佛說佛名經 22

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22.1

The Buddha told Śāriputra: "You should take refuge in the immeasurable Buddhas of the south:

"Namo Beloved Illumination Buddha; Namo Renown Buddha; Namo Faith Merit Buddha; Namo Pure Wisdom Buddha; Namo Jewel Merit Buddha; Namo Wondrous Faith Fragrance Buddha; Namo Victorious Garden Buddha; Namo Victorious Ṛṣi Buddha; Namo Jewel Wisdom Buddha; Namo Amṛta Majestic Virtue Buddha; Namo Faith Treasury Buddha; Namo Moon Superior Victorious Buddha; Namo Dragon Step Buddha; Namo Faith and Shrewd Wisdom Buddha; Namo Loving True Speech Buddha; Namo Utpala Fragrance Buddha; Namo Candana Sovereign Buddha; Namo Victorious over Foes Buddha; Namo Universal Practice Buddha; Namo Merit Victorious Buddha; Namo Great Majestic Virtue Buddha; Namo Diverse Colors Sun Buddha; Namo Transcending All Faults Buddha; Namo Immeasurable Eyes Buddha; Namo Shame and Remorse Wisdom Buddha; Namo Merit Offering Buddha; Namo Diverse Sounds Buddha; Namo Delightful Merit Buddha; Namo Abiding in Purity Buddha; Namo Wondrous Fragrance Buddha; Namo Moonlight Buddha; Namo Precept Component Buddha; Namo Flower Wisdom Buddha; Namo Uttamāśaya Buddha; Namo Non-dark Thought Buddha; Namo Mountain Sovereign Accumulation Buddha; Namo Tranquil King Buddha; Namo Liberation King Buddha; Namo Acalameru King Buddha; Namo Wish-Fulfilling Power Śākyamuni Buddha; Namo Āditya Clan Buddha; Namo Not Praising the World Victorious Buddha; Namo Dharma-Tinged Buddha; Namo Jewel Constellation Liberation King Buddha; Namo White Jewel Victorious Buddha; Namo Dharma Practice Sovereign Buddha; Namo Dhāraṇī Sovereign Buddha; Namo Ānanda Sound Buddha; Namo Wisdom Step King Buddha; Namo Meru Equanimity Swift Flight King Buddha; Namo Wisdom Swift Flight Buddha; Namo Dharma Flower Penetrating Purity Buddha; Namo Tapani Body Buddha; Namo Anighātaloma Victorious Buddha; Namo Uttara Victorious Dharma Buddha; Namo Great Wisdom Mind-Bond Buddha; Namo Jagat Sovereign Bearing All the World Buddha; Namo Fearless Vision Buddha; Namo Sovereign Action Buddha; Namo Sovereign Measure Buddha; Namo Practicing in Accordance with the Dharma Buddha."

22.3

The Buddha told Śāriputra: "I see such immeasurable Buddhas of the south, of diverse clans, diverse names, and diverse Buddha-lands; you should all single-mindedly and with the utmost sincerity take refuge in them."

22.4

The Buddha told Śāriputra: "You should take refuge in the immeasurable Buddhas of the west:

