佛說佛名經 6

English (machine translation) 6

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6.1

"Namo the Tathāgata Arthasiddhi of the southwest as the foremost; namo the Buddha Arthasiddhisamudācāra; namo the Buddha Siddhadīpta; namo the Buddha Nityasamudācāra; namo the Buddha Susthita; namo the Buddha Apramāṇasamudācāra; namo the Buddha Animittacaryā; namo the Buddha Anantacaryā; namo the Buddha Samantacaryā; namo the Buddha Dīpaprabhākara; namo the Buddha Samantagarbha; namo the Buddha Samantaparvata; namo the Buddha Anantarūpa; namo the Buddha Anantavīrya; namo the Buddha Jālaprabha; namo the Buddha Mandāra; namo the Buddha Prabhācakra; namo the Buddha Sudarśana; namo the Buddha Amoghābhidhāna; namo the Buddha Sarvabhayanāśana; namo the Buddha Apramāṇaguṇarājaprabhākrama; namo the Buddha Anantapuṣpa; namo the Buddha Anantanirghoṣa; namo the Buddha Sukhasaṃcayaprabhāguṇa; namo the Buddha Advayacakra; namo the Buddha Apramāṇaprabhābuddhapuṣpaprabha; namo the Buddha Apramāṇaśabda; namo the Buddha Uccaprabha; namo the Buddha Dṛḍheśvararāja; namo the Buddha Sūryamukha; namo the Buddha Sunetra; namo the Buddha Jinaguṇa; namo the Buddha Ratnapuṣpa; namo the Buddha Ratnasiddhi; namo the Buddha Candrapuṣpa; namo the Buddha Sarvasattvacaryā; namo the Buddha Sarvalokavivartana; namo the Buddha Apramāṇaprabhārūpavirahita; namo the Buddha Abhaya; namo the Buddha Sarvasukhasaṃjñānulomacārin.

6.2

"Namo the Tathāgata Samantagandhaprabha of the northwest as the foremost.

6.3

"Namo the Buddha Prathamagandhaprabhāsa; namo the Buddha Gandhaparvata; namo the Buddha Gandhahastin; namo the Buddha Gandhajina; namo the Buddha Gandhakāya; namo the Buddha Gandhacakra; namo the Buddha Prabhārāja; namo the Buddha Varamahāpadmarāja; namo the Buddha Buddhaviṣaya; namo the Buddha Apramāṇaviṣaya; namo the Buddha Sukha; namo the Buddha Śīghrajina; namo the Buddha Prabhāpramuktapuṣpa; namo the Buddha Chatracaryā; namo the Buddha Puṣpavitāna; namo the Buddha Suvarṇapuṣpa; namo the Buddha Gandhapuṣpa; namo the Buddha Uccarāja; namo the Buddha Sunāyaka; namo the Buddha Sarvasattvādhipati; namo the Buddha Sarvasaṃjñāvivartana; namo the Buddha Apramāṇacaryāpuṣpa; namo the Buddha Apramāṇagandha; namo the Buddha Samantālokaraśmipramukta; namo the Buddha Samantagandhaprabha; namo the Buddha Samantapramuktaraśmi; namo the Buddha Siddhavarapuṣpapramukta; namo the Buddha Ratnajālābhāsa; namo the Buddha Vaprabha; namo the Buddha Ekacatraraṣṭra; namo the Buddha Nakṣatrarāja; namo the Buddha Samavadhāna; namo the Buddha Apratiṣṭhitarāja; namo the Buddha Gandhavāta; namo the Buddha Anantajñānaviṣaya; namo the Buddha Amoghacārin; namo the Buddha Amoghadarśana; namo the Buddha Anāvaraṇanetra; namo the Buddha Prathamacittotpāda; namo the Buddha Apramāṇanetra; namo the Buddha Dīpottama; namo the Buddha Samantaprabha; namo the Buddha Avabhāsaprabha; namo the Buddha Sarvabuddhakṣetrasarvasattvānupacchinnapratibhāna; namo the Buddha Aruṇavikrīḍita; namo the Buddha Apadavikrīḍita.

