnaprabha Buddha; namo Meghaśreṣṭha Buddha; namo Dharmārcis Buddha; namo Śailaguṇa Buddha; namo Kusumasambhava Buddha; namo Mahākaruṇācittotpāda Buddha; namo Dharmadhātukusuma Buddha; namo Dharmapadmadhvaja Buddha; namo Rājamati Buddha; namo Rājamati Buddha; namo Jñānamati Buddha; namo Cittārtha Buddha; namo Īśvara Buddha; namo Jinadevamati Buddha; namo Śīghrarāja Buddha; namo Prabhāadhvajavara Buddha; namo Mahātejogata Buddha; namo Kusumaaprabha Buddha; namo Ratnārcis Buddha; namo Guṇaśaila Buddha; namo Ratnasatya Buddha; namo Guṇasāgaravara Buddha; namo Dharmaprabhāsa Buddha; namo Kusumagarbhavara Buddha; namo Lokacandra Buddha; namo Vimalanetra Buddha; namo Gandhadīpa Buddha; namo Maṇisumeruvara Buddha; namo Gandharvarāja Buddha; namo Prabhāyus Buddha; namo Maṇigarbharāja Buddha; namo Śailaprabhāsamati Buddha; namo Śāntarūpagata Buddha; namo Mukhaphala Buddha; namo Vipulajñāna Buddha; namo Ratnaprabhāsa Buddha; namo Gaganaguruvicāra Buddha; namo Vicitralakṣaṇaprabha Buddha; namo Cāritracakreśvara Buddha; namo Dharmakāyeśvara Buddha; namo Nārāyaṇacāritra Buddha; namo Sumeruvara Buddha; namo Guṇadharmacakra Buddha; namo Śailarāja Buddha; namo Durjaya Buddha; namo Sukhabala Buddha; namo Vṛkṣaśaila Buddha; namo Sālarājaśailagarbha Buddha; namo Lokeśvarakāya Buddha; namo Darpaṇaprabha Buddha; namo Satyamutpanna Buddha; namo Īśvaravara Buddha; namo Guṇaprabha Buddha; namo Pṛthivītejasvara Buddha; namo Kāyadharmaprabhāsa Buddha; namo Jinaprabha Buddha; namo Dṛḍhagarjitamati Buddha; namo Uccadhvajavara Buddha; namo Śraddhāmati Buddha; namo Ratnaprabhāsa Buddha; namo Viśuddhavara Buddha; namo Gaganasvara Buddha; namo Dharmadhātubimbavara Buddha; namo Prabhāsacakraprabhāsa Buddha; namo Digvibhāga Buddha; namo Jñānaprabhāsa Buddha; namo Dhvajamati Buddha; namo Gaganadīpaṃkara Buddha; namo Arogyavara Buddha; namo Jñānaprabhā Buddha; namo Matiprabha Buddha; namo Puṇyaprabhāsavara Buddha; namo Śāntavara Buddha; namo Mahākaruṇāmeghavara Buddha; namo Balaprabhāmati Buddha; namo Sarvasattvarūpasaṃdarśana Buddha; namo Atikrāntavara Buddha; namo Prabhābhāvita Buddha; namo Dharmodgata Buddha; namo Vāyujavasukhavikrama Buddha; namo Viśuddhadhvaja Buddha; namo Succhatravara Buddha; namo Tryadhvadarpaṇavara Buddha; namo Satkāradṛḍha Buddha; namo Darpaṇabimbavara Buddha; namo Vajravara Buddha; namo Dṛḍhakāyālaṃkārasumeruvara Buddha; namo Suvarṇadhvajarāja Buddha; namo Kāyadharmamati Buddha; namo Jñānadīpaprabhāsavara Buddha; namo Vipulajñānavara Buddha; namo Dharmacaryālokajñānamati Buddha; namo Dharmamudrāmatijñānavara Buddha; namo Dharmasāgaramatijñānavara Buddha; namo Dharmadhana Buddha; namo Ratnadhana Buddha; namo Puṇyaguṇa Buddha; namo Dharmacakrapravartanavara Buddha; namo Megha Buddha; namo Kṣāntidīpa Buddha; namo Jinaprabhāvamati Buddha; namo Prabhāśīghraśāntasvara Buddha; namo Mahāpraṇidhānaśīghravara Buddha; namo Adhṛṣyadhvaja Buddha; namo Jñānārcis Buddha; namo Siddhivara Buddha; namo Dharmeśvara Buddha; namo Asiddhamati Buddha; namo Lokavāgdṛḍhasvaraprabha Buddha; namo Sarvasvaranirghoṣavara Buddha; namo Īśvaraguṇa Buddha; namo Siddheśvaramati Buddha; namo Digdeva Buddha; namo Amukhatyāga Buddha; namo Sattvacitta Buddha; namo Samakāya Buddha; namo Kāyacāritravara Buddha; namo Cāritravara Buddha; namo Īśvarasvabhāva Buddha; namo Śailarāja Buddha; namo Jñānaprabha Buddha; namo Koṭyalaṃkṛtaratna