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佛說佛名經 5.43

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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.

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