22.5

"Namo Abhra-jhampa-śikha-puṣpa Buddha; Namo Manuṣa-rutoda-gata Buddha; Namo Wisdom Victorious Increasing Fame Buddha; Namo Samantapaśyi Buddha; Namo Ciravira-jvāla-puṣpaprabha Buddha; Namo Dharma Practice Lamp-Lighter Buddha; Namo Incomparable Victorious Buddha; Namo Wisdom Swift Flight Renown King Buddha; Namo Brahma Swift Flight Wondrous Drum Sound Buddha; Namo Padmaśrīgarbhanetra Buddha; Namo Asaṅgamanas-jvāla Buddha; Namo Thousand Moons Light Treasury Buddha; Namo Joy in Dharma Practice Buddha; Namo Maṇibhadra Light Buddha; Namo Lion Broad Eye Buddha; Namo Born of the Ten Powers Victorious Buddha; Namo Wisdom Maker Buddha; Namo Boundless Vigour Subduer of All Foes Buddha; Namo Great Victorious Arising Dharma Buddha; Namo Amoghadarśin Buddha; Namo Boundless Life Buddha; Namo Contemplating Dharma Wisdom Buddha; Namo Unhindered Vigour Sun Well-Reflecting Swift Flight King Buddha; Namo Non-Benefiting-Others Mind Buddha; Namo Boundless Sight Buddha; Namo Wisdom-Seen Dharma Buddha; Namo Seed of All Wholesome Roots Buddha; Namo Superior Wisdom Victorious Undertaking Merit Buddha; Namo Wisdom Fragrance Victorious Buddha; Namo Wisdom Superior Śikhin King Buddha; Namo Merit and Virtue Victorious Wisdom Gata Buddha; Namo Inconceivable Dharma Flower Roar King Buddha; Namo Dharma Pure Victorious Buddha; Namo Inconceivable Meru Victorious Buddha; Namo Able to Open Dharma Gates Buddha; Namo Vairocana Dharma Ocean Fragrance King Buddha; Namo Power King Well-Abiding Dharma King Buddha; Namo Victorious Power Scattering All Evils King Buddha; Namo Boundless Joy Vision Buddha; Namo Well-Transforming Merit Flame Flower King Buddha; Namo Seeing the Other Shore Buddha; Namo Well-Transforming Adornment Buddha; Namo Seeing the Place of Joy Buddha; Namo Nyagrodha King Victorious Buddha; Namo Wondrous Victorious Buddha; Namo Great Power Wisdom Swift Flight King Buddha; Namo Dharma Purity Buddha; Namo Firm Parasol Accomplishment Buddha; Namo All-Knowledge Requisite Victorious Buddha; Namo Entering Victorious Wisdom Sovereign Mountain Buddha; Namo All Worlds Sovereign and Bridge-Endowed Victorious Buddha; Namo Exhaustive Gathering Victorious Buddha; Namo Pure Precept Merit King Buddha; Namo Padma-Scattering Wisdom Abundant Adornment Buddha; Namo Single King Buddha; Namo Greatly Multiplied People’s Peace Buddha; Namo Twofold Victorious Sound Merit Buddha; Namo Rounded and Firm Buddha; Namo Strongman Buddha; Namo Jewel Pearl Maṇi Fire Buddha; Namo Great Ocean Meru Buddha; Namo Victorious King Buddha; Namo Non-Abiding Buddha; Namo Not Empty Merit Buddha; Namo Initial Detachment from Turbidity King Buddha; Namo Space Traveling Buddha; Namo Unhindered Fame Buddha; Namo Sound Mountain Buddha; Namo Inconceivable Arising Samādhi Fame Buddha; Namo Devas' and Brahma King's Ketu Buddha; Namo Revealing Non-Meaning King Buddha; Namo Defilement Guard King Buddha; Namo Illuminating Merit Buddha; Namo Sovereign Eye Buddha; Namo Wisdom Tranquility Accomplished Nature Buddha; Namo Unobstructed Wisdom Accomplishment Buddha; Namo Expounding Definite Meaning Buddha; Namo Adorning Dharma Lamp Wondrous Fame Buddha; Namo Twofold Jewel Dharma Lamp Buddha; Namo Great Flame Treasury Buddha; Namo Self-Lion Upper Body Adornment Buddha; Namo Wisdom Jewel Condition Adornment Buddha; Namo Subduing the Faculties Pure Eye Buddha; Namo Good Fragrance Conforming Fragrance Padma Buddha; Namo Dharma Moon Buddha; Namo Vast Mind Buddha; Namo Precept Merit Buddha; Namo Constant Mirror Buddha; Namo Conforming Fame Buddha; Namo Dharma Sovereign Buddha; Namo Wish-Fulfilling Adornment Buddha; Namo Gold Treasury Buddha; Namo Guarding Against Greed Buddha; Namo Contemplating Wondrous Meaning Firm Vow Buddha; Namo All-Virtue Wheel Light Buddha; Namo Dharma Roar Wisdom Brightness Buddha; Namo Amṛta Light Buddha; Namo Boundless Adornment Buddha; Namo Victorious Merit Field Buddha; Namo Well-Determined All Dharmas Adornment Buddha."