Buddha; namo Ratnavara Buddha; namo Śraddhārāja Buddha; namo Ratnakūṭa Buddha; namo Gandheśvara Buddha; namo Ripujaya Buddha; namo Kṣema Buddha; namo Śaraṇaprada Buddha; namo Anantaprabhāva Buddha; namo Suvarṇaprabha Buddha; namo Siṃhavikrīḍita Buddha; namo Amṛtaprabha Buddha; namo Samarthaśūra Buddha; namo Samantaprabha Buddha; namo Guṇavararāśirāja Buddha; namo Susthitamaṇikūṭarāja Buddha; namo Vigatasarvabhayavṛkṣakṣema Buddha; namo Amṛtapāyina Buddha; namo Anantaprabha Buddha; namo Ratnoccagupta Buddha; namo Anantālaṃkārarāja Buddha; namo Ripuvigata Buddha; namo Suvarṇaprabha Buddha; namo Ratnakāra Buddha; namo Virajovara Buddha; namo Siṃhanādarāja Buddha; namo Ratnadhvaja Buddha; namo Suvacittā Buddha; namo Uccasthita Buddha; namo Kusumaprabha Buddha; namo Jñānakāra Buddha; namo Sāgarajñāna Buddha; namo Nandita Buddha; namo Sukhavicāra Buddha; namo Vigatāndhakāra Buddha; namo Dṛḍhapura Buddha; namo Sūkṣmadarśin Buddha; namo Abhayaguṇa Buddha; namo Jātarāja Buddha; namo Satyavādin Buddha; namo Yaśottama Buddha; namo Pravicayajñāna Buddha; namo Apravṛttatejas Buddha; namo Manuṣyakusuma Buddha; namo Vigatasarvabhaya Buddha; namo Abhayaṃdada Buddha; namo Suvarṇakusuma Buddha; namo Abhayakāra Buddha; namo Amoghadarśin Buddha; namo Ratnapuṣpa Buddha; namo Saṣṭisatyakāra Buddha; namo Ratnakūṭa Buddha; namo Suvarṇakusuma Buddha; namo Damatarāja Buddha; namo Suprabha Buddha; namo Arthadarśin Buddha; namo Mahāpravicaya Buddha; namo Varābhaya Buddha; namo Mahākaruṇā Buddha; namo Durdharṣarāja Buddha; namo Durjaya Buddha; namo Pramukha Buddha; namo Dharmottama Buddha; namo Sarvajina Buddha; namo Uccacāritra Buddha; namo Uccayaśas Buddha; namo Jinārya Buddha; namo Nakṣatra Buddha; namo Vijñāna Buddha; namo Vaṇik Buddha; namo Śrutanāman Buddha; namo Mahākaruṇādeśaka Buddha; namo Amitāyus Buddha; namo Anantasubhaprabhāsavara Buddha; namo Śailakūṭaprabhāsavara Buddha; namo Vimalabalasamādhivikrāntavara Buddha; namo Sarvaguṇarājaprabhālakṣaṇa Buddha; namo Agnisangha Buddha; namo Sumerukalpa Buddha; namo Dṛḍheśvararāja Buddha; namo Brahmagarjitasvara Buddha; namo Merukūṭa Buddha; namo Sunetra Buddha; namo Siddhirāśi Buddha; namo Vigatamohavikrānta Buddha; namo Asanganetra Buddha; namo Ratnadhvaja Buddha; namo Śākyamuni Buddha; namo Guṇavaragarbha Buddha; namo Durjaya Buddha; namo Pratibhānālaṃkāra Buddha; namo Jinagarbhasaṃcayagarjanarāja Buddha; namo Anantaguṇaratnavyūhatejorājakalpa Buddha; namo Guṇaratnavaratejorājakalpa Buddha; namo Pratibhānasarvadharmālaṃkāravara Buddha; namo Anantapratibhānalakṣaṇa Buddha; namo Sahasrameghagarjitasvararāja Buddha; namo Suvarṇordhvaprabhāsavara Buddha; namo Nānātejorājaprabhāsavara Buddha; namo Svayaṃbodhavyāmoha Buddha; namo Viśuddhasuvarṇagaganagarjitālaṃkāraprabhāsa Buddha; namo Sarvadharmacāritratejovikrāntaprabhāsa Buddha; namo to the East, in the Anantaguṇaratnapuṇyālaṃkāravistīrṇā World, the Buddha Vimalaviśuddhabodhyangakusumasantatiraśmiratnālaṃkāraprabha; namo to the south, in the Pratibhāna World, the Buddha Anantaguṇaratnapratibhāna; namo to the west, in the Prabhāsa World, the Buddha Samantaprabha; namo to the north, in the Sarvaratnanānāvyūha World, the Buddha Anantaratnaguṇeśvara; namo to the southeast, in the Aśoka World, the Buddha Vigatasarvaśokāndhakāra; namo to the southwest, in the Sudarśana World, the Buddha Mahākaruṇāvalokitasarvasattva; namo