6.4

"Namo the Tathāgata Sarvaśokocchedan of the northeast as the foremost.

6.5

"Namo the Buddha Free from Sorrow; namo the Buddha Who Delights in Accomplishing Virtues; namo the Buddha King of Fearlessness; namo the Buddha Victorious Meru; namo the Buddha Fragrant Mountain; namo the Buddha Kauṇḍinya; namo the Buddha Great Body Victory; namo the Buddha Precious Lotus Victory; namo the Buddha Flower Accomplishment; namo the Buddha Roaring Eye; namo the Buddha Victorious Assembly; namo the Buddha Boundless Light; namo the Buddha Moon-Victorious Light-Fame; namo the Buddha King of Constellations Supreme among the Saṅgha; namo the Buddha Boundless Light; namo the Buddha Fragrant High Mountain; namo the Buddha King of Fearlessness; namo the Buddha Accomplishing Victorious Fearlessness; namo the Buddha Boundlessly Illuminating Light; namo the Buddha Fragrant Meru; namo the Buddha Free from Fear and Accomplishing Victory; namo the Buddha Moon Accomplishment of Measureless Virtues; namo the Buddha Adorned with All Virtues; namo the Buddha Unsurpassable Banner; namo the Buddha Light of Increasing Protection; namo the Buddha Flower Victory King; namo the Buddha Boundless Accomplished Practice; namo the Buddha Victorious over All; namo the Buddha Pure King of the Space-Wheel; namo the Buddha Measureless Roaring Sound; namo the Buddha Measureless Roar Wondrous Sound; namo the Buddha Precious Victorious Virtue; namo the Buddha Pure Victory; namo the Buddha Unhindered Fragrant Elephant; namo the Buddha Lofty Light; namo the Buddha Great Fame; namo the Buddha Renowned Relative; namo the Buddha Firm Sovereign King; namo the Buddha Sāla King; namo the Buddha Measureless Illumination; namo the Buddha King of Tranquility; namo the Buddha Universal Virtue Increasing Cloud-Sound Lamp; namo the Buddha Great Accumulation; namo the Buddha Lofty Accumulation; namo the Buddha Virtue-King Light; namo the Buddha Firm Aggregation; namo the Buddha Precious Victorious Light; namo the Buddha Utpala Light-Maker; namo the Buddha Moon King; namo the Buddha Candana; namo the Buddha Moon Victory; namo the Buddha Cultivator of Pure Conduct; namo the Buddha Pure Practice; namo the Buddha Victorious over All; namo the Buddha Difficult to Surpass; namo the Buddha Jewel Maker; namo the Buddha Measureless Sound; namo the Buddha Dyuti; namo the Buddha Nāgadeva; namo the Buddha Sūryadeva; namo the Buddha Lion; namo the Buddha Stainless Light; namo the Buddha Wordly Deva; namo the Buddha Victorious Accumulation; namo the Buddha Revered by Sovereign Humans; namo the Buddha Flower Victory; namo the Buddha Arouser of Vigor; namo the Buddha Fire-Wondrous-Fragrance Light-Victory; namo the Buddha Stainless Fragrant Fire Victory; namo the Buddha Universal Vision; namo the Buddha Immovable; namo the Buddha Precious Banner; namo the Buddha Measureless Light; namo the Buddha Wondrous Jewel Sound; namo the Buddha Universal Illumination; namo the Buddha Wisdom Light King; namo the Buddha Maṇi-Light Victory; namo the Buddha Measureless Flower Light Well-Victorious Wisdom; namo the Buddha Rocana; namo the Buddha Wisdom Sovereign; namo the Buddha Water-Gathering Sun; namo the Buddha Fire-Blazing Lamp; namo the Buddha Moon Light; namo the Buddha Unhindered Wisdom; namo the Buddha Flower Fragrance; namo the Buddha Precious Light; namo the Buddha Mandāra Fragrance Joy; namo the Buddha Kauṇḍinya Wisdom Flame; namo the Buddha Great Brightness Fragrance; namo the Buddha Flower Banner; namo the Buddha Unattached Wisdom; namo measureless koṭis of such Vipula Buddhas; namo the Buddha Jewel Maker; namo the Buddha Free from Sorrow and Victorious; namo the Buddha Jewel Mountain; namo the Buddha King of Humans; namo the Buddha Victorious Power; namo the Buddha Fragrant Victory; namo the Buddha Universally Filling Flowers; namo the Buddha Stainless Light; namo the Buddha Delight in Expositions Adorned with Contemplation; namo the Buddha Stainless Moon Banner; namo the Buddha Kusuma Light-Maker; namo the Buddha Fire Practice; namo the Buddha Precious Supreme; namo the Buddha Fearless Contemplation; namo the Buddha Renowned for Joy in Leaving Fear and Bristling Hair; namo the Buddha Lion's Swift Power; namo the Buddha Golden Light Majestic Virtue King.

