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1.1

The Origin of the Three Thousand Buddhas of the Three Kalpas (Extracted from the Sūtra on the Contemplation of the Two Bodhisattvas Bhaiṣajyarāja and Bhaiṣajyasamudgata)

1.2

Translated by Kālayaśas during the Song dynasty

At that time, Śākyamunibuddha addressed the great assembly, saying: “In the past, countless kalpas ago, during the declining dharma of Varaprabhabuddha, I renounced the household life and practised the path, and heard the names of these fifty-three buddhas. Having heard them, I made añjali and felt joy in my heart, and further taught them to others, causing them to hear and uphold them. Others, having heard them, taught them to one another in succession, up to three thousand people. These three thousand people, with different mouths but the same voice, recited the names of the buddhas and single-mindedly paid homage to them with reverence. By the power of the merit of such causal conditions of paying homage to the buddhas, they immediately were able to transcend the sins of saṃsāra of countless kotis of kalpas. The first thousand people, with Padmaprabhabuddha at their head down to Viśvabhūbuddha, succeeded in becoming buddhas in the Vyūhakalpa; these are the thousand buddhas of the past. The middle thousand people, with Krakucchandabuddha at their head down to Rocidharmaketurājabuddha, successively became buddhas in the Bhadrakalpa. The last thousand people, with Sūryaprabhabuddha at their head down to Sumerulakṣaṇabuddha, shall succeed in becoming buddhas in the Nakṣatrakalpa.”

1.4

The Buddha addressed Ratnakūṭa: “The present buddhas of the ten directions, such as Bhadraśrītathāgata, also formerly succeeded in hearing the names of these fifty-three buddhas, and therefore each became a buddha in the ten directions. If there are sentient beings who wish to eliminate the four pārājika offences, who wish to repent of the five unpardonable sins and the ten unwholesome courses of action, and who wish to eliminate the extremely grave sin of rootlessly slandering the Dharma, they should diligently pay homage to the names of the fifty-three buddhas:

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“Namo Samantaprabhabuddha, namo Samantāvabhāsabuddha, namo Samantaviśuddhabuddha, namo Tamālapatracandanagandhabuddha, namo Candanaprabhabuddha, namo Maṇidhvajabuddha, namo Pramuditagarbhamaṇiratnakūṭabuddha, namo Sarvalokapriyadarśanānuttaramahāvīryabuddha, namo Maṇidhvajapradīpaprabhabuddha, namo Jñānolkāprabhāsbuddha, namo Sāgaraguṇaprabhāsbuddha, namo Vajradṛḍhasaṃhata-samantavikiraṇasuvarṇaprabhabuddha, namo Mahābalavīryavikrāntabuddha, namo Mahākāruṇikaprabhabuddha, namo Maitrībalarājabuddha, namo Maitrīgarbhabuddha, namo Candanaguhāvyūhavijayabuddha, namo Bhadraśrīpramukhabuddha, namo Kuśalamatibuddha, namo Vipulavyūharājabuddha, namo Suvarṇapuṣpaprabhabuddha, namo Ratnachatrābhāsa-vyomāpratihata-balarājabuddha, namo Gaganaratnapuṣpaprabhabuddha, namo Vaiḍūryavyūharājabuddha, namo Samantapradarśita-rūpakāyaprabhabuddha, namo 'kṣobhyajñānaprabhabuddha, namo Pramardanasarvamārarājabuddha, namo Pratibhānaprabhabuddha, namo Jñānajayabuddha, namo Maitreyarṣiprabhabuddha, namo Suśāntacandrasvara-sūkṣmāryajñānarājabuddha, namo Lokaviśuddhaprabhabuddha, namo Nāgavaṃśāryottamarājabuddha, namo Sūryacandraprabhabuddha, namo Sūryacandramaṇiprabhabuddha, namo Jñānadhvajajayarājabuddha, namo Siṃhanādāpratihata-balarājabuddha, namo Mañjusvarajayabuddha, namo Nityaprabhādhvajabuddha, namo Lokāvalokana-pradīpabuddha, namo Jñānatejaḥpradīparājabuddha, namo Dharmajayarājabuddha, namo Sumeruprabhabuddha, namo Sumanāpuṣpaprabhabuddha, namo Udumbarapuṣpa-viśiṣṭarājabuddha, namo Mahājñānabalarājabuddha, namo Akṣobhyapramuditaprabhabuddha, namo 'prameyaghoṣarājabuddha, namo Pratibhānaprabhabuddha, namo Suvarṇasāgaraprabhabuddha, namo Girisāgaramatir apratihatābhijñārājabuddha, namo Mahābhijñāprabhabuddha, namo Sarvadharmaparinirvāṇanityapratipūrṇarājabuddha.”

1.6

The translator's name is lost; now appended to the Liang catalogue.

1.7

If there are kulaputras or kuladuhitṛs who, hearing the names of these buddhas, the bhagavats of the three times and the three kalpas, joyfully believe and take delight in them, uphold, chant, read, and recite them without slandering them, or are able to write them down and speak them for others, or are able to paint or erect images of the buddhas, or are able to make offerings with incense, flowers, music, praise the buddhas’ guṇas, and pay homage with the utmost sincerity, this surpasses someone who fills the buddha-kṣetras of the ten directions with precious jewels and pure maṇi pearls, heaping them up to the Brahmaloka, and gives them as dāna for hundreds of thousands of kalpas. These kulaputras and kuladuhitṛs, having already made offerings to these buddhas, will in their future rebirths attend upon the buddhas successively, until they attain buddhahood without end; all of them will receive vyākaraṇa from the buddhas of the three times and three kalpas. Wherever they are born they will always encounter the triratna, obtain rebirth in the kṣetras of the buddhas, have all six sense faculties complete, not fall into the eight unfree states, and obtain the buddhas' thirty-two major marks and eighty minor marks, fully adorned. If they are able to perform prostration with the five limbs and declare with their own mouth: “I now pay universal homage to all the buddhas of the ten directions and the three times; may the three evil destinies come to rest; may the state be abundant and the people at peace; may sentient beings of wrong views turn towards the correct path and arouse bodhicitta; holding this merit, may I, together with all sentient beings of the six realms of rebirth, be born in the land of Amitāyus, make great vows, cause all sentient beings to be born in that kṣetra, with bodies having all the marks, and with wisdom and eloquence like Amitābhabuddha, and the karmic retribution obtained be lofty and magnificent, with immeasurable life.”

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Namo Narottamabuddha, namo Siṃhavikrāntabuddha, namo Śākyamuniprabhāvabuddha, namo Mahājvālabuddha, namo Diptasvarabuddha, namo 'parimitaprabhabuddha, namo Priyadarśanabuddha, namo Siddhārthabuddha, namo 'nuttaraprabhāvabuddha, namo Sukhāvatigāmibuddha, namo Ratnasamyagdṛṣṭibuddha, namo Pūjitayaśobuddha, namo Siṃhasvarabuddha, namo Svaradāyabuddha, namo Varagandhabuddha, namo Vidyutpradīpaprabhabuddha, namo Padmaprabhabuddha, namo Mahāpradīpaprabhabuddha, namo Viśuddhasvarabuddha, namo Vigatakāṅkṣabuddha, namo 'prameyānubhāvabuddha, namo Candramukhabuddha, namo 'prameyaprabhabuddha, namo Pramodyānubhāvabuddha, namo Vikīrṇasaṃśayabuddha, namo Guṇakavacabuddha, namo Sudarśanabuddha, namo Pramodyatejobuddha, namo 'gūḍhabuddha, namo 'prameyagarbhabuddha, namo Prabhāvikrīḍitabuddha, namo Yaśorāśibuddha, namo Utsṛṣṭadhvajabuddha, namo Āryakāruṇikabuddha, namo Samantadṛśabuddha, namo 'parājitabuddha, namo Prabhāvatejobuddha, namo Dṛḍhabuddha, namo Tuṣṭayaśobuddha, namo 'prameyabimbabuddha, namo Mahāpraharṣabuddha, namo Kalyāṇamatibuddha, namo 'kṣobhyavikrāntagāmibuddha, namo 'prameyaviśuddhabuddha, namo Jvālarāśiprabhabuddha, namo Sthitabuddhabuddha, namo Dṛḍhabuddha, namo Vimuktigarhyabuddha, namo Vigataśokāturabuddha, namo Samantadṛṣṭārthadarśibuddha, namo Mahāyānamārgabuddha, namo Samantāgnibuddha, namo Rāṣṭrapūjitabuddha, namo Vaśavartiprabhabuddha, namo Paramasatkāravādibuddha, namo Viśuddhaprabhabuddha, namo Siṃhavikrīḍitabuddha, namo Vigatasaṃśayabuddha, namo Sudarśanabuddha, namo 'nantavikramabuddha, namo 'gniprabhabuddha, namo Satkṛtayaśobuddha, namo Saṃvