佛說佛名經 8.15

8.15

Furthermore, we, disciples and the rest, from anādikāla down to the present day, have made slanderous remarks to incite discord and fan the flames between both sides; with divisive speech and fabricated slander, dealing in loose tongues, we spoke of this side to that side, and spoke of that side to this side; separating others from their families, breaking up others' marriages and kinships, exhausting our tongues in pointing out people's shortcomings, ruining people's good friends, making intimate ones estranged, and causing longtime intimates to become enemies. Or with frivolous and untrue speech, speaking words not tending toward righteousness, we slandered rulers and fathers, disparaged teachers and elders, destroyed the loyal and good, eclipsed those superior to ourselves, carried tales between two states to stir both sides up, were showy, hollow, and deceptive, always making false statements, saying one thing and thinking another in countless ways, praising to people’s faces while blaming and reviling behind their backs, reciting heretical texts, and transmitting heretical, evil teachings. Or with harsh speech we scolded and reviled, using coarse and rough words; or we called upon heaven and pointed to earth, invoking ghosts and spirits. The sins generated by speech karma such as these are immeasurable and boundless; today, with utmost sincerity, before the Buddhas of the ten directions, the venerable Dharma, and the noble Saṅgha, we pay namas and perform kṣamā.