22.6

The Buddha told Śāriputra: "Such immeasurable and boundless Buddhas of the west, you should all take refuge in them with the utmost sincerity."

22.7

The Buddha told Śāriputra: "You should all take refuge in the Buddhas of the north with the utmost sincerity."

22.8

"Namo Jinagarbha Buddha. Namo Īśvaragarbha Buddha. Namo Anantapuṣpanāgaikakusumarāja Buddha. Namo Sarvamāradamanavīra Buddha. Namo Niścitamāra Buddha. Namo Dharmapratirūpa Buddha. Namo Guṇottama Buddha. Namo Girikūṭaprabha Buddha. Namo Dharmarāja Buddha. Namo Samantapūjadīpa Buddha. Namo Bhūmīndra Buddha. Namo Siddhaprāptatathāgatakula Buddha. Namo Sarvaratnasiddhakula Buddha. Namo Dhāraṇīpadaviniścayārtha Buddha. Namo Kṣāntīśvararāja Buddha. Namo Sarvasiddhayaśas Buddha. Namo Tryadhvajñānapravartanavaśin Buddha. Namo Jinābhiśaraṇaguṇasusthita Buddha. Namo Nānāmaṇiprabha Buddha. Namo Jinaguṇa Buddha. Namo Buddhaguṇottama Buddha. Namo Niravaśeṣasākṣī Buddha. Namo Buddhadarśanaprāpta Buddha. Namo Atītabuddhānugata Buddha. Namo Mahāmaitrīsiddhikarunoceha Buddha. Namo Siṃhamati-adhitiṣṭhati Buddha. Namo Asattvasthitabhūtakoṭirāja Buddha. Namo Svakuladharmāprāptasiddhi Buddha. Namo Mahājñānālaṃkārakāya Buddha. Namo Jñānayaśas Buddha. Namo Buddhadharmamūrdhan Buddha. Namo Sarvasattvaguṇa Buddha. Namo Sarvadharmamukhakrānta Buddha. Namo Vaśavartīndra Buddha. Namo Paripūrṇamanoratha Buddha. Namo Mahāvaiḍūrya Buddha. Namo Bodhiprabha Buddha. Namo 'Cintyadharmajñānaprabha Buddha. Namo Candanāmogharāja Buddha. Namo 'Samalapadmaketudhvaja Buddha. Namo Dharmavittasvararāja Buddha. Namo Dharmapravicayajñātayaśas Buddha. Namo Jñānamālakalpa Buddha. Namo Buddhadarśanaviśuddhapuṇḍarīka Buddha. Namo Jñānavaśitāyaśas Buddha. Namo Chinnanantakāṅkṣā Buddha. Namo Sattvopāyavaśirāja Buddha. Namo 'Nantabodhivikramāsaṅgacintā Buddha. Namo Dharmacaryābhūmisusthita Buddha. Namo Samantasattvadhātuprathita Buddha. Namo Jitavīryamāra-dṛḍhamati Buddha. Namo Devarājavaśiratnasambhāvarāja Buddha. Namo Yathābhūtācāragarbha Buddha. Namo Sarvapramodotpādacandradarśana Buddha. Namo Mahāśīghrabodhisādhana Buddha. Namo Nānāmaṇisvararājagarjita Buddha. Namo Nirvīkṣaṇarāja Buddha. Namo 'Nivartyavīra Buddha. Namo Buddhakṣetrālaṃkārakāya Buddha. Namo Dharmasvaravaśin Buddha. Namo Jñānamūlapuṣpaketu Buddha. Namo Nirmāṇakāyāsaṅgayaśas Buddha. Namo Sarvanāgamaṇigarbha Buddha. Namo Dharmasvaravaśin Buddha. Namo Dharmasvaradarśana Buddha. Namo Dharmāmṛtaśarīra Buddha. Namo 'Nantaratnapuṇyasaṃbhāragarbha Buddha. Namo Viśuddhacaryāpuṣpa Buddha. Namo Mahādharmarājapuṣpottama Buddha. Namo Sarvakṣayākṣayagarbha Buddha. Namo Puṣpagirigarbha Buddha. Namo Jñānākāśagiri Buddha. Namo Jñānabalābhedya Buddha. Namo 'Saṅgadṛḍhānugatajñāna Buddha. Namo 'Nantamahāsamudragarbha Buddha. Namo Jñānarājākṣayayaśas Buddha. Namo Vikrāntacittarāja Buddha. Namo Prakṛtiviśuddhajñāna Buddha. Namo Jñānavaśitādharmarāja Buddha. Namo Jinacaryā Buddha. Namo Vajradarśin Buddha. Namo Dharmaparipūrṇānuśandhigandha Buddha. Namo Nāgacandra Buddha. Namo Indrābhinandita Buddha. Namo 'Saṅgarāja Buddha. Namo Ratnendracakrarāja Buddha. Namo Sarvasattvagauravotpādayaśas Buddha. Namo Mahāprabhāvaprabhācakrarāja Buddha. Namo Sarvasattvasaṃśayacchid Buddha. Namo Jñānaratnadharmadarśin Buddha. Namo 'Nāvaraṇapāra Buddha. Namo Vimalacūḍa Buddha. Namo Prabhāpramuñca Buddha. Namo Giriśakticandragarbha Buddha. Namo Cittavaśirāja Buddha. Namo Dṛḍhābhayapramukha Buddha. Namo Dṛḍhavīryaratna Buddha. Namo Dṛḍhacittasusthitarāja Buddha. Namo 'Ndhakāratimirapramardin Buddha. Namo Puruṣottamapuṇḍarīka Buddha. Namo Śatāryagarbha Buddha. Namo Vicitrapadmagarbha Buddha. Namo Samadharmakāyadarśana Buddha. Namo Sattvacandra Buddha. Namo Siṃhagata Buddha. Namo Mahāprabhāva Buddha. Namo Mañjusvara Buddha. Namo 'Nantaprabha Buddha. Namo Priyadarśana Buddha. Namo Mahāpramukha Buddha. Namo Jinapramukha Buddha. Namo Rucirasvara Buddha. Namo Bhūtadarśana Buddha. Namo Viśuddhayaśas Buddha. Namo Siṃhamati Buddha. Namo Guṇasvara Buddha. Namo Surabhigandha Buddha. Namo Vidyuddīpa Buddha. Namo Padmaprabha Buddha. Namo Mahāprabha Buddha. Namo Brahmasvara Buddha. Namo 'Kāṅkṣa Buddha. Namo 'Nantavīrya Buddha. Namo Candramukha Buddha. Namo 'Nantaprabha Buddha. Namo Priyaprabhāva Buddha. Namo Saṃśayavikiraṇa Buddha. Namo Guṇadīpa Buddha. Namo 'Guptaprabhāva Buddha. Namo 'Nantagarbha Buddha. Namo Prabhāvikramin Buddha. Namo Vipulayaśas Buddha. Namo Vigatadhvaja Buddha. Namo Vivardhitārya Buddha. Namo Samantadarśana Buddha. Namo 'Parājita Buddha. Namo Prabhāvarāśi Buddha. Namo Dṛḍhavikrama Buddha. Namo Manuṣyayaśas Buddha. Namo 'Nantarūpa Buddha. Namo Mahāprabhāsa Buddha. Namo Mañjusvara Buddha. Namo 'Kampitavikrama Buddha. Namo 'Nantavyūha Buddha. Namo Mahāviśuddha Buddha. Namo Prabhāvarāśiprabha Buddha. Namo Jñānapratiṣṭhita Buddha. Namo Kanakadṛḍha Buddha. Namo Priyavimokṣa Buddha. Namo