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佛說佛名經 29.19

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29.19

"Because of the manifold evils we disciples have possessed from anādikāla kalpas onward, by these causes and conditions we produce great sorrow and suffering, poverty and deprivation, grief, torment, panic, and fear; our minds are constantly cowed and wretched out of terror of evil karma, and nowhere and at no time do we find even temporary joy. May the greatly compassionate Bhagavats present in the ten directions, who can remove all fears of sentient beings, receive our sincere kṣamā. For all past evils we now repent; the actions we are presently committing we sincerely reveal. What has not yet been done, we dare never do again; the karma that has been done, we dare not conceal. The three kinds of bodily karma, the four of vocal karma, and the actions of the three mental karmas we now repent completely. The perilous difficulties of birth and death, the various difficulties of lust, folly, and kleśas—all such difficulties we now repent completely. The difficulty of mental flightiness, the difficulty of associating with bad companions, the perilous difficulties of the three states of existence, and the difficulties of the three poisons; the difficulty of encountering the state of no hardship, the difficulty of meeting a favorable time, the difficulty of cultivating merit, and the difficulty of also meeting a Buddha—all such difficulties we now repent completely.

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