佛說佛名經 9
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9.1
“If there are kulaputras or kuladuhitṛs who can uphold, read, and recite the names of these thousand Buddhas of the Bhadrakalpa, they are certain to see Maitreya, the Bhagavat, and to see Ruci, and will be far removed from all difficulties.
9.2
"Namo Candraprahāsa Buddha. Namo Akṣobhya Buddha. Namo Mahāvyūha Buddha. Namo Tagaragandha Buddha. Namo Sujaya Buddha. Namo Padmaketadhvaja Buddha. Namo Ratnasaṃcaya Buddha. Namo Agaru Buddha. Namo Mahāvyūha Buddha. Namo Tuṣṭijaya Buddha. Namo Parvatasāgara Buddha. Namo Mahāsāgara Buddha. Namo Dharmadhvajakīrti Buddha. Namo Brahmajaya Buddha. Namo Mahāgandha Buddha. Namo Mahāsiddhi Buddha. Namo Mahāratnacakra Buddha. Namo Amitāyus Buddha. Namo Mahocchrayajaya Buddha. Namo Mahāsuvarṇapīṭha Buddha. Namo Mahācakra Buddha. Namo Vākkāra Buddha. Namo Mahāpuruṣa Buddha. Namo Mahāhasta Buddha. Namo Siṃhagandhakīrti Buddha. Namo Pūjājaya Buddha. Namo Īśvarāgni Buddha. Namo Kṣemakārajaya Buddha. Namo Siṃhapuṣpajaya Buddha. Namo Praśāntadhvaja Buddha. Namo Śīlarāja Buddha. Namo Samantajaya Buddha. Namo Trāsitahastin Buddha. Namo Aśokajaya Buddha. Namo Utpalagandha Buddha. Namo Mahāpṛthivī Buddha. Namo Mahānāgajaya Buddha. Namo Viśuddharāja Buddha. Namo Mahāsukha Buddha. Namo Padmajaya Buddha. Namo Tyaktakusuma Buddha. Namo Nāgasundara Buddha. Namo Puṣpasaṃcaya Buddha. Namo Gandhahastin Buddha. Namo Sadādarśana Buddha. Namo Samyakkāra Buddha. Namo Susthita Buddha. Namo Nyagrodharāja Buddha. Namo Sadāprabha Buddha. Namo Candrajaya Buddha. Namo Candanacaryā Buddha. Namo Sūryagarbha Buddha. Namo Jayagarbha Buddha. Namo Sumerubala Buddha. Namo Cintāmaṇigarbha Buddha. Namo Vajrarāja Buddha. Namo Durjaya Buddha. Namo Mahājaya Buddha. Namo Sudarśana Buddha. Namo Vīryaguna Buddha. Namo Mahāsāgara Buddha. Namo Samantasāla Buddha. Namo Nakṣatrajaya Buddha. Namo Buddhadatta Buddha. Namo Siṃhadhvaja Buddha. Namo Amṛtajaya Buddha. Namo Amitajaya Buddha. Namo Guṇabuddhigurujaya Buddha. Namo Puṣpadhvaja Buddha. Namo Pramukhajaya Buddha. Namo Vīryajaya Buddha. Namo Nāgajaya Buddha. Namo Jayasiddha Buddha. Namo Ratnakūṭa Buddha. Namo Jayacaraṇa Buddha. Namo Mahāśāstṛ Buddha. Namo Samantadṛś Buddha. Namo Ratnatāra Buddha. Namo Samantaprāpta Buddha. Namo Satkārajaya Buddha. Namo Sarvasattvasaṃśayacchidarāja Buddha. Namo Mahāsmṛti Buddha. Namo Ratnajaya Buddha. Namo Samantachatra Buddha. Namo Mahāchatra Buddha. Namo Sujaya Buddha. Namo Sahasrapūjā Buddha. Namo Ratnapuṣpavikrama Buddha. Namo Gaṇajaya Buddha. Namo Dhvajamati Buddha. Namo Nyagrodharāja Buddha. Namo Uttamajaya Buddha. Namo Samantapadma Buddha. Namo Samantajaya Buddha. Namo Nāgarājaparivārapāla Buddha. Namo Praśānta Buddha. Namo Vigatamala