Priyābhirucita Buddha. Namo 'Mṛtagarbha Buddha. Namo Samantāvalokana Buddha. Namo Mahācaryā Buddha. Namo Sūkṣmaprabhāva Buddha. Namo Daśadiggaurava Buddha. Namo Punarvāda Buddha. Namo Prabhottama Buddha. Namo Prabhālaṃkāra Buddha. Namo Siṃhavikrīḍita Buddha. Namo Sudarśana Buddha. Namo 'Mṛtavikrama Buddha. Namo Candracandrātapa Buddha. Namo Guṇayaśas Buddha. Namo Gatamūla Buddha. Namo Viśuddhasvara Buddha. Namo 'Saṅgacakra Buddha. Namo 'Mṛtasvara Buddha. Namo Sattvapūjanīya Buddha. Namo Manorathaprabhāva Buddha. Namo 'Nantarūpa Buddha. Namo Mahābala Buddha. Namo Kṣipravyūha Buddha. Namo Samantāvabhāsadarśin Buddha. Namo Vikramaguṇa Buddha. Namo Vicitrarūpa Buddha. Namo Manoratha Buddha. Namo Ratnālaṃkāra Buddha. Namo Unnataprabha Buddha. Namo Vimokṣavikrama Buddha. Namo Guṇālaṃkāra Buddha. Namo Niṣṭhāgataprāptajñāna Buddha. Namo Jātayajñaketu Buddha. Namo 'Kampyajñāna Buddha. Namo Caritramati Buddha. Namo Vicitrarūpa Buddha. Namo Satyabhūtarūpa Buddha. Namo Mahāsvara Buddha. Namo Sucintita Buddha. Namo Guṇapuṣpa Buddha. Namo Lokacintā Buddha. Namo Mahocchrayaprabha Buddha. Namo 'Nupamavikrama Buddha. Namo Viśuddhabuddhi Buddha. Namo Candrādhirāja Buddha. Namo Candradīpa Buddha. Namo 'Nantaprabha Buddha. Namo Nānāsūrya Buddha. Namo Devanagara Buddha. Namo Cittaviśuddha Buddha. Namo Padmagarbha Buddha. Namo Nityapravicayajñāna Buddha. Namo Siṃhasvara Buddha. Namo 'Nantaprabha Buddha. Namo Jinasvara Buddha. Namo Priyamanorathajñānaprabha Buddha. Namo Guṇaprabha Buddha. Namo Vaśiprabha Buddha. Namo Viśuddhālaṃkārakāya Buddha. Namo 'Kalilārtha Buddha. Namo Yogyaprabhāva Buddha. Namo Siddhārthajñāna Buddha. Namo Mahāsvaraprāpta Buddha. Namo Vasudhāsvara Buddha. Namo Uttamaprabha Buddha. Namo Suniścitacintā Buddha. Namo Satyabhānu Buddha. Namo Ogha-andhakāraprabha Buddha. Namo Vipulaprabhāva Buddha. Namo Uttaramāṭha Buddha. Namo Yaśasketu Buddha. Namo Guṇaviśuddha Buddha. Namo Dharmadīpa Buddha. Namo Jinaguṇa Buddha. Namo Senāpatipriyamukha Buddha. Namo Siṃhavikramagata Buddha. Namo Sattvacintā Buddha. Namo Sāgarajñāna Buddha. Namo Padmagarbha Buddha. Namo Chatrarṣi Buddha. Namo Śālarāja Buddha. Namo Sūryaprabha Buddha. Namo Bodhirasa Buddha. Namo Śāntendriya Buddha. Namo Bhānuprabha Buddha. Namo Puṇḍarīkaprabha Buddha. Namo Meruprabha Buddha. Namo Candramukha Buddha. Namo Saritāgata Buddha. Namo Sarvānīkacakṣu Buddha. Namo Dharmaprabha Buddha. Namo Śīlaprasanna Buddha.