6.6

"If a kulaputra or kuladuhitṛ bows to and recites the names of these Buddhas for ten days, they will leave behind all adversities and extinguish all sins.

6.7

"Namo the Buddha Victorious in Well-Spoken Increasing Fame; namo the Buddha Universal Light; namo the Buddha Swiftly Transcending Various Adversaries; namo the Buddha Sovereign Banner King; namo the Buddha Measureless Virtues Light-Victory; namo the Buddha Unhindered; namo the Buddha Precious Padma Swift Victory; namo the Buddha Precious Flower Well-Abiding Mountain Sovereign King.

6.8

"If a kulaputra or kuladuhitṛ receives, upholds, and recites the names of these Buddhas, for one asaṃkhyeya kalpa they will transcend the world and not enter the evil destinies.

6.9

"Namo the Buddha Wisdom Lamp; namo the Buddha Light; namo the Buddha Difficult to Subdue; namo the Buddha Universally Illuminating the Worlds of the Ten Directions; namo the Buddha Great Ocean; namo the Buddha Precious Treasury; namo the Buddha Silver Banner; namo the Buddha Banner Sun King; namo the Buddha Majestic Sovereign King; namo the Buddha Awakened King; namo the Buddha Sovereign in the Ten Powers; namo the Buddha Impartial Maker; namo the Buddha Wondrous Victory Free from All Fears and Kleśas Without Hindrance upon First Arousing the Thought [of Awakening]; namo the Buddha Vajra Footsteps; namo the Buddha Swift Footsteps of Precious Image Light; namo the Buddha Swift Subduer of Demonic Doubts; namo the Buddha Candana Victory; namo the Buddha Accomplishing Victory of Non-Retrogression upon First Arousing the Thought [of Awakening]; namo the Buddha Precious Canopy Supreme Light; namo the Buddha Instructor of Bodhisattvas; namo the Buddha Severing All Doubts and Kleśas upon First Arousing the Thought [of Awakening]; namo the Buddha Victorious Light Shattering Darkness Supreme King of Samādhi; namo the Buddha Delight in Expositions Joyful with Cloud Sound; namo the Buddha Pure Fragrance Determinate Light Majestic Virtue King; namo the Buddha Krakucchanda; namo the Buddha Golden Sound; namo the Buddha King of Humans; namo the Buddha Kāśyapa; namo the Buddha Maitreya; namo the Buddha Lion; namo the Buddha Blazing Torch; namo the Buddha Light King; namo the Buddha Sumeru Accumulation; namo the Buddha Holy; namo the Buddha Flower Banner; namo the Buddha Good Constellation; namo the Buddha Great Arm; namo the Buddha Great Lord; namo the Buddha Great Power; namo the Buddha King of Constellations; namo the Buddha King of Medicine; namo the Buddha Renowned Banner; namo the Buddha Great Light; namo the Buddha Fire Accumulation; namo the Buddha Sun Treasury; namo the Buddha Moon Flame; namo the Buddha Moon Illumination; namo the Buddha Good Light; namo the Buddha Free from Sorrow; namo the Buddha Illumination; namo the Buddha Iṣīkā; namo the Buddha Great Light; namo the Buddha Garland-Holder; namo the Buddha Virtue Light; namo the Buddha Vision of the Meaning; namo the Buddha Dīpaṃkara; namo the Buddha Wondrous Song; namo the Buddha King of Medicine; namo the Buddha Tranquil; namo the Buddha Crown-Firm Victorious Majestic Virtue; namo the Buddha Difficult to Surpass; namo the Buddha Virtue Banner; namo the Buddha Rāhula; namo the Buddha Victorious Assembly; namo the Buddha Brahma Sound; namo the Buddha Firm Mind; namo the Buddha Light Maker; namo the Buddha Great High Mountain; namo the Buddha Vajra Ṛṣi; namo the Buddha Precious Padma Eye Power Ṛṣi; namo the Buddha Fearless; namo the Buddha Flower Light Beloved of Humans; namo the Buddha Great Majestic Virtue; namo the Buddha Sun Pure King; namo the Buddha Measureless Life; namo the Buddha Nāga Virtue; namo the Buddha Firm Steps; namo the Buddha Not in Vain Vision; namo the Buddha Vigor Virtue; namo the Buddha Power Protection; namo the Buddha Joyful; namo the Buddha Virtue Victory; namo the Buddha Lion Banner; namo the Buddha Victorious Dharma; namo the Buddha Foremost Joyful King; namo the Buddha Maker of Affection; namo the Buddha Virtue Wisdom; namo the Buddha Fragrant Elephant; namo the Buddha Good Vision; namo the Buddha Cloud Sound; namo the Buddha Good Contemplation; namo the Buddha Good Consciousness; namo the Buddha Stainless; namo the Buddha Moon Supreme; namo the Buddha Great Fame; namo the Buddha Maṇi Jewel; namo the Buddha Victorious King; namo the Buddha Lion Paces; namo the Buddha King of Trees; namo the Buddha Victorious Light; namo the Buddha Constellation; namo the Buddha Great Awakening; namo the Buddha Accumulated Wisdom; namo the Buddha Well Abiding; namo the Buddha Firm Intention; namo the Buddha Amṛta Wisdom; namo the Buddha Good Vision; namo the Buddha Wisdom Light; namo the Buddha Firm Practice; namo the Buddha Well Auspicious; namo the Buddha Precious Banner; namo the Buddha Padma; namo the Buddha Nārāyaṇa; namo the Buddha Delight in Expositions; namo the Buddha Wisdom Maker; namo the Buddha Virtue; namo the Buddha Worthy of Offerings; namo the Buddha Pure Virtue; namo the Buddha Jewel Maker; namo the Buddha Flower Deva; namo the Buddha Good Contemplation of the Meaning; namo the Buddha Supreme Dharma; namo the Buddha Sovereign; namo the Buddha Renowned Wisdom; namo the Buddha Renowned Intention; namo the Buddha Vajra Banner; namo the Buddha Ten Powers; namo the Buddha Swift; namo the Buddha Free from Darkness; namo the Buddha Rāhula Deva; namo the Buddha Meru Banner; namo the Buddha Foremost of the Assembly; namo the Buddha Precious Treasury; namo the Buddha Supreme Cultivation; namo the Buddha Constellation; namo the Buddha Great Awakening; namo the Buddha Honored in the Three Realms; namo the Buddha Virtue Fame; namo the Buddha Sun-Moon Light Lion Banner; namo the Buddha Vilamba King; namo the Buddha Victorious Treasury; namo the Buddha Manifesting Existence; namo the Buddha Moon Light; namo the Buddha Golden Mountain; namo the Buddha Lion Virtue; namo the Buddha Unsurpassable Banner; namo the Buddha Light; namo the Buddha Renowned Vow; namo the Buddha Firm Vigor; namo the Buddha Renowned in Parables; namo the Buddha Free from Fear; namo the Buddha Worthy Deva; namo the Buddha Great Dīpaṃkara; namo the Buddha Many Worlds; namo the Buddha Wondrous Fragrance; namo the Buddha Virtue-Holder; namo the Buddha Free from Darkness; namo the Buddha Incomparable; namo the Buddha Lion; namo the Buddha Spontaneous; namo the Buddha Good Practice; namo the Buddha Precious Fame; namo the Buddha Free from Faults; namo the Buddha Amṛta-Holder; namo the Buddha Human Moon; namo the Buddha Sun Face; namo the Buddha Adornment; namo the Buddha Maṇi Light; namo the Buddha Mountain Accumulation; namo the Buddha High Banner; namo the Buddha Dharma Maker; namo the Buddha Contemplation of the Meaning; namo the Buddha Profound Mind; namo the Buddha Precious Aggregation; namo the Buddha Foremost of the Assembly; namo the Buddha Kalpa; namo the Buddha Swift; namo the Buddha Abiding in Wisdom; namo the Buddha Distinct; namo the Buddha Distinct Mind; namo the Buddha Victorious; namo the Buddha Non-Arising; namo the Buddha Victorious Virtue; namo the Buddha Lion's Roar; namo the Buddha Swift; namo the Buddha Faith of Humans; namo the Buddha Nāga King; namo the Buddha Flower Mountain; namo the Buddha Nāga Joy; namo the Buddha Fragrance Sovereign; namo the Buddha Wondrous Fame; namo the Buddha Deva Power; namo the Buddha Virtue Garland; namo the Buddha Nāga Virtue; namo the Buddha Adorned Eye; namo the Buddha Wisdom of Good Practice; namo the Buddha Wisdom Victory; namo the Buddha Wisdom Illumination; namo the Buddha True Speech; namo the Buddha Sun Light; namo the Buddha Determinate Wisdom; namo the Buddha Precious Supreme Color.