Buddha. Namo Mahāsaṃcaya Buddha. Namo Mahāpūjā Buddha. Namo Mahāsenāpati Buddha. Namo Dṛḍhavīrya Buddha. Namo Manuṣyacandra Buddha. Namo Sudarśana Buddha. Namo Uttamajaya Buddha. Namo Padmajaya Buddha. Namo Jālanirbhāsa Buddha. Namo Jayacandra Buddha. Namo Śākyamuni Buddha. Namo Dīpaṃkara Buddha. Namo Mahātejas Buddha. Namo Candramukha Buddha. Namo Candanagandha Buddha. Namo Meruparvata Buddha. Namo Merukalpa Buddha. Namo Mahāmukha Buddha. Namo Asaṅga Buddha. Namo Nāgadeva Buddha. Namo Girisvararāja Buddha. Namo Sumeruparvata Buddha. Namo Suvarṇagarbha Buddha. Namo Agniprabha Buddha. Namo Jyotirīśvararāja Buddha. Namo Kṣitiśānta Buddha. Namo Jayavaiḍūryasuvarṇaprabhāsa Buddha. Namo Candrabimba Buddha. Namo Candraghoṣa Buddha. Namo Prakīrṇapuṣpaprabhālaṃkāra Buddha. Namo Sāgaragirijñānavikramābhijña Buddha. Namo Vajraprabha Buddha. Namo Mahāgandhaprabha Buddha. Namo Vigatadrohacitta Buddha. Namo Jayavaiḍūryaprītijñānakusuma Buddha. Namo Candraprabhāsa Buddha. Namo Sūryaprabharāja Buddha. Namo Mālāvarṇarāja Buddha. Namo Puṣpābhijña Buddha. Namo Jalacandraprabha Buddha. Namo Vidhamitāvidyāndhakāra Buddha. Namo Pratibhānaprāpta Buddha. Namo Abhayarāja Buddha. Namo Dīpapradīpa Buddha. Namo Siṃhamati Buddha. Namo Vīryadṛḍha Buddha. Namo Akhaṇḍitavīrya Buddha. Namo Dṛḍhavīrya Buddha. Namo Manuṣyacandra Buddha. Namo Siṃhamati Buddha. Namo Jambūrdhva Buddha. Namo Śākyamuni Buddha. Namo Mahāsthāma Buddha. Namo Sughoṣa Buddha. Namo Amitaprabha Buddha. Namo Suprabha Buddha. Namo Pramukha Buddha. Namo Uttamajaya Buddha. Namo Tuṣṭigarjita Buddha. Namo Bhūtadarśin Buddha. Namo Satkārakīrti Buddha. Namo Siṃhamati Buddha. Namo Ghoṣaguṇa Buddha. Namo Sugandha Buddha. Namo Vidyutpradīpa Buddha. Namo Padmaprabha Buddha. Namo Mahāpradīpa Buddha. Namo Viśuddhaghoṣa Buddha. Namo Saṃśayacchida Buddha. Namo Anantatejas Buddha. Namo Śaśimukha Buddha. Namo Amitanāman Buddha. Namo Sutejas Buddha. Namo Vikīrṇanānāsaṃśaya Buddha. Namo Puṇyapradīpa Buddha. Namo Sudarśana Buddha. Namo Priyatejas Buddha. Namo Durdharṣatejas Buddha. Namo Amitagarbha Buddha. Namo Prabhāvikrama Buddha. Namo Vipulakīrti Buddha. Namo Vicitradhvaja Buddha. Namo Durjaya Buddha. Namo Tejorāja Buddha. Namo Dṛḍha Buddha. Namo Sukīrti Buddha. Namo Amitarūpa Buddha. Namo Mahāśraddha Buddha. Namo Sughoṣa Buddha. Namo Akampyavikrama Buddha. Namo Amitavyūha Buddha. Namo Tejorājasaṃcayaprabha Buddha. Namo Jñānaprabhāsthita Buddha. Namo Jñānasthita Buddha. Namo Suvarṇadṛḍha Buddha. Namo Priyavimukti Buddha. Namo Abhayaprada Buddha. Namo Amṛtagarbha Buddha. Namo Samantadarśin Buddha. Namo Mahāsumeru Buddha. Namo Giritejas Buddha. Namo Devapūjita Buddha. Namo Prabhājaya Buddha. Namo Guruvādin Buddha. Namo Alaṃkāraprabha Buddha. Namo Siṃhavikrama Buddha. Namo Vicitradarśana Buddha. Namo Samantadṛś Buddha. Namo Amṛtavikrama Buddha. Namo Candraprabhāsa Buddha. Namo Kīrtipūjā Buddha. Namo Indriyagupta Buddha. Namo Viśuddhaghoṣa Buddha. Namo Apratihātacakra Buddha. Namo Amṛtaghoṣa Buddha. Namo Jātivigata Buddha. Namo Kha-tejas Buddha. Namo Guṇarāja Buddha. Namo Amitarūpa Buddha. Namo Mahābala Buddha. Namo Kuśalajñānālaṃkāra Buddha. Namo Apratihatadarśin Buddha. Namo Siṃhagandha Buddha. Namo Samantadarśana Buddha. Namo Samantaguṇa Buddha. Namo Sudarśana Buddha. Namo Suvarṇa Buddha. Namo Matikīrti Buddha. Namo Ratnālaṃkāra Buddha. Namo Suprabha Buddha. Namo Vimuktivikrama Buddha. Namo Guṇālaṃkāra Buddha. Namo Atyantajñāna Buddha. Namo Jñānocchraya Buddha. Namo Akampyajñāna Buddha. Namo Suveryāpatha Buddha. Namo Surūpa Buddha. Namo Bhūtaghoṣa Buddha. Namo Agnighoṣa Buddha. Namo Sudarśana Buddha. Namo Amitatejas Buddha. Namo Sucintita Buddha. Namo Priyakīrti Buddha. Namo Guṇapuṣpa Buddha. Namo Kusumajvāla Buddha. Namo Durdamana Buddha. Namo Sughoṣagarjita Buddha. Namo Sudarśana Buddha. Namo Sattvapūjya Buddha. Namo Jvālapradīpa Buddha. Namo Asamavikrama Buddha. Namo Viśuddhajnāna Buddha. Namo Sughoṣa Buddha. Namo Agnyavabhāsa Buddha. Namo Candrāvabhāsa Buddha. Namo Jñānanirmita Buddha. Namo Guṇālaṃkāra Buddha. Namo Puṇyaprabhāsa Buddha. Namo Jñānakāra Buddha. Namo Bhavadṛṣṭicchida Buddha. Namo Priyadarśana Buddha. Namo Amitaprabha Buddha. Namo Jayaghoṣa Buddha. Namo Nānāsūrya Buddha. Namo Śīlavikrama Buddha. Namo Devamukha Buddha. Namo Muktachatra Buddha. Namo Prabhāsa Buddha. Namo Nakṣatra Buddha. Namo Bodhimati Buddha. Namo Garjitaghoṣa Buddha. Namo Adhisiṃhanānāhastigarjitaghoṣa Buddha. Namo Brahmaghoṣa Buddha. Namo Nāgagarjita Buddha. Namo Balavaśitā Buddha. Namo Lokeśvararāja Buddha. Namo Amitāyus Buddha. Namo Dīpaṃkara Buddha. Namo Vimalachatra Buddha. Namo Ratnaprabha Buddha. Namo Mahātejomukha Buddha. Namo Dīpaṃkara Buddha. Namo Prabhājayarāja Buddha. Namo Samantāvabhāsa Buddha. Namo Jñānavikramarāja Buddha. Namo Mānāpuṣpa Buddha. Namo Nyūnapuṣpa Buddha. Namo Alaṃkārajayavikīrṇapuṣpa Buddha. Namo Rocanajñānālaṃkāravikramarāja Buddha. Namo Amitapuṣpa Buddha. Namo Amitagaṇapramukharāja Buddha. Namo Candramaṇiprabhājāla Buddha. Namo Vimalatejorāja Buddha. Namo Jayasiddha Buddha. Namo Kṣema Buddha. Namo Ucchrayacaryā Buddha. Namo Pramodya Buddha. Namo Dṛḍha Buddha. Namo Sunetra Buddha. Namo Sumati Buddha. Namo the sixty-two Buddhas of the same name Śikhin. Namo Sujāta Buddha. Namo Viśuddhārya Buddha. Namo Brahmajaya Buddha. Namo Sudarśana Buddha. Namo Viśuddhajnāna Buddha. Namo Sughoṣa Buddha. Namo Uttamajaya Buddha. Namo Uttamabhāvana Buddha. Namo Sujaya Buddha. Namo Praśāntāyus Buddha. Namo Atṛptadharma Buddha. Namo Prāptaguṇa Buddha. Namo Marīci Buddha. Namo Uttamakīrti Buddha. Namo Tiṣya Buddha. Namo Nakṣatra Buddha. Namo Vibhaktadarśin Buddha. Namo Amitāyus Buddha. Namo Arthadarśin Buddha. Namo Uccaparvata Buddha. Namo Suvarṇārya Buddha. Namo Sarvatrāvaśitā Buddha. Namo Vaśitādhvaja Buddha. Namo Viśuddhaghoṣa Buddha. Namo Sughoṣa Buddha. Namo Manuṣyaghoṣa Buddha. Namo Ratnottama Buddha. Namo Ratnajvāla Buddha. Namo Mahāratna Buddha. Namo the eighty koṭi nayutas of Buddhas of the same name Śākyamuni. Namo the eighty thousand Buddhas of the same name Dīpaṃkara. Namo the eighteen thousand Buddhas of the same name Sālarāja. Namo the ninety thousand Buddhas of the same name Nyagrodharāja. Namo the five thousand Buddhas of the same name Padmarāja. Namo Asamabuddhanāman Buddha. Namo Guṇarājaprabhāsa Buddha. Namo Jñānajayottamarāja Buddha. Namo Vimalajñānaśīlarāja Buddha. Namo Jāmbūnadasumeruparvatarāja Buddha. Namo Amitaprabhājayarāja Buddha. Namo Sadāmuktapradīparāja Buddha. Namo Vaśitārāja Buddha. Namo Siṃhapratīcchakahastiparvatapramodyarāja Buddha. Namo Vimalakīrtirāja Buddha. Namo Ratnayasṭyālaṃkāraguṇarājaprabha Buddha. Namo Akṣayabuddhi Buddha. Namo Ratnadhvaja Buddha. Namo Prabhācakragarbha Buddha. Namo Vikramasatkārakīrti Buddha. Namo Uccaparvatarāja Buddha. Namo Meghagupta Buddha. Namo Siṃhavikramarāja Buddha. Namo Saddharmadhvajaguptaratna Buddha. Namo Ratnacakratejas Buddha. Namo Jayaprabhāguṇa Buddha. Namo Amitakṣetra Buddha. Namo Priyanakṣatra Buddha. Namo Amitaprabha Buddha. Namo Guṇavat Buddha. Namo Daśadigviśuddha Buddha. Namo Sujñāna Buddha. Namo Jayamāra Buddha. Namo Mahāvyūha Buddha. Namo Jayacitta Buddha. Namo Cittajñāna Buddha. Namo Padmagarbha Buddha. Namo Mahābala Buddha. Namo Sadāpravicayabuddhi Buddha. Namo Anantaprabha Buddha. Namo Siṃhaghoṣa Buddha. Namo Sumati Buddha. Namo Padmagarbha Buddha. Namo Nārāyaṇagarbha Buddha. Namo Sadāviniścayabuddhi Buddha. Namo Puṇyaprabhāsa Buddha. Namo Pramukhaprabha Buddha. Namo Sukāya Buddha. Namo Vimalārtha Buddha. Namo Arhattejas Buddha. Namo Siddhijñāna Buddha. Namo Guṇagarjita Buddha. Namo Kṣitipati Buddha. Namo Suprabha Buddha. Namo Niścitacintā Buddha. Namo Ratnasūrya Buddha. Namo Tejahprabha Buddha. Namo Puṣpatejas Buddha. Namo Jayasiddha Buddha. Namo Uccakīrti Buddha. Namo Śraddhāguṇa Buddha. Namo Dharmapradīpa Buddha. Namo Śraddhājaya Buddha. Namo Priyottamavaktra Buddha. Namo Siṃhavikrama Buddha. Namo Gaṇaparvatadeva Buddha. Namo Sāgarabuddhi Buddha. Namo Padmagarbha Buddha. Namo Ratnarṣi Buddha. Namo Sālarāja Buddha. Namo Sūryaprabhāsa Buddha. Namo Bodhyayana Buddha. Namo Śāntendriyarāja Buddha. Namo Sūryaprabha Buddha. Namo Puṇḍarīkagandha Buddha. Namo Meruprabha Buddha. Namo Candramukha Buddha."
9.3
"Next, pay homage to the great canon of the wheel of the Dharma, the twelve divisions of honored scriptures:
9.4
"Namo the Fangguang banruoboluomi jing, namo the Guangzan banruoboluomi jing, namo the Daoxing banruoboluomi jing, namo the Xiaopin banruo jing, namo the Xin daoxing jing, namo the Xin xiaopin jing, namo the Mingdu jing, namo the Damingdu wuji jing, namo the Beihua jing, namo the Dapei fentuoli jing, namo the Nianfo sanmei jing, namo the Dafangdeng daji pusa nianfo sanmei jing, namo the Zheng fahua jing, namo the Miaofa lianhua jing, namo the Ru lengqie jing, namo the Lengqie abaduo luo jing, namo the Dasa zheni qianzi jing, namo the Baochuang jing, namo the Pusa xing fangbian jingjie shentong bianhua jing, namo the Dabanniehuan jing, namo the Da'ai jing, namo the Xukongzang suowen jing, namo the Achamo jing, namo the Wujinyi jing, namo the Baonü jing, namo the Pusa jingxing jing, namo the Baoji pusa jing, namo the Wuyan tongzi jing, namo the Dashu jinnaluowang suowen jing, namo the Tunzhentuoluo suowen jing, namo the Chiren pusa suowen jing, namo the Chishi jing, namo the Hongdao guangxian sanmei jing, namo the Fashi jing, namo the Anouda longwang jing, namo the Anou qingfo jing, namo the Puchao sanmei jing, namo the Asheshiwang jing, namo the Dengji zhongde sanmei jing, namo the Ji yiqie fude sanmei jing, namo the Dafangdeng shanzhuyi taizi suowen jing, namo the Sheng shanzhuyi tianzi suowen jing, namo the Ruhuan sanmei jing, namo the Guangbo yanjing butuizhuan jing, namo the Aweiyuezhizhe jing.
9.5
"Reverently pay homage to all the great bodhisattva-mahāsattvas of the ten directions:
9.6
"Namo Zunsheng Bodhisattva, namo Ganlugu Bodhisattva, namo Ganlucheng Bodhisattva, namo Ganluguang Bodhisattva, namo Ganluming Bodhisattva, namo Ganluxiang Bodhisattva, namo Suoluoshuwang Bodhisattva, namo Yiqiezhiyin Bodhisattva, namo Yiqiezhixiang Bodhisattva, namo Chengxiang Bodhisattva, namo Ganluru Bodhisattva, namo Puhui Bodhisattva, namo Puzengshang Bodhisattva, namo Puguang Bodhisattva, namo Pucheng Bodhisattva, namo Puxiang Bodhisattva, namo Puwang Bodhisattva, namo Pudexiang Zizaiwang Bodhisattva, namo Weimiaosheng Bodhisattva, namo Shengxiang Bodhisattva, namo Wunengsheng Bodhisattva, namo Puyan Bodhisattva, namo Pujiande Bodhisattva, namo Xianwuguo'e Bodhisattva, namo Liguo Bodhisattva, namo Wuguo'e Bodhisattva, namo Yiqie zhongsheng buqing zhiyou Bodhisattva, namo Bushe yiqie zhongsheng Bodhisattva, namo Changyue ji yiqie gongde Bodhisattva, namo Shanshangcheng Bodhisattva, namo Diyigongde Mingcheng Bodhisattva, namo Facai Bodhisattva, namo Baozhu Bodhisattva, namo Xukongxing Bodhisattva, namo Shanzhu Bodhisattva, namo Xukongzanghai Bodhisattva, namo Dehui Bodhisattva, namo Eryan Shengjueda Bodhisattva, namo Shengda Bodhisattva, namo Xuanda Bodhisattva.