to the northwest, in the Vigatāndhakāra World, the Buddha Prabhāsālaṃkārarāja; namo to the northeast, in the Viśuddhavimalasthita World, the Buddha Gaganavimala; namo to the zenith, in the Alaṃkāra World, the Buddha Yaśonāmasvara; namo to the nadir, in the Ruciraprabhāsa World, the Buddha Ratnotpalavara; namo in the Vimala kalpa, in the Vimalā World, the Tathāgata named Vimalaprabha when first attaining Buddhahood, and to the Buddhas numerous as the sands of the Ganges who appeared in that world; namo in the Vimalavistīrṇā World, in the Siddhasukalpa kalpa, the Tathāgata Jinatāraṇa when first attaining Buddhahood, and to the Buddhas numerous as the sands of the Ganges who appeared in that world; namo to the east, Akṣobhya Buddha; namo Mahāpramoha Buddha; namo Gandharāja Buddha; namo Gandhattama Buddha; namo to the south, Ratnadhvaja Buddha; namo Ratnakāra Buddha; namo Ratnasiddhi Buddha; namo Ratnagarbha Buddha; namo Ratnacandra Buddha; namo Vajradṛḍha Buddha; namo Vajrarṣi Buddha; namo Vajradhvaja Buddha; namo to the west, Amitābha Buddha; namo Amitadhvaja Buddha; namo Amitasvara Buddha; namo Amitayaśas Buddha; namo Amitagarjita Buddha; namo Amitarāśi Buddha; namo Amitottama Buddha; namo Amita-siṃha Buddha; namo Amitadhara Buddha; namo Amitavara Buddha; namo to the north, Suvimaladundubhisvara Buddha; namo Dundubhirāja Buddha; namo Sugarjitasvara Buddha; namo Vigatabhaya Buddha; namo Abhaya Buddha; namo Abhayāśoka Buddha; namo Sūryajihvāprabhāskara Buddha; namo Mandāragandha Buddha; namo Dhvajachattra Buddha; namo to the southeast, Mahāmeru Buddha; namo Meruśaila Buddha; namo Merurāja Buddha; namo Merudhvaja Buddha; namo Merurāśi Buddha; namo Sumerurāja Buddha; namo Sūryagarbha Buddha; namo Pūrvāparordhva Buddha; namo Viśuddharāja Buddha; namo Kukkuṭadhvajarāja Buddha; namo Mahākukkuṭa Buddha; namo to the southwest, Sūryagarbha Buddha; namo Sūryaprabhāsa Buddha; namo Aśoka Buddha; namo Sarvaśokāpagata Buddha; namo Buddhajñānaviśuddhakarman Buddha; namo Kṣayakara Buddha; namo Kusumaprabha Buddha; namo Mahākusumaprabha Buddha; namo Kusumaprabharāja Buddha; namo Kusumasvara Buddha; namo Rocana Buddha; namo to the northwest, Pramukharāśi Buddha; namo Śailottamarāśi Buddha; namo Sāgaravararāśi Buddha; namo Kṛtaguṇa Buddha; namo Sūryordhva Buddha; namo Viśuddharāja Buddha; namo to the northeast, Saddharmadeśaka Buddha; namo Viśuddhavara Buddha; namo Sūryānana Buddha; namo Jñānadhvajarāja Buddha; namo Prabhāsa Buddha; namo Prabhāsarāja Buddha; namo Prabhāprabha Buddha; namo to the zenith, Siṃha Buddha; namo Siṃharāja Buddha; namo Siṃhordhvarāja Buddha; namo Siṃharṣi Buddha; namo Ṛṣirāja Buddha; namo Ṛṣipramukha Buddha; namo Ṛṣiprabha Buddha; namo Ṛṣityāgasatkāra Buddha; namo Ṛṣibuddha Buddha; namo Mahādīpa Buddha; namo Siṃharāśi Buddha; namo Dīpaṃkararāja Buddha; namo Pratibhānaśaila Buddha; namo Dīpopama Buddha; namo to the nadir, Pratipakṣarṣi Buddha; namo Bodhivigraha Buddha; namo Pratipakṣa Buddha; namo Pratidveṣa Buddha; namo Pratipakṣaśaila Buddha; namo Priyadīpaṃkara Buddha; namo Niśraya Buddha; namo to the east, Akṣobhya Buddha; namo Merudhvaja Buddha; namo Mahāmeru Buddha; namo Meruprabha Buddha; namo Satyasvara Buddha; namo to the south, Candrasūryapradīpa Buddha; namo Mahārciskandha Buddha; namo Yaśaḥprabha Buddha; namo Merupradīpa Buddha; namo Anantavīrya Buddha.

13.2

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

13.3

Namo Scripture of the Heroic King of All Dharmas; namo Scripture of the Decisive Dhāraṇī; namo Scripture on Slandering the Buddha; namo Scripture of the Milk-Light Buddha; namo Scripture of the Calf; namo Scripture of the Sun-Bequeathing Mani Jewel of the Buddha; namo Scripture of the Diamond Prajñā; namo Scripture of the Diamond Prajñāpāramitā; namo Scripture of the Diamond Prajñā; namo Scripture of Zhi, the Elder's Son; namo Scripture of the Youth Shi; namo Scripture of the Bodhisattva Shi; namo Scripture of Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva; namo Scripture on the Summit of Mount Gayā; namo Scripture of the Elephant-Head Monastery; namo Scripture on Contemplating the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination Beneath the Pattra Tree; namo Scripture on Hearing the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination in the City; namo Scripture on the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination; namo Scripture on Transforming the Female Body; namo Scripture on the Girl in the Womb Listening [to the Dharma]; namo Scripture of the Womb-Store; namo Scripture of the Stainless Virtuous Woman; namo Scripture on the Subtle and Secret Retention of Immeasurable Gates; namo Scripture on the Retention Arising from Immeasurable Gates; namo Scripture of the Buddha's Dhāraṇī of Ānandamukhanirhāra; namo Scripture of the Dhāraṇī of Immeasurable Gates that Destroys Māra; namo Scripture of the Dhāraṇī of Śāriputra; namo Scripture on the Bodhisattva of Sole Arising; namo Scripture on the Three Turnings in Past Lives; namo Scripture of the Silver-Coloured Woman; namo Scripture of Crown Prince Hexiu; namo Scripture of Crown Prince Weihu; namo Scripture of the Dhāraṇī of Wholesome Dharma Skill-in-Means; namo Scripture of the Dhāraṇī of the Wholesome Gate of Vajra Secrets; namo Scripture on King Ajātaśatru Receiving Prediction; namo Scripture on Releasing the Bowl; namo Scripture on Offering Flowers to the Buddha in Defiance of the King and Receiving Prediction; namo Scripture Spoken at the Inquiry of Siṃhavikrīḍita Bodhisattva; namo Scripture of the Flower-Heap Dhāraṇī; namo Scripture of the Flower-Gathering Dhāraṇī; namo Scripture on Continuous Liberation; namo Scripture on Untying the Knots; namo Scripture of the Great Jewel Accumulation; namo Mahāyāna Scripture on Jewel Adornment.

13.4

Venerate and pay homage to all the great bodhisattva-mahāsattvas of the ten directions.

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Namo Heavenly Crown Bodhisattva; namo Heavenly Crown Bodhisattva Illuminating the Ten Directions; namo Heavenly Crown Bodhisattva of Wisdom Illuminating the Dharmadhātu; namo Heavenly Crown Bodhisattva of the Bodhimaṇḍa; namo Heavenly Crown Bodhisattva Producing the Store of All Buddhas; namo Heavenly Crown Bodhisattva Foremost in All the World; namo Heavenly Crown Bodhisattva of Bright Purity; namo Heavenly Crown Bodhisattva of Immeasurable Jewels; namo Heavenly Crown Bodhisattva Illuminating the Dharmadhātu and Space; namo Brahmā King Topknot Bodhisattva; namo Dragon King Topknot Bodhisattva; namo Topknot Bodhisattva of the Light of All Buddha-Transformations; namo Topknot Bodhisattva of the Bodhimaṇḍa; namo Topknot Bodhisattva of the Sound of Wisdom of the Three Times; namo Great Light Bodhisattva; namo Stainless Light Bodhisattva; namo Jewel Light Bodhisattva; namo Dust-Free Light Bodhisattva; namo Night Light Bodhisattva; namo Dharma Light Bodhisattva; namo Serene Light Bodhisattva; namo Sunlight Bodhisattva; namo Sovereign Light Bodhisattva; namo Heavenly Light Bodhisattva; namo Merit Banner Bodhisattva; namo Wisdom Banner Bodhisattva; namo Dharma Banner Bodhisattva; namo Banner of All Supernormal Powers Bodhisattva; namo Light Banner Bodhisattva; namo Mani Banner Bodhisattva; namo Bodhi Banner Bodhisattva; namo Brahmā Banner Bodhisattva; namo Universal Light Banner Bodhisattva; namo Brahmā Voice Bodhisattva; namo Ocean Voice Bodhisattva; namo Great Earth Voice Bodhisattva; namo World Lord Voice Bodhisattva; namo Space Voice Bodhisattva; namo Voice of Mountains Striking Together Bodhisattva; namo Dharma Light Voice Bodhisattva; namo Bodhisattva with Voice Pervading the Entire Dharmadhātu; namo Bodhisattva with the Thunderous Voice of All Dharma Oceans.

13.6

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

13.7

Venerate and pay homage to all the worthy and noble śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas.

13.8

Namo Ānanda; namo Rāhula; namo Cūḍapanthaka; namo Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja; namo Kālodayin; namo Aniruddha; namo Upāli; namo Revata; namo Venerable Mahācunda.

13.9

Namas to all such great arhats known to the multitude.

13.10

Having paid homage to the triratna, next again repent.

13.11

We disciples! Having already repented of the retributions of the three miserable realms and the like, should now further bow our heads in earnest and repent of the residual retributions among humans and devas. Having together received this life span in Jambudvīpa, though it is said to be one hundred years, few reach its full term; within that span, those cut down in the prime of youth are immeasurable in number. There is only the multitude of sufferings tormenting body and mind; grief, worry, fright, and dread are never absent for even a moment. All this is due to our roots of goodness being feeble and our evil karma abundant, causing whatever our minds undertake in the present to fail to accord with our wishes; one should know that all this is the residual retribution of evil karma accumulated from the past. Therefore, we disciples today take refuge in the Buddha with utmost sincerity.

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Namo Lotus Upa Buddha of the east; namo Subduing King Buddha of the south; namo Immeasurable Light Buddha of the west; namo Surpassing All Faculties Buddha of the north; namo Honoured Lotus Buddha of the southeast; namo Immeasurable Flower Buddha of the southwest; namo Sovereign Wisdom Buddha of the northwest; namo Red Lotus Flower Virtue Buddha of the northeast; namo Discriminating Buddha of the nadir; namo Subduing-Foe Wisdom Buddha of the zenith.

13.13

Namas to all the triratna of the ten directions, exhausting the realm of space.

13.14

We disciples! From anādikāla until the present day, we repent of all the sinful retributions of the present and future, of the immeasurable residual retributions among humans and devas: of continuing misfortunes and past liabilities, severe infirmities and the hundred ailments, and incompletion of the six sense faculties. We repent of the sinful retributions among humans of being born in borderlands, wrong views, the three miserable realms, and the eight difficulties; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of frequent illnesses, emaciation, short life, and premature death; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of being unable to preserve and protect each other constantly among the six kinds of kin and family; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of relatives and friends perishing and the suffering of separation from loved ones; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of enemies gathering together, causing sorrow, worry, fear, and dread; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of water, fire, robbers, weapons, peril, terror, and fright; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of solitude, hardship, displacement, fleeing, and losing one's native land; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of imprisonment, confinement, solitary arrest, being forced to stand upright, whipping, and torture; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of public and private disputes, mutual ensnarement, and mutual slander; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of malignant diseases lasting years and months without curing, lying on mats unable to sit or rise; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of winter heat, summer epidemics, virulent pestilence, and typhoid; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of pernicious winds, swelling, and blockages; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of evil spirits seeking advantage to bring about disaster and hauntings; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of portents of bird cries, the hundred anomalies, flying corpses, and aberrant ghosts causing strange events; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of being harmed by tigers, leopards, jackals, wolves, and all manner of fierce beasts and fowl on water and land; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of hanging oneself, stabbing oneself, committing suicide, and harming oneself; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of grieving, despairing, strangling oneself, flying into rages, or indulging in erratic joy; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of throwing oneself into pits, plunging into fires, drowning, and jumping down. We repent of the sinful retributions among humans of lacking majesty and renown; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of clothing and livelihood failing to satisfy one's wishes; we repent of the sinful retributions among humans of encountering bad associates who cause obstacles whenever travelling, going out, coming in, or undertaking any affair. We repent of such immeasurable calamities, catastrophes, epidemics, perils, disasters, and afflictions among humans and devas in the present and future. We disciples today, with utmost sincerity, bare our hearts and lay open our minds before the Buddhas, the noble Dharma, and the assembly of sages of the ten directions, imploring their pity and repenting.

13.15

May we disciples, relying on the merit born of this kṣamā, wish that in life after life we will be endowed with complete physical marks, just like Rāhula, constantly meeting the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha, and always hearing the wondrous Dharma; that our life spans will equal heaven and earth, untangled by the hundred illnesses; that the six kinds of kin and family will always be able to protect one another; that hostile thieves, blades, and weapons will be forever kept far away; that spontaneous garments will constantly fill our chests and boxes; that fragrant rice of a hundred flavours will constantly brim in our bowls; that prisons and confinement sites will transform into heavenly halls; that disputes and mutual fault-finding will turn into harmony; that lingering illnesses of consecutive years will leave our bodies and minds forever; that pestilence and all disasters will constantly depart from our thoughts; that monsters, spirits of mountains and waters, flying birds, tigers, leopards, jackals, wolves, and all perils on water and land will be utterly removed without remainder; and that sins such as self-mutilation, suicide, erratic anger, or erratic joy may, from now on until the attainment of buddhahood, be forever cast away.

13.16

May we disciples not suffer retribution in the evil paths; may we only give rise to great compassion to rescue and protect all sentient beings, causing them all to exhaust their nature and broadly transform all species so that all together ascend to right awakening."

13.17

Mahāyāna Scripture on the Lotus Baoda's Dialogue on the Karmic Retributions of Śramaṇas

13.18

A short while later, Baoda further entered the Fire-Arrow Hell. Why is it named the Fire-Arrow Hell? That hell is ninety yojanas in length and breadth, enclosed on all sides by iron walls, with fierce fire and blazing flames; the ground is entirely covered with iron pikes, and smoking fire blazes furiously to scorch the sinners. On its four sides, festering winds rise together, and in the void, a fierce wind abruptly rushes to blow against iron mountains. When the mountains grind against each other, they turn into fire-arrows; when the fire-arrows rub against each other, smoke and fire flare together; the shafts and feathers of the arrows are also on fire, and they come and shoot the sinners, entering through the head and coming out beneath the feet, entering through the back and coming out through the chest, piercing through from left to right, with fire burning and smoke and flames issuing from the wounds. The sinners cry out in agony beyond words, undergoing immeasurable retributions day and night, dying a thousand deaths and taking a thousand births, dying ten thousand deaths and taking ten thousand births.

13.19

Baoda asked, "What sins did these śramaṇas commit to receive this retribution?" The horse-headed rākṣasa replied, "These śramaṇas received the pure precepts of the Buddha but did not maintain them purely; they did not guard their deportment and acted like secular people, grasping bows and arrows with their hands, losing the deportment of the Buddha. As the scripture states: 'Long ago, there was the bhikṣu Sālī who did not guard his deportment, holding a secular person's bow and arrow with his hand, and suffered evil retribution for ten thousand lifetimes.' By this cause and condition, one should know that if a śramaṇa does not guard his deportment, he falls into the three evil paths; these bhikṣus here are also like this."

13.20

Having heard this, Baoda wept with grief and departed.

13.21

Sūtra on the Names of the Buddhas, Fascicle Thirteen.

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佛說佛名經 — Classical Chinese