22.9

"Next, pay homage to the great storehouse of the wheel of the Dharma in twelve divisions of venerable scriptures.

22.10

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

22.11

"Namo Guṇalakṣaṇālaṃkāra Bodhisattva. Namo Brahmajāla Bodhisattva. Namo Ratnavitta Bodhisattva. Namo 'Nālambana Bodhisattva. Namo Kṣetrālaṃkāra Bodhisattva. Namo Prabhālaṃkāradāraka Bodhisattva. Namo Jagaddhara Bodhisattva. Namo Bhadraka Bodhisattva. Namo Durjaya Bodhisattva. Namo Prabhāsakara Bodhisattva. Namo Sadāprarudita Bodhisattva. Namo Dharmodgata Bodhisattva. Namo Dharmavaśavartin Bodhisattva. Namo Guṇagupta Bodhisattva. Namo 'Nimiṣa Bodhisattva. Namo Guṇacūḍa Bodhisattva. Namo Sunakṣatra Bodhisattva. Namo Subāhu Bodhisattva. Namo Puṣya Bodhisattva. Namo Viśuddhavimukti Bodhisattva. Namo Sumati Bodhisattva. Namo Sandarśana Bodhisattva. Namo Samantagupta Bodhisattva. Namo Priyadarśana Bodhisattva. Namo Prabhālakṣaṇa Bodhisattva. Namo Gambhīramati Bodhisattva. Namo 'Pratihata Bodhisattva. Namo Uttama Bodhisattva. Namo Puṇyakṣetra Bodhisattva. Namo Guṇagarbha Bodhisattva. Namo Candrottara Bodhisattva. Namo Maṇicūḍarāja Bodhisattva. Namo Rucirasatya Bodhisattva. Namo Matidarśana Bodhisattva. Namo Ārohāṇarāja Bodhisattva. Namo Gambhīrarāja Bodhisattva. Namo Puṣparāja Bodhisattva. Namo Vicitrarūpa Bodhisattva. Namo Suprabhāsa Bodhisattva. Namo Suprativāda Bodhisattva.

22.12

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

22.13

"Reverently pay homage to all the noble and holy śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas.

22.14

"Having paid homage to the triratna, next perform kṣamā again:

22.15

"Disciples, with utmost sincerity, repent of the sin of lustful desire! A sūtra says: 'Merely because of lustful desire one is shut within the prison of delusion, sinking in the river of saṃsāra with no one able to escape.' It is through the conditions of these five desires that sentient beings have drifted through saṃsāra from the beginningless past. In the course of a single kalpa, the accumulated bones of a single sentient being would equal Mount Vipula at Rājagṛha, the mother's milk one has drunk would equal the waters of the four oceans, and the blood shed from one's body would surpass even this; the tears shed by one's parents, siblings, and six kinds of relations weeping at one's death would be as the ice of the four oceans. Therefore, it is said: 'When there is craving, there is birth; when craving is exhausted, [birth] ceases. Thus we know that craving and love are the root of saṃsāra.' For this reason, a sūtra says: 'The sin of lustful desire can cause sentient beings to fall into the hells and among hungry ghosts to suffer torment; if among animals, one receives bodies such as those of snipes, sparrows, and mandarin ducks; if born among human beings, one's wife will not be chaste and good, and one's family and dependents will not be to one's liking.' Since lustful desire incurs such evil karmic fruit, we disciples today, with utmost sincerity, bow our heads to the ground and take refuge in the Buddhas!"

22.16

"Namo to the Buddha Wheel of Light of the eastern direction; namo to the Buddha Opening Light of the southern direction; namo to the Buddha Practicing Wisdom of the western direction; namo to the Buddha Great Vaidūrya of the northern direction; namo to the Buddha Delighting in the Lotus Crest of the southeastern direction; namo to the Buddha Harmony of Wisdom of the southwestern direction; namo to the Buddha Unsurpassed Victorious Honoured One of the northwestern direction; namo to the Buddha Pure Eyes Free of Defilement of the northeastern direction; namo to the Buddha Complete with Light of the nadir; namo to the Buddha Most Pure Immeasurable Banner of the zenith.