9.7
"Take refuge in all such immeasurable and boundless great bodhisattva-mahāsattvas of the worlds in the ten directions.
9.8
"Reverently pay homage to all the worthy and noble śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas:
9.9
"Namo the pratyekabuddha Ji, namo the pratyekabuddha Chamo, namo the pratyekabuddha Zheluo, namo the pratyekabuddha Youbozheluo, namo the pratyekabuddha Lishapo, namo the pratyekabuddha Pushatuojing, namo the pratyekabuddha Shanxiangdan, namo the pratyekabuddha Ashaluo, namo the pratyekabuddha Youpashaluo, namo the pratyekabuddha Bodu.
9.10
"Take refuge in all such immeasurable and boundless pratyekabuddhas.
9.11
"Having paid homage to the Triratna, next repent again:
9.12
"We disciples have already finished repenting the three bodily and four verbal [misdeeds]. Next we repent all obstacles with regard to the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha. Therefore, the sūtras say that a human body is difficult to obtain, the Buddha's Dharma is difficult to hear, the assembly of monks is difficult to meet, faithful devotion is difficult to generate, the six sense faculties are difficult to possess in full, good spiritual friends are difficult to find, and a mind of dread [toward saṃsāra] is difficult to arouse. Yet now, together, through our good roots planted in past lives, we have obtained this human body with the six faculties complete, have also met good spiritual friends, and have been able to hear the true Dharma; but meanwhile, each of us has been unable to exert utmost heart and diligence. We fear that in the future we will long drown in myriad sufferings with no time of release. Therefore, on this day, we must with utmost sincerity and shame touch our foreheads to the ground and take refuge in the Buddha:
9.13
"Namo Manyue Guangming Buddha of the eastern direction, namo Zizaiwang Buddha of the southern direction, namo Wubianguang Buddha of the western direction, namo Jingangwang Buddha of the northern direction, namo Shiziyin Buddha of the southeastern direction, namo Xiangxiang Youxi Buddha of the southwestern direction, namo Xumixiang Buddha of the northwestern direction, namo Baozuigaode Buddha of the northeastern direction, namo Baoyoubohua Buddha of the nadir, namo Guangzhongde Buddha of the zenith.
9.14
"Take refuge in all the Triratna throughout empty space and the worlds of the ten directions.
9.15
"We disciples, from time without beginning down to the present day, have constantly had our minds shrouded by ignorance and our obstacles of affliction heavy. When seeing images of the Buddha, we have been unable to revere them with our utmost heart; we have shown contempt to the Saṅgha, been cruel to good spiritual friends, destroyed stupas and ruined monasteries, burnt images, shed the Buddha's blood, or resided ourselves in splendid halls while placing honored images in lowly and vile places, letting them be smoked by soot, exposed to the sun, blown by the wind, soaked by rain and dew, soiled by dust and dung, damaged by sparrows and mice; living together and lodging together without ever offering reverence, or leaving image bodies naked and never adorning them, or shielding lamps and candles, or opening and closing hall doors so as to block the Buddha's radiance. Such offenses are immeasurable and boundless; today, with utmost sincerity, we disclose and repent them.
9.16
"Furthermore, we disciples, from time without beginning down to the present day, have perhaps regarding the Dharma grasped scripture scrolls with unclean hands; or while before scriptures and books engaged in improper worldly chatter; or placed them at the head of the bed, sitting and rising without respect; or opened and closed chests and baskets letting worms eat and rot them; or the scrolls detached and the sections lost their order; or words were missed, omitted, or mistaken, and paper and ink torn, yet we did not repair them ourselves and were unwilling to circulate them. Such offenses are immeasurable and boundless; today we disclose them, take refuge, and repent.