6.10

"Next, pay homage to the Dharma Wheel of the Great Canon of the Twelve Divisions of Venerable Scriptures.

6.11

Namo Ānāpānasmṛti Sūtra; namo Parinirvāṇa Sūtra; namo Sūtra on Future Changes; namo Sūtra on the Past Buddha's Alms-begging; namo Āmrapālī and Jīvaka Sūtra; namo Sūtra on King Śuddhodana's Parinirvāṇa; namo Eight Teachers Sūtra; namo Fundamental Sūtra of Mahākāśyapa; namo Four Vows Sūtra; namo Sūtra on the Woman Who Met with Injustice; namo Sūtra on the Questions of the Elder's Son Bianyi; namo Sūtra on the Embryo; namo Four Self-Inflictions Sūtra; namo Sūtra of the Five Hundred Disciples Telling Their Own Past Lives; namo Seven Daughters Original Sūtra; namo Ānanda's Four Matters Sūtra; namo Sūtra on Desires Bringing Afflictions; namo Sūtra on the Dharmas Receiving Dust; namo Sūtra on the Perception of Dharma in Meditation Practice; namo Four Heavenly Kings Sūtra; namo Sūtra of the Buddha's Brief Admonition Approaching Parinirvāṇa; namo Alternative Translation of the Saṃyuktāgama; namo Sūtra on Upāsikā's Pure Practice; namo Nandi-Śākya Sūtra; namo Sūtra of the Questions of the Stainless Upāsikā; namo Sūtra on the Meritorious Rewards of Making Images; namo Sūtra on the Eternal Abiding of the Dharma; namo Idle Farmer Sūtra; namo King Udayana Sūtra; namo Ānanda's Seven Dreams Sūtra; namo Sūtra of the Secret-Traces Vajrapāṇi's Lamentation on the Buddha Entering Nirvāṇa; namo Sūtra of Kāśyapa Rushing to the Buddha's Nirvāṇa; namo Sūtra on the Encoffining and Funeral After the Buddha's Parinirvāṇa; namo Sūtra on Bathing the Buddha; namo Rāhula's Forbearance Sūtra; namo Sūtra on the Conditions for Going Forth; namo Three Grades of Disciples Sūtra; namo Four Classes Sūtra; namo Seeing the Correct Sūtra; namo Sūtra of the Scolding Bird Anāgāmin; namo Five Non-Reciprocations Sūtra; namo Āgama Right Practice Sūtra; namo Five Terrifying Eras Sūtra; namo Great Fish Affair Sūtra; namo Pindavataki (?) Sūtra; namo King Brahmadatta Sūtra; namo Sūtra of Mahākāśyapa Saving the Poor Mother; namo Central Sūtra; namo Nāga King Brothers Sūtra; namo Sūtra on Subduing the Nāga King.

