佛說佛名經 20

English (machine translation) 20

Language: English

20.1

"Śāriputra, namas to Well-Purified Stainless Jewel Virtue Accumulation Victorious King Buddha.

"Namo Indradhvaja Buddha; namo Samantaprabhāsa Buddha; namo Viśuddhaprabhārāja Buddha; namo Suvarṇaprabhāsiṃhavikrīḍitarāja Buddha; namo Samantābhyudgataparvataguṇa Buddha; namo Supratiṣṭhitaguṇamaṇiparvatarāja Buddha; namo Samantadarsi Buddha; namo Vajrābhyudgata Buddha; namo Samantabhadra Buddha; namo Samantaprabhāsa Buddha; namo Ratnadharmābhyudgataviniścaya Buddha; namo Amitamamatiguṇarāja Buddha; namo Bhūmīśvararāja Buddha; namo Vigatarajoguṇa Buddha; namo Akṣayaprabha Buddha; namo Abhayarāja Buddha; namo Durjñāna Buddha; namo Vajrasupratiṣṭhita Buddha; namo Vimalābhyudgata Buddha; namo Candrābhyudgata Buddha; namo Ekarasābhyudgata Buddha; namo Bandhūkapuṣpa Buddha; namo Mālyagandhābhyudgata Buddha; namo Tamālapattracandanagandhābhyudgata Buddha; namo Candragarbha Buddha; namo Agaru Buddha; namo Jyotiḥprabha Buddha; namo Sāgaragandha Buddha; namo Nāgagarbha Buddha; namo Ratnaprabhāsa Buddha; namo Mahāmeghagarbha Buddha; namo Jñānaguṇa Buddha; namo Vajragarbha Buddha; namo Dharaṇīdhara Buddha; namo Gaganasamabuddhi Buddha; namo Jinagarbha Buddha; namo Manojuñavākya Buddha; namo Guṇavān Buddha; namo Parvatagarbha Buddha; namo Suvicitradundubhi Buddha; namo Priyābhyudgata Buddha; namo Dundubhyadhipati Buddha; namo Pramodyagarbha Buddha; namo Sūryagarbha Buddha; namo Cāritrābhyudgata Buddha; namo Satyavādin Buddha; namo Jñānagarbha Buddha; namo Madhuraghoṣa Buddha; namo Vaśavartī Buddha; namo Jinottama Buddha; namo Jinavajradhvaja Buddha; namo Śīlānugata Buddha; namo Ratnābhyudgata Buddha; namo Vimalavaiḍūrya Buddha; namo Paripūrṇavajradhara Buddha; namo Amṛtadhvaja Buddha; namo Siddhaguṇa Buddha; namo Gandhamādana Buddha; namo Mūlābhyudgatagarbha Buddha; namo Ajñeya Buddha; namo Anantajñāna Buddha; namo Amita Buddha; namo Amitaprabhu Buddha; namo Mahāprabhāsa Buddha; namo Guṇagarbha Buddha; namo Mūlālaṃkāravikrīḍita Buddha; namo Pratyupasthitāmoha Buddha; namo Ratnacandra Buddha; namo Vimala Buddha; namo Vigatamala Buddha; namo Vīradatta Buddha; namo Śuddha Buddha; namo Śuddhadatta Buddha; namo Varuṇa Buddha; namo Varuṇadeva Buddha; namo Dṛḍhavīrya Buddha; namo Candanaguṇa Buddha; namo Amitāñjaliprabha Buddha; namo Prabhāguṇa Buddha; namo Aśokaguṇa Buddha; namo Nārāyaṇa Buddha; namo Guṇapuṣpa Buddha; namo