9.17
"Or we lay on the ground listening to the scriptures, or lay on our backs reading and reciting; or laughed and spoke loudly, disturbing others from hearing the Dharma; or misconstrued the Buddha's words, explaining according to our own perverse understanding; or explained what is non-Dharma as Dharma, and Dharma as non-Dharma; or explained what is not an offense as an offense, and an offense as not an offense; or explained light offenses as heavy, and heavy offenses as light. Or we copied what was before and put it behind, or copied what was behind and put it before, or placed the front and back in the middle, or placed the middle in front and back; or ornamented words and inserted them into our own texts; or preached the Dharma to people for the sake of material gain, reputation, and veneration; or without a mind of virtue and way sought faults in Dharma teachers, engaging in debates to criticize them unreasonably. Not seeking supermundane Dharma for the sake of profound understanding, or scorning the Buddha's words while honoring deviant teachings, slandering the Mahāyāna and praising the śrāvaka way. Such offenses are immeasurable and boundless; today with utmost heart we disclose and repent them.
9.18
"Furthermore, we disciples, from time without beginning down to the present day, have perhaps regarding the Saṅgha had obstacles: killing arhats, breaking the harmonious Saṅgha, harming those who generated the unexcelled bodhicitta, severing the Buddha's lineage so that the Way could not flourish. Or we forced monks to return to lay life, whipped and beat śramaṇas, flogged and enslaved them, and heaped harsh words and slanders upon them; or broke the precepts, broke the fast, or broke the deportment; or urged others to abandon the pure conduct and practice the five desires; or feigned the religious deportment to stealthily dwell as thieves [in the order]. Such offenses are immeasurable and boundless; today with shame and utmost heart we repent.
9.19
"We disciples, from time without beginning down to the present day, have perhaps gone naked or in solitary undergarments before scriptures and images; or stepped onto halls and stupas with unclean feet and footwear; or worn clogs and sandals into the saṅghārāma; or spat and blew our noses in halls and rooms, polluting the ground of the Buddha and the Saṅgha; or lodged together with monks and soiled their Dharma robes; or ridden in carriages and whipped horses, barging into monastic quarters. Such sinful obstacles arising with regard to the Triratna are immeasurable and boundless; today with utmost sincerity, before the Buddhas of the ten directions, the honored Dharma, and the noble assembly, we take refuge and repent.
9.20
"May we disciples, by relying on the merit generated from repenting all these sinful obstacles toward the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha, in life after life constantly encounter the Triratna, honoring, admiring, and venerating them without ever growing weary; and with heavenly silks, fine brocades, jewel-intertwined canopies, hundreds of thousands of musical entertainments, and rare, extraordinary flowers and incense not found in the world, constantly make offerings. If [the Buddhas] have not yet attained buddhahood, may we first go to entreat them to open the gate of nectar; if they enter nirvāṇa, may we always be able to offer the final offering; among the Saṅgha, cultivate the six forms of harmony and respect, obtain sovereign power to make the Triratna flourish, propagating the Buddha-way above and transforming sentient beings below."
9.21
Mahāyāna Lotus Sūtra on the Questions and Answers of Baoda on the Retribution of Śramaṇas
9.22
Baoda shortly afterward entered the Foot-Burning Hell. Why is it called the Foot-Burning Hell? That hell is seventy yojanas in length and breadth, enclosed on all sides by iron walls, iron battlements, and iron nets spread over it; raging flames blaze to burn the sinners, and there are iron spikes sharp as pointed blades to thrust at the sinners; fire blazes upon the ground without any empty space.
9.23
At the western gate there were eight thousand śramaṇas who cried out, saying: "For what sins of ours do we now come into this place?"
9.24
Horse-headed rākṣasas holding iron clubs in their hands pushed the sinners forward toward their heads, kicking them with their feet so that the iron spikes pierced them, causing them to fall at every step. In a single day and night they endured ten thousand kinds of punishment, dying and being born thousands and tens of thousands of times. When emerging from the hell, if born among humans, their bodies would be incomplete.
9.25
Hearing this, Baoda wept sorrowfully and said: "What karma did these people commit to come into this place?"
9.26
The horse-headed rākṣasa replied, saying: "These śramaṇas received the Buddha's pure precepts but did not keep them purely; with unclean feet they walked upon the grounds of the Buddha and the Saṅgha; or they rode donkeys and horses, wandering past the doors and gates of Buddha images, with no shame in their hearts. Because of this sin, they have fallen into this hell."
9.27
Hearing this, Baoda departed weeping sorrowfully.
9.28
Sūtra on the Names of the Buddhas, Fascicle Nine
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