6.12

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

6.13

"Namo Bodhisattva Luminous Intention; namo Bodhisattva Good Sight; namo Bodhisattva Not Grasping Phenomena; namo Bodhisattva Transforming the Female Organ; namo Bodhisattva Contemplating Great Compassion; namo Bodhisattva Jeweled Canopy Mountain; namo Bodhisattva Cloud Mountain Roar; namo Bodhisattva Array of Nets; namo Bodhisattva Jewel Treasury; namo Bodhisattva Dharmaketu; namo Bodhisattva Sūryaketu; namo Bodhisattva Boundless Ketu; namo Bodhisattva Stainless Treasury; namo Bodhisattva Mountain Peak; namo Bodhisattva Sustaining the Mountain Peak; namo Bodhisattva Sumeru Lamp King; namo Bodhisattva Sumeru Banner; namo Bodhisattva Sumeru Sound; namo Bodhisattva Meru King; namo Bodhisattva Jeweled Staff; namo Bodhisattva Ratnaśikha; namo Bodhisattva Jewel Arrival; namo Bodhisattva Jewel Deva; namo Bodhisattva Adornment with the Joy of Dharma; namo Bodhisattva Adornment King; namo Bodhisattva Mountain Marks Adornment; namo Bodhisattva Gold Adornment Light; namo Bodhisattva Pure Sound Light; namo Bodhisattva Jeweled Topknot; namo Bodhisattva Celestial Auspice; namo Bodhisattva Hundred Lights; namo Bodhisattva Fire Light; namo Bodhisattva Constellation Taste; namo Bodhisattva Constant Weeping; namo Bodhisattva Luminous Excellence; namo Bodhisattva Mastery over All Phenomena; namo Bodhisattva Jewel Wheel; namo Bodhisattva Jewel Torch; namo Bodhisattva Unerring Valor; namo Bodhisattva Cloud Light.

6.14

"I take refuge in these and all other measureless and boundless great bodhisattva-mahāsattvas of the worlds in the ten directions.

6.15

"Reverently I pay homage to all the worthy and noble śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas:

6.16

"Namo Pratyekabuddha Gisa; namo Pratyekabuddha Upagisa; namo Pratyekabuddha Severing Existence; namo Pratyekabuddha Upacira; namo Pratyekabuddha Severing Craving; namo Pratyekabuddha Śīpala; namo Pratyekabuddha Turning to Awakening; namo Pratyekabuddha Ridding Impurity; namo Pratyekabuddha High Departure; namo Pratyekabuddha Asita; namo Pratyekabuddha Influx-Free; namo Pratyekabuddha Arrogance.

6.17

"I take refuge in these and all other measureless and boundless pratyekabuddhas.

6.18

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

6.19

"We, disciples, next repent the karmic actions of robbery and theft. The sūtra states: 'If an object belongs to another and is guarded by another, among such things, not even a single blade of grass or a single leaf should be taken if not given, how much less should it be stolen? Yet sentient beings see only immediate benefit, taking things through diverse illicit means, which brings upon them this calamity in the future.' For this reason the sūtra states: 'The crime of robbery and theft can cause sentient beings to fall into hells and hungry ghosts to suffer. If born among animals, they receive forms such as oxen, horses, donkeys, mules, and camels, repaying former debts with all their physical strength, flesh, and blood. If born among humans, they become servants and slaves to others, with clothes unable to cover their bodies and food insufficient to sustain life, enduring extreme poverty and misery, with their human decencies nearly exhausted.' Since robbery and theft incur such painful retribution, for this reason, we disciples, today with utmost sincerity bow our heads and take refuge in the Buddha:

6.20

"Namo Buddha Destroying All Kleśas of the eastern direction; namo Buddha Wondrous Sound Sovereign of the southern direction; namo Buddha Great Cloud Light of the western direction; namo Buddha Cloud Sovereign King of the northern direction; namo Buddha Conditionless Adornment of the southeastern direction; namo Buddha Transcending All Māra Realms of the southwestern direction; namo Buddha Seeing Without Fear of the northwestern direction; namo Buddha Adorned with All Virtues of the northeastern direction; namo Buddha Lotus-Treasury Light of the zenith; namo Buddha Wondrous Good Abiding King of the nadir.

6.21

"I take refuge in these and all other members of the Triratna throughout all of empty space in the ten directions.

6.22

"From anādikāla until today, we disciples have either stolen the wealth and jewels of others or raised weapons to forcibly seize them; or, relying on personal physical strength, coerced and taken them; or, relying on official authority or taking advantage of power, used tall cangues and heavy shackles to unjustly oppress the good and upright, accepting illicit goods and torturing the upright to make them crooked. Because of these causes and conditions, they were entrapped in the web of the law; or we held corrupt offices and took possession of others' wealth, encroaching on public goods to enrich private ones, or encroaching on private goods to enrich public ones; damaging that to benefit this, or benefiting that to damage this; cutting off others to enrich ourselves, giving by mouth while stingy in mind; or we covertly defaulted on rents and values, evaded customs and tolls, concealed official levies and taxes, or hid and embezzled them. Measureless and boundless are such crimes as these; today with shame and remorse we take refuge and perform kṣamā.

6.23

"Or we took without being given the belongings of the Buddha, the Dharma, or the Saṅgha; or objects for sūtras and images, or objects for repairing stupas and monasteries, or objects for offerings to the permanent Saṅgha, or objects intended for the visiting Saṅgha; or we stole and misapplied them, relying on power and not returning them; or we borrowed them ourselves or lent them to others, or exchanged, loaned, leaked, and wasted them; or we mixed and confused the belongings of the Triratna in use; or we took the goods of the monastic assembly—grains, rice, firewood, ginger, fermented beans, sauce, vinegar, vegetables, fruits, cash, textiles, bamboo, timber, patterned silks, banners, canopies, incense, flowers, oil, and candles—and used them according to our whims and wishes; or we pledged to give things to the Triratna but deceptively failed to give them; or we used them ourselves or gave them to others; or we plucked the Buddha's flowers and fruits, or used the garlands of the Saṅgha, using the Triratna's property to privately benefit ourselves. Measureless and boundless are such crimes as these; today with shame and remorse we reveal and perform kṣamā for them.

6.24

"Furthermore, from anādikāla until today, we disciples, towards acquaintances, friends, teachers, monks, fellow students, parents, brothers, and all six kinds of relatives and family members, while living and dwelling together, have deceived one another over every single need; or towards neighbors and adjacent households, we shifted fences and extended walls, seizing land and residences, altering markers and changing boundary signs; we plundered fields and orchards, using public affairs as a pretext for private gain, seizing others' inns and shops, as well as farmlands and estates. Measureless and boundless are such crimes as these; today we reveal them, take refuge, and perform kṣamā.