Padmaprabhāsavijñānābhijña Buddha; namo Dhanaguṇa Buddha; namo Guṇasmṛti Buddha; namo Suviśuddhakīrtiguṇa Buddha; namo Rohitārcirdhvajarāja Buddha; namo Suvikrāntagāmin Buddha; namo Yuddhajaya Buddha; namo Suvikrānta Buddha; namo Samantāvabhāsālaṃkāraguṇa Buddha; namo Mūlaprabha Buddha; namo Sarvasattvadarśanapriyanirhārarāja Buddha; namo Kṣāntirāja Buddha; namo Sarvakleśāpagata Buddha; namo Ratnavarṇābhyudgata Buddha; namo Gandhottamarāja Buddha; namo Koṭigarbha Buddha; namo Sarvadarśin Buddha; namo Darśanapriya Buddha; namo Adṛśya Buddha; namo Amṛtaguṇakīrti Buddha; namo Sarvabhayavibhāgacchedanasaṃśaya Buddha; namo Siṃhanāda Buddha; namo Vikīrṇapuṣpa Buddha; namo Mahābhyudgata Buddha; namo Apratihatakārin Buddha; namo Sarvasukhakara Buddha; namo Jyeṣṭhābhyudgata Buddha; namo Maṅgalarāja Buddha; namo Sarvalokamārgaprabhurāja Buddha; namo Sumerukalpa Buddha; namo Jinasumeru Buddha; namo Vimukta Buddha; namo Lokasvara Buddha; namo Dṛḍhavikrīḍita Buddha; namo Dṛḍhaprabhu Buddha; namo Candanābhyudgata Buddha; namo Nirviśeṣa Buddha; namo Praśamita Buddha; namo Sucintita Buddha; namo Sarvakarmacchedana Buddha; namo Vigatasaṃjña Buddha; namo Ratnābhyudgata Buddha; namo Ratnacakra Buddha; namo Mahāratna Buddha; namo Vimalaprabhāsa Buddha; namo Pratibhānālaṃkārakīrti Buddha; namo Vimalacandradhvajakīrti Buddha; namo Kusumālaṃkāraprabha Buddha; namo Jalatējāsamudgata Buddha; namo Abhayadarśin Buddha; namo Siṃhavikrīḍitabaladhara Buddha; namo Ratnavīryasūryacandraprabhāsa Buddha; namo Alaṃkāraguṇajñānasvararāja Buddha; namo Prathamacittotpādasaṃśayakleśacchedana Buddha; namo Sarvāndhakāravidhvaṃsābhyudgata Buddha; namo Ratnārciḥ Buddha; namo Candanagandha Buddha; namo Mahāratnārciḥ Buddha; namo Padmadhvaja Buddha; namo Samantātiṣya Buddha; namo Pūrṇabhadra Buddha; namo Balavīryavijambhana Buddha; namo Gandhottama Buddha; namo Jinakīrti Buddha; namo Viśuddhādarśa Buddha; namo Kusumābhyudgata Buddha; namo Virajas Buddha; namo Guṇaprāpta Buddha; namo Acala Buddha; namo Candana Buddha; namo Indradhana Buddha; namo Parvatarati Buddha; namo Nirmāṇakara Buddha; namo Indradhvaja Buddha; namo Abhayakara Buddha; namo Pūrṇa Buddha; namo Puṣya Buddha; namo Dharmatoyaśuddhagaganarāja Buddha; namo Samantajñānaprabhābhyudgatarāja Buddha; namo Gandhaprabhāsaguṇaratnālaṃkārarāja Buddha; namo Śuddhaprabhāvimaladīpa Buddha; namo Samantajñānasvararāja Buddha; namo Subhānīkārciḥ Buddha; namo Samantapramodyaśīghrābhyudgatarāja