22.17

"We pay homage to all such Triratnas throughout the ten directions and the entirety of empty space.

22.18

"We, your disciples, from anādikāla down to the present day, have perhaps committed adultery with the wives and concubines of others or seized other men's women, violated the chaste and defiled bhikṣuṇīs, broken others' celibate practice (brahmacarya) and coerced them unrighteously, gazed with impure minds and improper looks, teasing and mocking in our speech; or brought shame upon others' families and defiled their virtuous and good reputations; or engaged in impure conduct with men or the five types of [sexually ambiguous] persons. Transgressions such as these are limitless and boundless. Today, with utmost sincerity, we take refuge and make kṣamā.

22.19

"We, your disciples, from anādikāla down to the present day, have perhaps taken female bodies, with minds like wild horses, constantly licentious day after day, never settled for a single moment. Constantly harboring depraved thoughts and perpetually giving rise to lustful ideations, or in saṅghārāmas and assembly halls, having no mind to listen to the Dharma, our eyes constantly staring with lust; or desiring śramaṇas and ruining other men. Giving no credence to the Buddha-Dharma, giving free rein to lustful passions, causing our minds to drift upon the great sea, darkly losing sight of the shore; or defiling the three robes and Dharma vestments of the Saṅgha; or engaging in impure conduct within the courtyards and halls of monasteries, groping and fondling one another. Transgressions such as these are limitless and boundless. Today, with shame and remorse, with our whole hearts we make kṣamā.

22.20

"Furthermore, we, your disciples, from anādikāla down to the present day, have perhaps taken female bodies and constantly harbored lust, or usurped other women's husbands and infatuated men; or made talismans and spells to curse and hex other wives to bring them affliction—such people having little merit and being possessed by evil spirits, so that various illness-causing demons thereby found an opportunity, and failing to meet a good physician, they eventually died. Transgressions such as these are limitless and boundless. Today, with shame and remorse, disclosing and repenting our faults, with utmost sincerity we bow our heads to the ground, take refuge, and make kṣamā.

22.21

"Furthermore, we, your disciples, from anādikāla down to the present day, have perhaps, with our eyes [craving] form, been attached to black and yellow, red and green, vermilion and purple, rare curios and jeweled ornaments; or seized upon the marks of men and women—their height, shortness, fairness, darkness, and alluring postures—giving rise to unlawful thoughts; or, with our ears coveting fine sounds—the musical notes, strings, pipes, theatrical entertainment, and singing; or seized upon the marks of men's and women's voices, speech, weeping, and laughing, giving rise to unlawful thoughts; or, with our noses relying upon renowned fragrances—musk, secluded orchids, saffron, and storax—giving rise to unlawful thoughts; or, with our tongues coveting fine tastes—fresh, savory, sweet, and rich meats and blood of living beings to nourish our four great elements, further increasing the root of suffering—giving rise to unlawful thoughts; or, with our bodies taking pleasure in flowers, brocades, embroideries, silks, gauzes, and all manner of smooth, fine, seven-jeweled splendid garments, giving rise to unlawful thoughts; or, with our minds having many scattered thoughts, whatever they touch turns contrary to the Dharma. Harboring these six kinds of ideation, the transgressions created are especially severe. Transgressions such as these are limitless and boundless. Today, with utmost sincerity, before the Buddhas, the revered Dharma, and the noble Sangha of the ten directions, we take refuge and make kṣamā.

22.22

"May we, your disciples, through the merit generated by this kṣamā of sins of sexual desire and the like, in life after life be naturally born by transformation without relying on the womb, pure and spotless, resplendent with marks and signs, with our six sense faculties bright, sharp, and clear, fully comprehending that affection and love are like fetters. May we contemplate these six dusts as illusions and phantoms, definitely feel disgust and detachment toward the realms of the five desires, not give rise to depraved thoughts even in our dreams, and never be moved by internal or external conditions.

