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佛說佛名經 19.91

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19.91

"Disciples, from anādikāla up to the present day, we have accumulated evil like the sands of the Ganges and committed sins filling heaven and earth, discarding bodies and receiving bodies without awareness and without knowledge. We have either committed the five heinous sins (ānantarya), deep and thick with turbid entanglement, karma of the Avīci hell; or committed icchantika karma that severs roots of goodness; karma of disparaging the Buddha's words and slandering the Vaipulya sūtras; karma of destroying the triratna and ruining the True Dharma; karma of disbelieving in sin and merit and giving rise to the ten unwholesome actions; karma of folly and confusion, deluded about truth and turning away from what is right; karma of filial disobedience to parents and rebellious obstinacy; karma of slighting and disrespecting teachers and elders, lacking reverence; karma of breach of trust with friends and transgression of righteousness. Or we have committed the karma of the four grave offenses (pārājika), six grave offenses, and eight grave offenses that obstruct the noble path; karma of violating the five precepts and breaking the eight fasting precepts; karma of frequent infractions against the five categories (pañca nikāyāḥ) and seven classes of vinaya offenses. The defiling karma, light and grave, of the upāsaka precepts; or the bodhisattva precepts, being unable to practice them purely according to teaching; karma of defiling the pure conduct of brahma (brahmacarya) before and after through preliminary actions; indolent karma of failing to observe the six monthly fasts. Karma of not constantly cultivating the three extended fasts of the year; karma not conforming to the Dharma regarding the three thousand deportments; subtle sinful karma regarding the eighty thousand vinaya deportments; karma of not cultivating the body, moral discipline, mind, and wisdom; karma of committing multiple sins during the eight solar terms of spring and autumn; karma of practicing the sixteen kinds of evil rules; karma of having no sorrow or pity for suffering sentient beings; karma of showing no compassion or concern; karma of failing to rescue, alleviate, or protect; karma of harboring jealousy and envy in the mind without saving others; karma of lack of equanimity toward enemies and relations; karma of indulging in the five desires without revulsion; or karma of giving rise to dissipation on account of clothing, food, parks, forests, ponds, and marshes; or karma of indulging sensual desires in one's prime years and committing multiple sins; or karma of outflow-tainted goodness dedicated toward the three realms of existence (tridhātu), thereby obstructing the supramundane path. Such karmas are limitless and boundless. Today, we disclose them before the Buddhas of the ten directions, the honored Dharma, and the noble assembly, paying homage with namas and practicing kṣamā.

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