Buddha; namo Sarvacaturviśāradadīpa Buddha; namo Samantamukhajñānālōkasvara Buddha; namo Amitaguṇasāgaragarbhaprabhāsa Buddha; namo Dharmadhātuvidyutprabhānāvaraṇaguṇa Buddha; namo Viśuddhanetravimaladīpa Buddha; namo Siṃhaprabhābhyudgataprabha Buddha; namo Vipulaprabhājñānābhyudgatadhvaja Buddha; namo Suvarṇaprabhānantabalavīryasiddhi Buddha; namo Gandhaprabhāsapramodyabalasāgara Buddha; namo Siddhirāja Buddha; namo Prabhūtābhyudgata Buddha; namo Pramodyamahāsāgaraśīghragāmin Buddha; namo Yaśaḥprabhāsa Buddha; namo Vipulayaśojñāna Buddha; namo Jñānasiddhisāgararājadhvaja Buddha; namo Lakṣaṇasaṃlakṣitamañjuśrīcandra Buddha; namo Sarvadharmasāgarābhyudgatarāja Buddha; namo Jñānaguṇadharmasthita Buddha; namo Brahmavaśitābhyudgata Buddha; namo Dharmadhātusamtīrṇottamasvara Buddha; namo Anindyabalasamantāvabhāsadhvaja Buddha; namo Vimalaguṇasūryaprabhāsa Buddha; namo Asangajñānasamantāvabhāsaprabha Buddha; namo Amitābhyudgataketudhvaja Buddha; namo Dharmadhātugaganavyāpiprabhāsa Buddha; namo Puṇyalakṣaṇameghaprabhāva Buddha; namo Prabhāsottamamūrdhajyotis Buddha; namo Dharmānilamahāsāgaramati Buddha; namo Lakṣaṇadharmanirmāṇasamantaprabha Buddha; namo Supariśuddhaparisatsamantāvabhāsa Buddha; namo Dharmasaṃkṣayaśīghrapramodyamati Buddha; namo Vimalapariśuddhasamantaprabha Buddha; namo Viśuddhanetrapuṣpābhyudgata Buddha; namo Sujñānabalasiddhi Buddha; namo Gaganapariśuddhacandra Buddha; namo Jvalitasuvarṇasumerudīpa Buddha; namo Jñānābhyudgataratnadharmaprabha Buddha; namo Jvalitaratnadīpa Buddha; namo Samantaprabhāsoccaparvata Buddha; namo Mahābhyudgata Buddha; namo Padmavijambhana Buddha; namo Sudevaprabha Buddha; namo Akṣayaguṇa Buddha; namo Kusumatejas Buddha; namo Amṛtabala Buddha; namo Svarānta Buddha; namo Saddharmābhyudgatatejaḥsiddhi Buddha; namo Samantaprabhāsasvaragaganāvabhāsa Buddha; namo Samantamukhadarśanottamaloka Buddha; namo Anantaguṇāvabhāsa Buddha; namo Samantaprabhāguṇadīpapratibimba Buddha; namo Harṣapramodyadarśitakusumāgni Buddha; namo Ratnasumerudīparāja Buddha; namo Sunirmitadharmadhātusuvarṇaprabhāvidyutsvara Buddha; namo Vinayanabalapraṇidhāna Buddha; namo Gaganapuranayagarjitasvara Buddha; namo Daśadigvipulavyāpiyaśojñānadīpa Buddha; namo Siṃhaprabhāsamparipūrṇaguṇa Buddha; namo Jñānavikacitapuṣpaprabha Buddha; namo Samantacakṣuḥparipūrṇadharmadhātuketurāja Buddha; namo Jinamatidēśika Buddha; namo Samantaprabhākara Buddha; namo Candradhvaja Buddha.

20.3

"Namo to the east, to the four-continent world named Supratigupta, with the Tathāgata Vajrabhadra at its head.

20.4

"Namo to the south, to the four-continent world named Durjaya, with the Tathāgata Indra at its head.

20.5

"Namo to the west, to the four-continent world named Bandhumati, with the Tathāgata Varuṇa at its head.

20.6

"Namo to the north, to the four-continent world named Siṃhamati, with the Tathāgata Mahāmuni at its head.

20.7

"Namo to the south-east, to the four-continent world named Supramodya, with the Tathāgata Vaiśravaṇa at its head.

20.8

"Namo to the south-west, to the four-continent world named Dṛḍha, with the Tathāgata Acala at its head.

20.9

"Namo to the north-west, to the four-continent world named Subhūmi, with the Tathāgata Samantamukha at its head.

20.10

"Namo to the north-east, to the four-continent world named Suvicaya, with the Tathāgata Māradamana at its head.

20.11

"Namo above, to the four-continent world named Manorama, with the Tathāgata Prāptajñānamati at its head.

20.12

"Namo below, to the four-continent world named Prabhārcis, with the Tathāgata Samudgata at its head."

20.13

"Namo Vairocana-vijaya-tejorāja Buddha; namo Samantaprabhā-vijayagarbharāja Buddha; namo Dharmadhātu Buddha; namo Jñānapradīpa Buddha; namo Dharmadhātv-ākāśa-jñānadhvaja-prabhāsa Buddha; namo Abhirāma-locana Buddha; namo Nāgendrarāja Buddha; namo Dharmacandra-samantajñānaprabharāja Buddha; namo Samantāvabhāsa-vijaya-merurāja Buddha; namo Asanga-gaganajñāna-ketudhvajarāja Buddha; namo Samantacakrābhyudgatarava Buddha; namo Apramāṇa-nakṣatrarāja-vikrīḍita Buddha; namo Samantasugandha Buddha; namo Merupradīparāja Buddha; namo Gandhavaidūrya Buddha; namo Candraketu Buddha; namo Anala-cakṣur-gocara Buddha; namo Sarvabuddharatna-vijayarāja Buddha; namo Ananta-lokajñānacakraketu Buddha; namo Asaṅgajñānaketu Buddha; namo Aprameyāyus Buddha; namo Aprayoga Buddha; namo Siṃha Buddha; namo Candrajñāna Buddha; namo Mahāprabhāsa Buddha; namo Sūryapradīpa Buddha; namo Vimala Buddha; namo Girivijaya Buddha; namo Padmavijayagarbha Buddha; namo Rocana Buddha; namo Samantacakṣus Buddha; namo Brahmāyus Buddha; namo Vasudeva Buddha; namo Anantaprabhā-samatā-dharmadhātu-vyūharāja Buddha; namo Balaprabhāsa Buddha; namo Uccacārin Buddha; namo Candanavipa Buddha; namo Suvarṇamati Buddha; namo Varapāna Buddha; namo Uccasvara Buddha; namo Jina Buddha; namo Uccadarśana Buddha; namo Kṣānti Buddha; namo Puṣya Buddha; namo Uccayaśas Buddha; namo Varapadma Buddha; namo Samantaguṇa Buddha; namo Dīpakara Buddha; namo Sunetra Buddha; namo Guṇadhvaja Buddha; namo Sarvadharma-buddhanādarāja Buddha; namo Giridhvaja-kāya-locana-vijaya Buddha; namo Ratnavijaya-pradīpa-guṇadhvaja Buddha; namo Samantajñāna-ratnārcir-vijayaguṇa Buddha; namo Indradhvaja-vijayaketu Buddha; namo Vijayacakra Buddha; namo Mahākaruṇā-meghadhvaja Buddha; namo Vajranārāyaṇa-ketu Buddha; namo Apratihatavijaya-kṣema-pariśuddha Buddha; namo Agnijvālā-girivijaya-vyūha Buddha; namo Sarvadharma-sāgara-vijayarāja Buddha; namo Ratnacūḍārcis-paripūrṇa-pradīpa Buddha; namo Gambhīra-dharmasāgara-prabhā Buddha; namo the Buddhas as numerous as the dust motes of ten billion lands, all named Vajragarbha; namo the Buddhas as numerous as the dust motes of ten billion lands, all named Vajraketu; namo the Buddhas as numerous as the dust motes of a thousand million lands, all named Vajradhvaja; namo the Buddhas as numerous as the dust motes of a thousand million lands, all named Saddharma; namo the Buddhas as numerous as the dust motes of a thousand million lands, all named Yathācittābhirāma; namo the Buddhas as numerous as the dust motes of a single buddha-land, all named Samantaguṇa; namo the Buddhas as numerous as the dust motes of ineffable buddha-lands, all named Aparājita; namo the Buddhas as numerous as the dust motes of ineffable buddha-lands, all named Vipaśyin; namo the Buddhas as