佛說佛名經 5
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5.1
"Namo Samantajaya Tathāgata of the Fearless World; namo Jñānayaśas Tathāgata of the Ten Directions' Fame World; namo Parvatarāja Tathāgata of the Earth World; namo Padmacakraviṣayajayarāja Tathāgata of the Earth Merit World; namo Susthita Tathāgata of the Dīpacakra World; namo Mahāvyūhabuddhaviṣaya Tathāgata of the Samantavyūha World; namo Kṛtasarvapuṇya Tathāgata of the Āśraya World; namo Atyantaniṣpanna-buddharatnapuṇya Tathāgata of the Pramuditā World; namo Jñānottarajaya Tathāgata of the Nakṣatracaryā World; namo Jñānasamudgata-prabhātejendrarājajaya Tathāgata of the Chatracaryāvyūha World; namo Padmasambhavarāja Tathāgata of the Padma World.
5.2
"Namas to all such measureless and boundless Buddhas, Arhats, and Samyaksaṃbuddhas.
5.3
"Namo Dharmaviṣayeśvara Buddha (the Central Asian manuscript says that from here downward all have world systems, omitted and not clearly specified, as should be understood); namo Candrāntaprabha Buddha; namo Gandhaprabha Buddha; namo Amitaprabha Buddha; namo Padmaparvata Buddha; namo Padmasambhavajaya Buddha; namo Candanajaya Buddha; namo Ratnakūṭa Buddha; namo Jñāna Buddha.
5.4
"Namas to all such measureless and boundless Buddhas, Arhats, and Samyaksaṃbuddhas.
5.5
"Namo Abhayaṃkararāja Buddha; namo Puṇyaniṣpannajaya Buddha; namo Prabhāketu Buddha; namo Amitapuṇyakṛta Buddha; namo Puṇyaniṣpannajaya Buddha; namo Sarvapuṇyaniṣpannajaya Buddha; namo Padmaniṣpannajaya Buddha; namo Dīpadhara Buddha; namo Ratnottarajaya Buddha; namo Suvarṇapuṣpa Buddha.
5.6
"Namas to all such measureless and boundless Buddhas, Arhats, and Samyaksaṃbuddhas.
5.7
"Namo Uttararāja Buddha; namo Nakṣatrarāja Buddha; namo Amitameru Buddha; namo Gaganacakraviśuddharāja Buddha; namo Amitasvara Buddha; namo Ratnaparvata Buddha; namo Nānāratnakusumapuṣpa Buddha; namo Jayagaṇa Buddha; namo Nirrajas-vigatarajo-'bhyudgata Buddha.
5.8
"Namas to all such measureless and boundless Buddhas, Arhats, and Samyaksaṃbuddhas.
5.9
"Namo Anālayācārapravartaka Buddha; namo Suvarṇapuṣpa Buddha; namo Ratnāgāra Buddha; namo Nānāpuṣpaniṣpanna Buddha; namo Prabhāpramocaka Buddha; namo Kusuma-niṣpanna Buddha; namo Chatrapramocaka Buddha; namo Yaśobalarāja Buddha; namo Viśuddhasvara Buddha; namo Viśuddhaji Buddha.
5.10
"Namas to all such measureless and boundless Buddhas, Arhats, and Samyaksaṃbuddhas.
5.11
"Namo Amitasaṅgha Buddha; namo Pramukha Buddha; namo Asangacakṣus Buddha; namo Sarvagatividhvaṃsaka Buddha; namo Sarvasaṃśayacchid Buddha; namo Animittasvara Buddha; namo Atyantānantapuṇyaprāpta Buddha; namo Ratnaniṣpannajaya Buddha; namo Padmottarajaya Buddha; namo Ratnottara Buddha.
5.12
"Namas to all such past and future measureless and boundless Buddhas, Arhats, and Samyaksaṃbuddhas.
5.13
"Namo Asaṅgapravṛttacaryā Buddha; namo Ananta Buddha; namo Ratnameru Buddha; namo Sūryadīpottarajaya Buddha; namo Jñānaniṣpannajaya Buddha; namo Utpaladīpa Buddha; namo Daśadigdīpa Buddha; namo Bhadrajaya Buddha; namo Sālendrarāja Buddha; namo Siṃha Buddha; namo Ratnameru Buddha; namo Mahāvipaśyin Buddha; namo Vicitrajayaprabha Buddha; namo Puṇyarājaprabha Buddha; namo Kusumavānarāja Buddha; namo Amitaprabha Buddha.
5.14
"Namas to all such measureless and boundless Buddhas, Arhats, and Samyaksaṃbuddhas.
5.15
"Namo Guṇaikarasa Buddha; namo Daśadigdīpa Buddha; namo Bhadrajaya Buddha; namo Sālendrarāja Buddha; namo Siṃha Buddha; namo Ratnamerudṛḍha Buddha; namo Vipaśyin Buddha; namo Vidyārāja Buddha; namo Pramukha Buddha; namo Anuttarapramukha Buddha.
5.16
"Namas to all such measureless and boundless Buddhas, Arhats, and Samyaksaṃbuddhas.
5.17
"Namo Mahānāga Buddha; namo Gandhottarajaya Buddha; namo Gandhajayaketu Buddha; namo Candanaveśman Buddha; namo Gandhaketu Buddha; namo Candanagandha Buddha; namo Anantavīrya Buddha; namo Candrottararāja Buddha; namo Daśottaraprabha Buddha; namo Padmottara Buddha; namo Bhaya-padmapuṣpaniṣpannottararāja Buddha.
5.18
"Namas to all such measureless and boundless Buddhas, Arhats, and Samyaksaṃbuddhas.
5.19
"Namo Ratnajāla Buddha; namo Susthitarāja Buddha; namo Gandhaprabharāja Buddha; namo Sarvasukhada Buddha; namo Sarvasmṛtisaṃdarśaka Buddha; namo Amoghāvāc Buddha; namo Sarvabhayāpanodana Buddha; namo Apratiṣṭhitarāja Buddha; namo Ratnaprabha Buddha; namo Sarvasattvayogakṣemasukhada Buddha.
5.20
"Namas to all such measureless and boundless Buddhas, Arhats, and Samyaksaṃbuddhas.
5.21
"Namo Amitaviṣayāvalokana Buddha; namo Gaganālaṅkārajaya Buddha; namo Anantālaṅkāra Buddha; namo Caryāketu Buddha; namo Niṣpannatrāsajayapuṣpa Buddha; namo Bhadrajaya Buddha; namo Viśuddhacakṣus Buddha; namo Mahāsenāpati Buddha; namo Jayābhyudgata Buddha; namo Ajayyaketu Buddha.
5.22
"Namas to all such measureless and boundless Buddhas, Arhats, and Samyaksaṃbuddhas.
5.23
"Namo Āśraya Buddha; namo Amitānanta Buddha; namo Gandhameru Buddha; namo Candramaṇḍalaśrutirāja Buddha; namo Vicitrameruratnaniṣpannajaya Buddha; namo Śrutamerusujaya Buddha; namo Śuddhaji Buddha; namo Asaṅgacakṣus Buddha; namo Anantapuṇyakara Buddha; namo Tejovantarāja Buddha; namo Praṇidhānasusaṃkalpaniṣpanna Buddha; namo Viśuddhacakrarāja Buddha; namo Jñānottara Buddha; namo Vīryarṣi Buddha; namo Jñānaparvata Buddha; namo Digviṃśakāra Buddha; namo Mahāsaṃgītipramukha Buddha; namo Paramapramukha Buddha; namo Jñānagupta Buddha; namo Jayottara Buddha; namo Saṃdarśitasattvaviṣayāsaṅgadarśin Buddha; namo Asiddhaviṣaya Buddha; namo Asaṅgaprabha Buddha; namo Prabhāsamudgatāsaṅga Buddha; namo Buddhapadmottaraniṣpannajaya Buddha; namo Sarvabuddhaviṣayāvalokanasaṃdarśitaśarīra Buddha; namo Dṛḍhavādin Buddha; namo Nirmāṇasvara Buddha; namo Padmajaya Buddha; namo Ratnaniṣpannajaya Buddha; namo Sāgarameru Buddha; namo Vimalamati Buddha; namo Jñānapuṣpaniṣpanna Buddha; namo Samācitottaratejośānta Buddha; namo Vigatarāgaviṣaya Buddha; namo Sarvagrāhopagata Buddha; namo Acintyapuṇyaniṣpannajaya Buddha; namo Saṃdarśananiṣpannajaya Buddha; namo Abhayagata Buddha; namo Gandhavāyu Buddha; namo Asamagandhaprabha Buddha; namo Meghadundubhisvara Buddha; namo Puṇyaniṣpannajaya Buddha; namo 'Mitasphaṭikaviṣayamerukūṭa Buddha; namo Gandhajayameru Buddha; namo Amitameru Buddha; namo Amitaprabha Buddha; namo Samantadarśin Buddha; namo Abhaya Buddha; namo Prāptābhaya Buddha; namo Candradīpa Buddha; namo Agnidīpa Buddha; namo Jayacaryā Buddha; namo Jayagaṇa Buddha; namo Vajrasiddha Buddha; namo Jñāneśvararāja Buddha; namo Jñānabalayaśas Buddha; namo Abhayajaya Buddha; namo Puṇyarājaprabha Buddha; namo Sunetra Buddha; namo Dṛḍheśvararāja Buddha; namo Merurāja Buddha; namo Gaganamēruratnajaya Buddha; namo Bhadrottarajaya Buddha; namo Brahmagarjitasvara Buddha; namo Ratnapuṣpa Buddha; namo Padmaniṣpannajaya Buddha; namo Candanagandha Buddha; namo Sumerukalpa Buddha; namo Jayavyūha Buddha; namo Ratnacchatra Buddha; namo Gandhaprabha Buddha; namo Anantajaya Buddha; namo Amoghasāranāma Buddha; namo 'Cintyapuṇyarājaprabha Buddha; namo Abhayarāja Buddha; namo Padmottarajaya Buddha; namo Nityaprāptavīrya Buddha; namo Bhaiṣajyarāja Buddha; namo Yogakṣema Buddha; namo 'Nantamanocaryā Buddha; namo 'Nantaviṣaya Buddha; namo 'Nantaprabha Buddha; namo 'Nantacakṣus Buddha; namo Suvarṇaviṣaya Buddha; namo 'Nantagaganaviṣaya Buddha; namo Nakṣatrarāja Buddha; namo Gandhottarajaya Buddha; namo Gaganajaya Buddha; namo Vicitrajaya Buddha; namo Digviṃśakāra Buddha; namo Vicitrameru Buddha; namo Asaṅgacakṣus Buddha; namo Vajra Buddha; namo Dīpapradyota Buddha.
5.24
"Namas to all such measureless and boundless Buddhas, Arhats, and Samyaksaṃbuddhas.
5.25
"Namo Agniketu Buddha; namo Bhadravimalatejaprabha Buddha; namo Jñānasaṃcaya Buddha; namo Yaśobalarāja Buddha; namo Puṇyarājaprabha Buddha; namo Darśanajñāna Buddha; namo Padmavicitrajaya Buddha; namo Niṣpannajaya Buddha; namo Ratnaprabha Buddha; namo Ratnapadmajaya Buddha; namo Dūre-apagatasaṃśayaniṣpanna Buddha; namo Gaṇapramukha Buddha; namo Krakucchanda Buddha; namo Keturāja Buddha; namo Padmapuṇya Buddha; namo Prabhāpramocaka Buddha; namo Maitreya Buddha; namo Padmaprabhāprabha Buddha.
5.26
"Namo Jayarāja Buddha; namo Dharmaketu Buddha; namo Amitavikrānta Buddha; namo Sāgarasumeru Buddha; namo Sudarśana Buddha; namo Śākyamuni Buddha; namo Amoghadarśin Buddha; namo Asaṅgagarjitasvara Buddha; namo 'Mitaguṇajayanāmaprabha Buddha; namo Nirvikalpacaryā Buddha; namo 'Nantaprabha Buddha; namo Sunetra Buddha; namo Dakṣiṇāratnasamantagarbha Buddha; namo Vimalāpagatamalavimukta Buddha.
5.27
"Namas to all such measureless and boundless Buddhas, Arhats, and Samyaksaṃbuddhas.
5.28
"Namo the Western Buddha Immeasurable Flowers; namo the Buddha Immeasurable Illumination; namo the Buddha Immeasurable Light; namo the Buddha Immeasurable Radiance; namo the Buddha Immeasurable Realm; namo the Buddha Immeasurable Mastery; namo the Buddha Immeasurable Valor; namo the Buddha Universal Canopy; namo the Buddha Canopy Practice; namo the Buddha Jeweled Canopy; namo the Buddha Constellation King; namo the Buddha Good Constellation; namo the Buddha Wheel of Light; namo the Buddha King of Light; namo the Buddha Supreme Light; namo the Buddha Boundless Sight; namo the Buddha Invincible; namo the Buddha Valor in Boundless Realms; namo the Buddha Unhindered Roaring Voice; namo the Buddha Great Cloud Light; namo the Buddha King of Net; namo the Buddha Well-Attained Equal Light; namo the Buddha Padma Supreme Flower; namo the Buddha Mountain King; namo the Buddha Ascendant Among the Host of Moons; namo the Buddha Lofty Light; namo the Buddha Gathered Together; namo the Buddha Unerring Light; namo the Buddha Supreme King of the Crown; namo the Northern Buddha Unerring Dīpaṃkara; namo the Buddha Unerring Valor; namo the Buddha Unerring Realm; namo the Buddha Unerring Light; namo the Buddha Boundless Vigour; namo the Buddha Śāla Sovereign King; namo the Buddha Jeweled Śāla King; namo the Buddha Universal Canopy King; namo the Buddha King Adorned with Canopies; namo the Buddha Heap of Jewels; namo the Buddha Candana Chamber; namo the Buddha Candana Fragrance; namo the Buddha Immeasurable Light; namo the Buddha Adornment of the Light Wheel; namo the Buddha Unhindered Eyes; namo the Buddha Immeasurable Eyes; namo the Buddha Jeweled Accomplishment; namo the Buddha All Merits; namo the Buddha Merits Accomplished of Buddha-Flowers; namo the Buddha Well-Abiding Wisdom; namo the Buddha Immeasurable Strides; namo the Buddha Unerring Victory; namo the Buddha Jeweled Strides; namo the Buddha Boundless Practice; namo the Buddha Boundlessly Adorned Victory; namo the Buddha Light of the Space-Wheel; namo the Buddha Immeasurable Voice; namo the Buddha King of Medicine; namo the Buddha Fearless; namo the Buddha Free from Horripilation of Terror; namo the Buddha Light of the King of Merit; namo the Buddha Flower Arisen from Contemplating Wisdom; namo the Buddha Stillness of Space; namo the Buddha Voice of Space; namo the Buddha Accomplishment of the Adornment of Space; namo the Nadir Buddha Great Sovereign; namo the Buddha Wonderfully Supreme; namo the Buddha Existent; namo the Buddha Flower Supreme; namo the Buddha Well-Born; namo the Buddha Lion Victory; namo the Buddha Accomplished Benefit; namo the Buddha Lion Guard; namo the Buddha Lion Armor; namo the Buddha Well-Abiding Mountain King; namo the Buddha Pure Meru; namo the Buddha Pure Eyes; namo the Buddha Unerring Footsteps; namo the Buddha Image of Space; namo the Buddha Fragrance Supreme; namo the Buddha Fragrant Mountain; namo the Buddha Immeasurable Eyes; namo the Buddha Accumulation of Fragrance; namo the Buddha Jeweled Host; namo the Buddha Jeweled and Lofty; namo the Buddha Well-Abiding; namo the Buddha Well-Abiding King; namo the Buddha Pure Meru; namo the Buddha Steadfast King; namo the Buddha Wheel of Light; namo the Buddha Fire Lamp; namo the Buddha Not Passing in Vain; namo the Buddha Arisen in Right Thought; namo the Buddha Lion; namo the Buddha Steadfast Sentient Beings; namo the Buddha King Abiding in Supreme Practice; namo the Zenith Buddha Immeasurable Realm; namo the Buddha Supreme King; namo the Buddha Vigorous Victory; namo the Buddha Severer of Doubts; namo the Buddha King of Good Constellations; namo the Buddha Dīpaṃkara; namo the Buddha Radiant Light; namo the Buddha Meru of Light; namo the Buddha Wheel of Light; namo the Buddha Renowned Light; namo the Buddha Lofty Canopy; namo the Buddha Fragrant Canopy; namo the Buddha Jeweled Canopy; namo the Buddha Candana Fragrance; namo the Buddha Candana Victory; namo the Buddha Meru Heap; namo the Buddha Jeweled Light; namo the Buddha Steadfast King; namo the Buddha Pure Merit; namo the Buddha Pure Eyes; namo the Buddha Fearless; namo the Buddha Free from All Fears; namo the Buddha Heap of Accomplishment; namo the Buddha Jeweled Victory; namo the Buddha Mountain King; namo the Buddha Transforming Female Faculties; namo the Buddha Immeasurable Practice; namo the Buddha Supreme Light; namo the Buddha Net-Light Banner; namo the Buddha Cause King; namo the Buddha Pure Bright Virtue of Sun and Moon; namo the Southeastern Buddha Mirror-Like Tathāgata Who Contemplates All Buddha Forms as Foremost; namo the Buddha Valor of Awakening Flowers; namo the Buddha Net Light; namo the Buddha Immeasurable Light Flower; namo the Buddha Jeweled and Steadfast; namo the Buddha Turning the Wheel of Dharma upon Initial Aspiration; namo the Buddha Flower Heap; namo the Buddha Thousand Supreme Lights; namo the Buddha Immovable Strides; namo the Buddha Immeasurable Footsteps; namo the Buddha Born of Immeasurable Vows; namo the Buddha Boundless Vows; namo the Buddha Boundless Realm; namo the Buddha Indeterminate Vows; namo the Buddha Transforming the Womb; namo the Buddha Transforming All Difficulties; namo the Buddha Non-Practicing Mindfulness; namo the Buddha Accomplishing All Mindfulness; namo the Buddha Space; namo the Buddha Existent Victory.
5.29
"Next, pay homage to the great canon wheel of Dharma of the twelve divisions of venerable scriptures.
5.30
"Namo the Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna Sūtra; namo the Ekottarika Āgama; namo the Madhyama Āgama; namo the Dīrgha Āgama; namo the Saṃyukta Āgama; namo the Damamūka-nidāna Sūtra; namo the Lokasthiti Sūtra; namo the Samyuktaratnapiṭaka Sūtra; namo the Lalitavistara Sūtra; namo the Jātaka Sūtra; namo the Yogācārabhūmi Sūtra; namo the Skandhadhātvāyatana Sūtra; namo the Madhyama-utpanna Sūtra; namo the Sūtra on the Arising of [Past] Deeds; namo the Dharmatrāta Dhyāna Sūtra; namo the Arthapada Sūtra; namo the Vyāsa-paripṛcchā Sūtra; namo the Mahā-ānāpāna Sūtra; namo the Treatise on the Dharmacakrapravartana Sūtra; namo the Treatise on the Sūtra on the Four Dharmas of Ratnacūḍa Bodhisattva; namo the Treatise on the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra; namo the Treatise on the Mañjuśrīparipṛcchā-bodhi Sūtra; namo the Mahālaṅkāra-śāstra; namo the Buddha-Nature Treatise; namo the Mahāpuruṣa-śāstra; namo the Madhyāntavibhāga-śāstra; namo the Vigrahavyāvartanī-śāstra; namo the Fo Abhidharma Treatise; namo the Karmasiddhiprakaraṇa; namo the Madhyamaka-śāstra; namo the Anusāra-madhyamaka-śāstra; namo the Śata-śāstra; namo the Treatise on Awakening of Faith; namo the Niḥsvabhāvatā-śāstra; namo the Mahāyānāvatāra-śāstra; namo the Tattvasiddhi-śāstra; namo the Dvādaśanikāya-śāstra; namo the Aṣṭādaśaśūnyatā-śāstra; namo the Ratnagotravibhāga; namo the Upāyahṛdaya-śāstra; namo the *Parīkṣālambana-śāstra; namo the *Granthavimocana-śāstra; namo the Pratītyasamutpāda-śāstra; namo the Dvādaśanidāna-śāstra; namo the Ekasloka-śāstra; namo the Śatākṣara-śāstra; namo the Treatise Refuting the Four Heterodox Schools; namo the Treatise Refuting Heterodox Nirvāṇa; namo the Bodhicittotpāda-śāstra; namo the Treatise on the Nidānas of Pratyekabuddhas.
5.31
"Reverently pay homage to all the great bodhisattva-mahāsattvas of the ten directions.
5.32
"Namo the Bodhisattva King of Adornment; namo the Bodhisattva Adornment of Lands; namo the Bodhisattva Indra's Net; namo the Bodhisattva Heavenly Mountain; namo the Bodhisattva Good Eyes; namo the Bodhisattva Hand Upholding the World; namo the Bodhisattva Great General; namo the Bodhisattva Serene Mind; namo the Bodhisattva Swift Traversing; namo the Bodhisattva Good Arms; namo the Bodhisattva Mountain Peak; namo the Bodhisattva Dharmodgata; namo the Bodhisattva Supreme Vow; namo the Bodhisattva King of Constellation-Mountains of Adorned Marks; namo the Bodhisattva Unimpeded Eloquence; namo the Bodhisattva Stainless Wisdom; namo the Bodhisattva Sāgara; namo the Bodhisattva Severing All Sorrow; namo the Bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha; namo the Bodhisattva Manifest Everywhere; namo the Bodhisattva Accomplished in Dharma Practice; namo the Bodhisattva Deep Practice; namo the Bodhisattva Pure Three Wheels; namo the Bodhisattva Quiescent Mind; namo the Bodhisattva Boundless Merit; namo the Bodhisattva Wisdom Equal to Space; namo the Bodhisattva Padma Eyes; namo the Bodhisattva Vajra Banner; namo the Bodhisattva Adorned with Padma Flowers; namo the Bodhisattva Jeweled Adornment; namo the Bodhisattva Jeweled Path; namo the Bodhisattva Wisdom of the King of Merit; namo the Bodhisattva King of Adornment; namo the Bodhisattva Severing All Adornment Kings; namo the Bodhisattva Adorned with Pure Light; namo the Bodhisattva Deep Voice; namo the Bodhisattva Wondrous Drum Voice; namo the Bodhisattva Nemindhara; namo the Bodhisattva Maheśvara; namo the Bodhisattva Body of All Merits.
5.33
"Namas to all such immeasurable and boundless great bodhisattva-mahāsattvas of the worlds of the ten directions.
5.34
"Reverently pay homage to all the noble and holy ones, the śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas.
5.35
"Namo the Pratyekabuddha Rejoicing; namo the Pratyekabuddha Twelve Bharadvājas; namo the Pratyekabuddha Ten Same-Named Paras; namo the Pratyekabuddha Body of Fire; namo the Pratyekabuddha Same Bodhi; namo the Pratyekabuddha Mahānāman; namo the Pratyekabuddha Mind Supreme; namo the Pratyekabuddha Pure Hair; namo the Pratyekabuddha Good and Joyous; namo the Pratyekabuddha Veda.
5.36
"Namas to all such immeasurable and boundless pratyekabuddhas.
5.37
"Having paid homage to the Triratna, next perform kṣamā again.
5.38
"We disciples have now performed a general kṣamā of all our karmas, and should now once again, in succession, perform specific kṣamā for each one individually. Whether general or specific, coarse or fine, light or heavy, spoken or unspoken, whatever their kinds may be, we pray that all will be eliminated. As for the specific kṣamā: first confess the three [actions] of body, then confess the four of speech, and bow down in succession before the rest of all hindrances. Regarding the three karmas of body: the first is killing and harming. As the sūtra explains, taking oneself as the comparison, one must not kill or use the rod. Although animals are different, their treasuring of life and fear of death are the same. If one investigates these sentient beings since anādikāla, they may have been our fathers, mothers, siblings, or six relations of kinship. Due to karmic causes and conditions, they transmigrate through the six destinies, coming into life and entering into death, altering their forms and changing their retributions so that they no longer recognize one another. Yet now we give rise to harm, eating their flesh and severing the seed of great compassion. For this reason, the Buddha said: 'Even if one obtains other food, one should regard it as the flesh of one's child in a time of famine—how much more so the eating of this fish and meat?' He also said: 'For profit, one kills sentient beings; with money, one acquires the meat of sentient beings. Both are evil karmas; upon death, they fall into the Raurava hell.' Thus we know that killing and harming, as well as consuming [meat], result in guilt deeper than rivers and seas, and offenses heavier than hills and mountains. Yet we disciples, from anādikāla onward, have not encountered good friends and have all committed this karma. Therefore, the sūtra says that the sin of killing and harming can cause sentient beings to fall into the hells and the realm of hungry ghosts to endure suffering. If born 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 harboring malicious intent; or they receive bodies such as roe deer, deer, and bears, constantly harboring terror. If born among humans, they receive two kinds of retribution: first, frequent illness; second, a shortened lifespan. Since killing, harming, and consuming [meat] carry such immeasurable and diverse evil retributions, therefore we disciples today bow our heads with utter devotion and take refuge in the Buddha with the utmost sincerity.
5.39
"Namo the Eastern Buddha Dispelling All Fears; namo the Southern Buddha Sun and Moon Lamp Radiance; namo the Western Buddha Light of Awakening Flowers; namo the Northern Buddha Arising Merit; namo the Southeastern Buddha Eliminating the Murk of Delusion of Living Beings; namo the Southwestern Buddha Sovereign in Non-Arising; namo the Northwestern Buddha King of Great Abhijñā; namo the Northeastern Buddha Mind Free of Stain like Space; namo the Nadir Buddha Identical Image Empty and Nonexistent; namo the Zenith Buddha Supreme Lapis Lazuli Treasury.
5.40
"Namas to all the Triratna throughout the ten directions and the entirety of space."
5.41
"We disciples, from anādikāla down to the present day, having had this conscious mind, have constantly harbored cruelty and malice, lacking a compassionate heart. We have committed killings out of greed, killings out of anger, ignorance, and arrogance. We have devised evil expedients, taking vows to kill, making wishes to kill, and killing through incantations. We have breached lakes and ponds, burned mountains and wilds, hunted in the fields and caught fish, or set fires with the wind, flown falcons, and unleashed hounds, afflicting and harming all sentient beings of the six destinies. Sins such as these are limitless and boundless; today, with utter sincerity, we namas and perform kṣamā.
5.42
"Or with snares, poles, bars, pikes, halberds, bows, and crossbows, we have shot birds of the air and beasts of the field; or with dip-nets, drag-nets, casting-nets, and fishing lines, we have scooped up and dredged aquatic creatures—fish, softshell turtles, giant turtles, alligators, shrimp, clams, snails, mussels, and damp-dwelling sorts—leaving those of water, land, and sky with no place to hide or flee. Or we have raised chickens, pigs, cattle, sheep, dogs, swine, geese, and ducks to supply our own kitchens or sold them for others to butcher, causing their cries of agony not yet to cease while their feathers are plucked, scales damaged, heads severed from bodies, bones and flesh minced to pieces, flayed and butchered, roasted, burned, boiled, and broiled—imposing severe torment, bitter pain, and perverse cruelty upon the innocent. Merely to indulge a fleeting delight of the palate, the flavor obtained is exceedingly little, not exceeding three inches across the tongue, yet its karmic retribution and calamitous consequences endure for eternal kalpas. Sins such as these, today with utmost sincerity, we namas and perform kṣamā.
5.43
"Furthermore, from anādikāla down to the present day, we have raised armies to attack one another, contending on borders and battlefields, with two battle lines facing each other, mutually slaughtering; or we have killed ourselves, instructed others to kill, or rejoiced at hearing of killing; or practiced butchery and mincing, acted as executioners for hire, boiling and slaughtering the lives of others, acting without forbearance; or indulged our wrath, brandishing spears and wielding blades, beheading, stabbing, pushing [others] into pits and trenches, drowning them with water, blocking burrows and destroying nests, crushing and pounding them with earth and stones, or trampling and crushing all living beings under chariots and horses. Sins such as these are limitless and boundless; today we confess them, namas, and perform kṣamā.