6.25

"Furthermore, from anādikāla until today, we disciples have attacked cities, destroyed towns, burned villages, broken palisades, stolen and sold free people, or lured away others' slaves and maidservants; or we unjustly oppressed innocent persons, causing their bodies to be wounded with bloody blades, their bodies put in penal chains, their family estates ruined and dispersed, their flesh and blood separated while alive, dispersed across different cities, severed in life and death. Measureless and boundless are such crimes as these; today with shame and remorse we reveal and perform kṣamā for them.

6.26

"Furthermore, from anādikāla until today, we disciples, in traveling with merchants, bartering goods, and trading in shops and marketplaces, have used light steelyards, small peck-measures, short measures of inches and feet, stealing fractions and ounces, cheating over pinches and grains, exchanging coarse for fine, swapping short for long, using hundreds of deceitful ploys to seek the slightest profit. Measureless and boundless are such crimes as these; today with shame and remorse we take refuge and perform kṣamā.

6.27

"Furthermore, from anādikāla until today, we disciples have bored through walls, blocked roads to plunder, defaulted on debts and interest, failed to pay debts and breached agreements, deceiving to people's faces with mind and mouth; or unlawfully usurped the belongings of spirits, beasts, and the four modes of birth; or relied on divination and physiognomy to take people's wealth and jewels; and so forth, seeking gain with gain, maliciously seeking, excessively seeking, without satiety or sufficiency. Measureless, boundless, and unspeakable are such crimes as these; today with utmost sincerity, before the Buddhas of the ten directions, the venerable Dharma, and the noble assembly, we take refuge and perform kṣamā.

6.28

"May we disciples, by relying on the merit generated from this kṣamā for the crimes of robbery and theft, in life after life obtain the cintāmaṇi, constantly raining down the seven precious treasures, superior wondrous garments, the hundred flavors of ambrosia, and various decoctions and medicines, such that whatever is needed arrives in accordance with a single thought. May all sentient beings have no sign of stealing or plundering; may all be able to have few desires and know contentment, not indulge and not become defiled; may they constantly delight in giving, practicing urgent relief on the Path, giving up head, eyes, marrow, and brain as if casting away spittle, dedicating this to the fulfillment of dānapāramitā."

6.29

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

6.30

Baoda walked a short distance forward and entered the Iron Bed Hell again. Why is it called the Iron Bed Hell? This hell is fifty yojanas in length and breadth. It is surrounded by an iron wall, with an iron net covering it above. Raging fire blazes fiercely throughout the hell, and caltrops and iron spikes are spread all over the ground. Smoke and fire burn intensely, blazing simultaneously in the four directions. Within it there is an iron bed, on which are fixed sickle-blades as sharp as sword-points. Fire shoots forth from them, with blazing flames roaring together.

6.31

At the eastern gate, there were seven hundred śramaṇas pointing their hands and calling to heaven, shouting: 'Alas, what misery! For what crime have we now arrived here?' They leaped, rolled on the ground, and screamed at the top of their voices.

6.32

A horse-headed rākṣasa, holding a three-pronged iron fork in hand, struck toward their waists so that it penetrated through their navels, lifted them up, and placed them on the iron bed. The sickle-blades pierced upward, penetrating through belly and back. They died a thousand deaths and were born a thousand times, died ten thousand deaths and were born ten thousand times, receiving measureless punishment in a single day and night. When reborn from this hell into the human realm, their faculties would be incomplete.

6.33

Baoda asked the horse-headed rākṣasa: 'What karmic deeds did these śramaṇas commit to suffer such punishment?'

6.34

The horse-headed rākṣasa answered: 'These śramaṇas received the Buddha's pure precepts, but did not seek the future unexcelled Buddha path; they sought only present fame, praise, profit, and support, violating in body the four prohibitions and the eighty thousand deportments. They craved the offerings of the faithful like fire catching dry grass, without knowing satisfaction; they sat on people's couches and seats contrary to the Dharma; they stayed overnight with laypeople like worldly people; they sat on the Buddha's bed, climbed and trod upon their masters' seats, and slept in the cool shade beneath the statues of their masters. Due to these causes and conditions, they fell into this hell.'

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佛說佛名經 — Classical Chinese