numerous as the dust motes of ten buddha-lands, all named Samantadhvaja; namo the Buddhas as numerous as the dust motes of eighty billion buddha-lands, incalculable hundreds of thousands of myriads of koṭis of nayutas, all named Samantabhadra; namo the Buddhas as numerous as the dust motes of a single buddha-land, all named Bodhivijaya; namo the Buddhas as numerous as the dust motes of ten buddha-lands, hundreds of thousands of myriads of koṭis of nayutas, ineffable [in number], all named Samantayaśo-vaśavartin; namo Bhadravijaya Buddha; namo Guṇasāgara-prabhāsa-vijayāvabhāsa-garbha Buddha; namo Dharmadhātv-ākāśa-paripūrṇa-avaivartika Buddha; namo Dharmadhātunāda Buddha; namo Avaivartika-dharmadhātusvara Buddha; namo Dharmadruma-giri-tejas Buddha; namo Sarvadharma-dṛḍhanādarāja Buddha; namo Ratnaprabhā-dīpadhvajarāja Buddha; namo Guṇagiri-prabhāsa-tejorāja Buddha; namo Dharmameghanādarāja Buddha; namo Jñānolkarāja Buddha; namo Dharmavidyud-dhvajarāja-vijaya Buddha; namo Dharmapradīpa-jñāna-siṃhabala-giri-tejorāja Buddha; namo Sarvadharma-mudrānāda-tejorāja Buddha; namo Vimaladharma-giri-tejaḥpradīpa Buddha; namo Dharmaprabhāsa-vijayamegha Buddha; namo Dharmacakra-prabhocchīrṣa Buddha; namo Dharmasāgara-deśanāsvararāja Buddha; namo Dharmārka-jñānacakra-pradīpa Buddha; namo Dharmapuṣpa-samucchrita-dhvajamegha Buddha; namo Dharmārcir-giriketurāja Buddha; namo Dharmacaryā-gambhīravijaya-candra Buddha; namo Dharmajñāna-samantaprabhāgarbha Buddha; namo Nityajñāna-nirmāṇa Buddha; namo Girirāja-vijayagarbharāja Buddha; namo Samantamukha-bhadrameru-dharmaśīghra-vīryadhvaja Buddha; namo Sarvadharma-ratnakusuma-vijayamegha Buddha; namo Praśānta-prabhāsa-kāyacūḍa Buddha; namo Dharmaprabhāsa-maitrī-pratibimbacandra Buddha; namo Jvālāvihārasāgara Buddha; namo Jñānasūrya-samantāvabhāsa Buddha; namo Samantacakra Buddha; namo Jñānāvabhāsa-mūrdharāja Buddha; namo Jñānagiri-dharmadhātu-daśadig-avabhāsa-tejorāja Buddha; namo Guṇaprabhā-kusumapradīpa Buddha; namo Jñānolka-śaṅkhaketu-dhvaja Buddha; namo Sūryāvabhāsa-prabhārāja Buddha; namo Lakṣaṇagiri Buddha; namo Vyūhagiri Buddha; namo Sūryakrama-samantāvabhāsa Buddha; namo Dharmarāja-jāla-vijayaguṇa Buddha; namo Catur-vaiśāradya-vajranārāyaṇa-siṃha Buddha; namo Samantajñānadhvaja-vikrānta Buddha; namo Dharmapadma-sphuṭakāya Buddha; namo Guṇakusuma-kāyabhāra Buddha; namo Bodhimaṇḍa-bodhivijaya-candra Buddha; namo Dīpa-dharmolka-vijayacandra Buddha; namo Samantabhadra-prabhocchīrṣa Buddha; namo Dharmadhvaja-pradīpa-vajradṛḍhadhvaja Buddha; namo Yaśogiri-vijayamegha Buddha; namo Candanavijaya-candra Buddha; namo Samantavijaya-kusuma-tejobodhi Buddha; namo Sarvāvabhāsarāja Buddha; namo Padmavijayagarbha Buddha; namo Gandharāśi-prabhārāja Buddha; namo Hetupadma Buddha; namo Lakṣaṇagiry-avabhāsa Buddha; namo Samantakīrti-guṇarāja Buddha; namo Samantamukha-prabhāsa-sumeru Buddha; namo Dharmapura-prabhāsa-vijayaguṇagiri-tejorāja Buddha; namo Vijayalakṣaṇa Buddha; namo Dharmabalavikrānta-dhvaja Buddha; namo Dharmacakra-pravartana-prabhānāda-svara Buddha; namo Prabhāsa-guṇagiri-jñānarāja Buddha; namo Dharmacakra-pravartana-candra-vijayapadmāvabhāsa Buddha; namo Buddhadhvaja-svatantra-guṇāparājitadhvaja Buddha; namo Ratnapadma-prabhāgarbha Buddha; namo Prabhā-śikhara-meghapradīpa Buddha; namo Samantabodha-kusuma Buddha; namo Nānāprabhāsa-vijayagiri-garbha Buddha; namo Prabhā-cakraśikhararāja Buddha; namo Guṇameghacchattra Buddha; namo Dharmaśikhara-meghadhvaja Buddha; namo Dharmasūrya-meghapradīparāja Buddha; namo Guṇagiri-tejas Buddha; namo Dharmamegha-daśadig-yaśorāja Buddha; namo Dharmacakracchattra-megha Buddha; namo Bodhijñānadhvaja Buddha; namo Jñānatejas Buddha; namo Dharmacakra-viśuddhavijaya-candra Buddha; namo Kanakagiri-tejobhadra Buddha; namo Bhadravijayagiri-tejas Buddha; namo Samantamati-meghasvara Buddha; namo Dharmabalavijaya-giri Buddha; namo Gandharāśi-vijayarāja Buddha; namo Kanakamaṇigiri-tejas Buddha.

20.14

"Next, make obeisance to the Twelve Divisions of the Noble Canon, the Great Treasury of the Dharma Wheel.

20.15

"Reverently make obeisance to all the great bodhisattva-mahāsattvas of the ten directions.

20.16

"Namo Ekacaraṇa Bodhisattva; namo Prabhāvavijaya Bodhisattva; namo Mahānikāyadhātu Bodhisattva; namo Giripālitapāla Bodhisattva; namo Tryadhvanāyaka Bodhisattva; namo Guṇavān Bodhisattva; namo Yaśodeśaka Bodhisattva; namo Sūryaprabhāsa Bodhisattva; namo Siṃhaśūra Bodhisattva; namo Ṛturāja Bodhisattva; namo Siṃhagarbha Bodhisattva; namo Saṃdarśitasattva Bodhisattva; namo Dūrāvabhāsa Bodhisattva; namo Giri-siṃha Bodhisattva; namo Dānādāna Bodhisattva; namo Aparājita Bodhisattva; namo Uttamadhvaja Bodhisattva; namo Pramoditayaśas Bodhisattva; namo Dṛḍhavīrya Bodhisattva; namo Ahāni Bodhisattva; namo Yaśasvin Bodhisattva; namo Abhaya Bodhisattva; namo Asangadeva Bodhisattva; namo Agnipradīpa Bodhisattva; namo Lokaprabhāsa Bodhisattva; namo Madhuraghoṣa Bodhisattva; namo Guṇadhara Bodhisattva; namo Tamonuda Bodhisattva; namo Asamacakra Bodhisattva; namo Nandirāja Bodhisattva; namo Jñānāvabhāsa-garbha Bodhisattva; namo Candanaguṇa-garbha Bodhisattva; namo Puṇyagukha-garbha Bodhisattva; namo Apratihata-viśuddhajñāna-guṇagarbha Bodhisattva; namo Nārāyaṇaguṇa-garbha Bodhisattva; namo Samantajñāna-prabhāsajñāna-pradīpa Bodhisattva; namo Apramāṇapuṣpāvabhāsa-pralambaśikha Bodhisattva; namo Akṣayaviśuddha-prabhārāja Bodhisattva; namo Prabhāsavikalpa-dharmadhātu Bodhisattva; namo Apratihatabala-vīryamati Bodhisattva.

20.17

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

20.18

"Reverently make obeisance to all noble and holy śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas.

20.19

"Having made obeisance to the Three Jewels, next perform kṣamā.

20.20

"We disciples now, having made general confession of all karma, shall now proceed to make separate, individual confessions one by one. Whether general or separate, coarse or fine, light or heavy, spoken or unspoken, according to their categories, we pray that all may be eradicated. As for separate confession: first confess the three [unwholesome actions] of body, next confess the four of speech, and for all remaining hindrances prostrate in succession. Among the three bodily actions, the first is killing and injuring. As the sūtras explain, using oneself as a simile: do not kill, do not use the rod. Though beasts and birds differ [from human beings], in cherishing life and fearing death their case is the same. If we trace these sentient beings from beginningless time, they may have been our fathers, mothers, brothers, and six kinds of kin; through the conditions of karma they transmigrated in the six destinies, being born and dying, changing forms and altering their retributions, no longer recognising one another. Yet now we raise up harm, eating their flesh and cutting off the seeds of great compassion. For this reason the Buddha said: 'Even when obtaining other food, one should regard it like the flesh of one's own son during a time of famine. How much more so the eating of this fish and flesh?' He also said: 'Killing sentient beings for profit and using money to purchase the flesh of sentient beings: both are evil karma, and upon death one falls into the Raurava Hell.' Thus we know that killing, injuring, and eating [meat] incur sins as deep as rivers and seas, and faults heavier than hills and mountains. Yet we disciples, from beginningless time, not meeting good spiritual friends, have all committed such karma. For this reason, the sūtra says: 'The sin of killing and injuring can cause sentient beings to fall into the hells and hungry ghosts to suffer torment. If among animals, they receive bodies such as tigers, dogs, jackals, wolves, hawks, and falcons, or receive bodies such as venomous snakes, vipers, and scorpions, constantly harbouring malice; or they receive bodies such as roe deer, stags, and bears, constantly harbouring terror. If born among humans, they receive two kinds of karmic retribution: first, frequent illness; second, a shortened life.' Since killing, injuring, and eating have such immeasurable and diverse kinds of karmic retributions, therefore, we disciples today prostrate ourselves with the utmost devotion and with supreme sincerity take refuge in the Buddha.

