佛說佛名經 30.20
English (machine translation) 30.20
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30.20
"We disciples, from immeasurable kalpas until today, have through the four inverted views spoken of the four parājika dharmas as sthūlātyayas, spoken of sthūlātyaya dharmas as the four parājikas, spoken of offenses as non-offenses and non-offenses as offenses, spoken of light offenses as heavy and heavy offenses as light, regarded the pure as impure and the impure as pure. Or through wrong views, we have praised and expounded worldly texts without revering Buddhist sūtras, engaged in various evil debates, kept the eight impure things, regarded what is truly the Buddha's word as Māra's word, and regarded what is truly Māra's word as the Buddha's word. Or we have believed and accepted what the six teachers preached; or we have made such statements that the Tathāgata has today returned to nirvāṇa and that the Triratna is impermanent, giving rise to delusions in body and mind with immeasurable inverted views. Therefore, today, with immeasurable fear and immeasurable shame and conscience, we take refuge in the Triratna, the compassionate Buddhas, the Vaipulya [sūtras], our parents, and the bodhisattva spiritual companions. Grant permission for us to disclose and confess!"
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