22.23

"May the merit of repenting the eye faculty enable these eyes to see through the ten directions, beholding the pure Dharmakāya of all Buddhas and bodhisattvas free from dualistic marks. May the merit of repenting the ear faculty enable these ears to constantly hear the true Dharma spoken by all the Buddhas and noble sages of the ten directions, and to practice in accordance with the teaching. May the merit of repenting the nose faculty enable this nose to constantly smell the incense of Gandhavyūha that enters the stage of the Dharma, abandoning the foul stench of birth-and-death. May the merit of repenting the tongue faculty enable this tongue to constantly feast on the food of Dharma joy and dhyāna bliss, not coveting the taste of the flesh and blood of living beings. May the merit of repenting the body faculty enable this body to wear the Tathāgata's robes, don the armor of patience, recline on the bed of fearlessness, and sit upon the seat of the four dhyānas. May the merit of repenting the mind faculty enable this mind to accomplish the ten notions, thoroughly master the five sciences, deeply contemplate the empty and equal principle of the two truths, give rise to the ten wondrous practices from expedient wisdom, enter the flowing stream of Dharma with every thought increasing in clarity, and manifest the Tathāgata's great forbearance of the non-arising of dharmas (anutpattikadharmakṣānti)."

22.24

Mahāyāna Lotus Sūtra of Baoda's Questions and Answers on the Karmic Retribution of Śramaṇas

22.25

Baoda then stepped forward and entered the Hooked-Genitals Hell. Why is it called the Hooked-Genitals Hell? That hell is thirty yojanas in length and breadth. Within it, flowing fire pours out and spreads entirely across the ground; its four walls are just the same. In the middle are countless sinners. The hell-warden yakṣas hold iron hooks in their hands, aim at the genitals of the sinners, and hook them. Fire blazes from the hooks and penetrates upward into their chests and hearts; fire blazes atop their hearts, piercing through both abdomen and back. Because of their retribution for lustful karma, [the flames] transform into women, appearing just as those they had previously seen during their lives. Once the sinners see them, the fire of lust arises and they run toward them. The bodies of those women are made of vajra-iron, blazing with fiery heat. When [the sinners] reach them, they embrace the sinners; upon being embraced, [the sinners'] bodies are crushed to pieces. [The women] then press their mouths to theirs and eat their lips, and their bodies are also devoured. When consumed, they are reborn; once reborn, they are eaten again. The same happens to those women who lust after men: their minds of lust are unsettled, and the fire of lust blazes constantly. Such bitter torment and intense pain are hard to bear. At this time, the multitude of sinners still have no repentance. In a single day and night, they undergo limitless punishment, dying a thousand deaths and being born a thousand times, dying ten thousand deaths and being born ten thousand times, and only after passing through immeasurable hundreds of thousands of myriads of kalpas do they attain release. Due to the residue of their karmic fruit, they are born among animals as filth-dwelling worms. After two hundred thousand lifetimes, they attain birth among humans; for five hundred lifetimes they die in the womb, and for another five hundred lifetimes after being born, their sex cannot be discerned, their eyes are malformed, they are destitute, orphaned, and exposed, their lifespans are short, or sometimes when they have a wife, she is violated by others, or they themselves covet the women of others, unable to restrain themselves, perpetually cutting off their lineage.

22.26

Baoda asked the horse-headed rākṣasa, "What deeds did these śramaṇas commit to undergo such punishment?"

22.27

The horse-headed rākṣasa replied, "These śramaṇas received the pure precepts of the Buddha but were unable to keep them purely; thus they engaged in sexual desire and indulged their six senses. Due to these causes and conditions, they receive such punishment."

22.28

Hearing this, Baoda wept with sorrow and departed.

22.29

Sūtra on the Names of the Buddhas, Fascicle Twenty-Two

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佛說佛名經 — Classical Chinese