20.21

"Namo Dharmapuṣpajñāna Buddha of the eastern direction; namo Dharmottama Buddha of the southern direction; namo Vipaśyivyūha Buddha of the western direction; namo Jñānavaśavartiyaśas Buddha of the northern direction; namo Varṣaghoṣa-svatantra-dharma Buddha of the south-eastern direction; namo Pracārabalarāja Buddha of the south-western direction; namo Prathamacittotpāda Buddha of the north-western direction; namo Yaśo-vyāpya-daśadig Buddha of the north-eastern direction; namo Dharmānupālin Buddha of the nadir; namo Candradīpti-vipula Buddha of the zenith.

20.22

"Namas to all such Three Jewels of the ten directions throughout the entirety of space."

20.23

"We disciples, from beginningless time until the present day, possessing this mind and consciousness, have constantly harboured malice and cruelty, lacking a mind of compassionate mercy. Whether out of greed giving rise to killing, out of hatred, out of delusion, or out of pride committing murder; or employing evil contrivances, making vows to kill, praying to kill, or killing by means of curses; or breaking and draining lakes and ponds, setting fire to mountains and wildernesses, hunting in fields and catching fish; or kindling fires with the wind, flying falcons and loosing hounds, thereby harassing and harming all sentient beings of the six destinies: such sins are limitless and boundless. Today, with the utmost sincerity, we take refuge and make repentance.

20.24

"Or with clubs, stakes, cudgels, poles, spears, bows, and crossbows, pelting and shooting at birds of the air and beasts of the field; or with mesh nets, casting nets, and fishing hooks, dredging and scooping up aquatic creatures—fish, softshell turtles, giant turtles, gavials, shrimp, clams, snails, mussels, and all those dwelling in dampness—leaving those of water, land, and air nowhere to hide or flee; or raising chickens, pigs, cattle, sheep, dogs, hogs, geese, ducks, and the like, whether to supply our own kitchens or selling them to others to be slaughtered, so that their cries of grief have not yet ceased when their feathers are plucked, their scales torn and broken, their heads severed from their bodies, their bones and flesh smashed to pieces, flayed, butchered, and sliced, broiled, roasted, boiled, and grilled, suffering bitter, excruciating agony, wrongfully inflicted on the innocent merely to obtain a moment's pleasure, what the mouth gains in taste being so little, extending merely past three inches of the tongue's root; yet the retribution and burden of these sins spans eternal kalpas. For all such sins, today with utmost sincerity we take refuge and make repentance.

20.25

"Furthermore, from beginningless time until the present day, whether raising armies to attack one another, contending upon the battlefields where two battle lines faced each other and slaughtered one another; or killing by oneself, instructing others to kill, or rejoicing upon hearing of killing; or practicing the butcher's trade and slicing flesh, hiring oneself out to inflict punishments and executions, cooking and slaughtering the lives of others, acting without mercy; or giving free rein to rage, brandishing spears and handling blades, whether beheading, stabbing, or pushing into pits and moats; or drowning with water, or blocking holes and destroying nests, pounding and crushing with earth and stones; or trampling and crushing all sentient beings with chariots and horses: such sins are limitless and boundless. Today we disclose them, take refuge, and make repentance.

20.26

"Furthermore, from beginningless time, whether irrigating dry fields, aborting fetuses and causing miscarriages, breaking eggs and destroying nests, using poisons and witchcraft to injure and kill sentient beings; tilling the soil and digging the earth to plant fields and gardens; raising silkworms and boiling cocoons; keeping cats to catch mice, injuring and killing ever more exceedingly; or swatting and slapping mosquitoes, gadflies, greenbottles, flies, bees, and scorpions; pinching and squashing fleas and lice; or burning and clearing away dung and sweepings, unblocking and draining ditches and drains to the wrongful injury of all; or eating fruits, using grains and rice, or water, or vegetables, recklessly killing sentient beings; or kindling firewood, or exposing open lamps and candles to burn all manner of insects; or consuming sauces and vinegar without watching for writhing creatures; or pouring out boiling water, scalding and killing insects and ants; even so, throughout the four deportments of walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, constantly injuring and killing minute living beings flying in the air and clinging to the earth: we disciples, due to the darkness of ordinary consciousness, were unconscious and unaware. Today we disclose them, take refuge, and make repentance.

20.27

"Furthermore, we disciples, from beginningless time until the present day, whether with whips, canes, cangues, chains, yokes, and fetters, pressing, making stand, beating, torturing, striking, casting down, kicking and trampling with hands and feet, binding, caging, and tying, cutting off water and grain; using such various evil contrivances to torment sentient beings: today with utmost sincerity, toward the Buddhas of the ten directions, the venerable Dharma, and the noble Saṅgha, we take refuge and make repentance.

20.28

"May we disciples, by relying on the merit generated through this repentance of killing, harming, and other sins, aspire in life after life to attain an adamantine body with infinite lifespan, forever free from enmity and hatred, devoid of thoughts of killing, and attaining the stage of regarding all sentient beings as an only child. If we see those in peril, disaster, emergency, or distress, may we not spare our own bodies and lives, but employ skillful means to rescue and liberate them, causing them to attain emancipation; and thereafter preach for them the wondrous, correct Dharma, so that all sentient beings who see our forms or perceive our shadows may all receive peace and bliss, and those who hear our names or listen to our voices may have all fears entirely removed."

20.29

Sūtra on the Questions of Baoda Regarding the Retribution of Śramaṇas in the Mahāyāna Lotus

20.30

Baoda walked forward for a short while and entered a Dismemberment Hell. Why is it named the Dismemberment Hell? That hell is thirty yojanas in length and breadth, surrounded all around by iron walls with an iron net covering it above. In the middle, fierce fires blaze vehemently and transparently, and there are iron caltrops strewn everywhere over its floor. Moreover, flying halberds come to pierce the sinners, and there is a great iron rack on which the bodies of the sinners are hung, their limbs and joints dismembered.

20.31

At that time, within the eastern gate there were countless sinners who, seeing it from afar, wept bitterly and wailed, casting their whole bodies onto the ground and crying out these words: 'For what sin of mine have I now entered into this place?' The wardens and yakṣas, holding great axes in their hands, aimed at their heads and chopped them, then bound their bodies with iron chains, while fierce fires burned their forms and flying halberds pierced them indiscriminately. Then the sinners fell at every step until they reached beneath the rack. The wardens and yakṣas seized and dragged the sinners, and with large iron saws dismembered them joint by joint, blood flowing everywhere, the pain and suffering of myriad kinds. Then there appeared the shapes of sheep, cattle, donkeys, horses, insects, birds, and miscellaneous kinds of beasts, which came to drink their blood and eat their flesh; for these beasts all demanded from the sinners their original life and their original flesh. At that time, the sinners had no words to reply, and all the beasts gnawed and bit them. The agony and bitter torment were unbearable; the sinners groaned and howled, blood streaming from their mouths and eyes, their weeping and sobbing resounding upward to the heavens. Such bitter torments were suffered unboundedly day and night, dying a thousand times and being reborn a thousand times, dying ten thousand times and being reborn ten thousand times, through thousands of myriads of kalpas without any time of release. If they should afterward be released, they shall fall into the animal realm, and for hundreds of billions of thousands of lifetimes be eaten by their enemies.

20.32

Bodhisattva Baoda asked: 'What karma did these śramaṇas commit that they now suffer this torment?'

20.33

The rākṣasa replied: 'These sinners, having received the Buddha's precepts, did not seek the unsurpassed, truly real, and wondrous Dharma, but merely looked at what was before their eyes, believing in heterodox and inverted views; arrogant, conceited, and wanton, their minds harboured malice and cruelty, and without compassion they killed and harmed sentient beings, dismembering the lineage of the Buddha. Due to these causes and conditions, they suffer such punishment. If they afterward attain human form, for hundreds and thousands of lifetimes their faculties will be incomplete: deaf, blind, mute, lacking hands or feet, their bodies covered with many sores constantly running with pus and blood; having severed the lives of others, they shall receive the retribution of a short lifespan.'

20.34

Hearing this, Baoda wept with grief and departed.

20.35

Sūtra on the Names of the Buddhas, Fascicle Twenty

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佛說佛名經 — Classical Chinese