5.44
"Furthermore, from anādikāla onward, we have irrigated dry fields, aborted fetuses, dropped offspring, broken eggs, and ruined nests; harmed and killed sentient beings with poison and sorcery; tilled soil and dug the earth, planted fields and gardens, raised silkworms and boiled cocoons, kept cats to catch mice—causing severe harm and killing; or swatted and struck mosquitoes, gadflies, flies, bees, and scorpions; pinched and crushed fleas and lice; or burned away refuse and cleared gutters, wrongfully harming all; or in consuming fruits or using grains, or in water or vegetables, improperly killed sentient beings; or kindled firewood or exposed lamps and candles, burning various types of insects; or consumed sauces and vinegar without checking for movement; or poured out boiling water, scalding insects and ants to death. In this way, even in walking, standing, sitting, and lying down—throughout the four deportments—we have constantly injured and killed subtle living beings flying in the air and clinging to the ground. As disciples, because of ordinary beings' clouded consciousness, we were oblivious and unaware; today we confess them, namas, and perform kṣamā.
5.45
"Furthermore, we disciples, from anādikāla down to the present day, have used whips, canes, cangues, locks, stocks, and fetters, pressing, forcing to stand, interrogating with torture, beating, hurling, kicking and trampling with hands and feet, tying and binding, caging and penning, and cutting off water and grain—in such various evil ways distressing sentient beings. Today, with utmost sincerity toward the Buddhas of the ten directions, the honored Dharma, and the noble Sangha, we namas and perform kṣamā.
5.46
"We pray that we disciples, through the merit generated by this kṣamā of sins of slaughter and harm, may in life after life attain adamantine bodies and inexhaustible lifespans, forever free from enmity and hatred, without thoughts of slaughter and harm; that toward all sentient beings we may attain the stage of regarding them as an only child; and that if we see those in peril, difficulty, or urgent distress, we will not begrudge bodily life to employ expedients to rescue and deliver them, causing them to attain liberation, and thereafter preach for them the subtle, wondrous true Dharma, so that all sentient beings who see our forms or view our shadows will receive peace and joy, and upon hearing our names and listening to our voices, their fears will all be eliminated."
5.47
Mahāyāna Sūtra of Baoda's Questions and Answers on the Karmic Retributions of Śramaṇas
5.48
Shortly thereafter, Baoda entered further into the Hell of Flowing Fire. Why is it named the Hell of Flowing Fire? That hell is two hundred yojanas in length and breadth, surrounded on all sides by an iron wall, covered above with iron netting, with raging fires blazing intensely, and smoke and flames brightly piercing. Caltrops and iron spikes are spread all over the ground; within the hell, streams of fire, smoke, and flames rise together.
5.49
At the western gate, there are six hundred sinners wailing and crying aloud, their entire bodies ablaze with fiercely raging flames. These sinful śramaṇas cry out, saying: 'For what sins of ours have we come into this place?' Leaping and writhing, they are unwilling to advance.
5.50
A horse-headed rākṣasa slaps his ears with his hands, fire issuing from his mouth and eyes; holding a sharp blade in his hand, he chops toward their heads. There are also hungry dogs that come to eat their flesh, hungry ghosts that come to drink their blood, and flying birds that come to feed on their marrow. The horse-headed rākṣasa seizes their arms and drags them; fire blazes beneath his hands, and immediately they are scorched. Streams of fire pour over their bodies, thoroughly scorching and rotting them. In a single day and a single night, they suffer limitless punishment, dying a thousand deaths and living a thousand lives, dying ten thousand deaths and living ten thousand lives.
5.51
Baoda asked the horse-headed rākṣasa, saying: 'By what causes and conditions do these śramaṇas suffer such retribution?'
5.52
The horse-headed rākṣasa answered Baoda, saying: 'These śramaṇas received the Buddha's pure precepts but did not maintain them purely. They received people's faithful offerings of tooth-sticks to rinse their mouths and fragrant decoctions to bathe, wandered through the world bearing the patra to beg for food, outwardly resembling the form of a śramaṇa while inwardly feeling no shame. Due to these causes and conditions, they fall into this hell.'
5.53
When Baoda heard this, he wept sorrowfully with falling tears, and then spoke a gāthā, saying:
5.54
"How could one without bonds / Return into prison?
How could one who emerged from birth-and-death / Return into the three evil destinies?
How could one encounter the floating log / Yet, having seen light, return to darkness?
How could the blown-out fire / Suddenly blaze up again?
Persons of pure practice and liberation / Now suffer great bitter pain."
5.55
Baoda Bodhisattva spoke this gāthā and departed.
5.56
Sūtra on the Names of the Buddhas, Fascicle Five
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- 佛說佛名經 — Classical Chinese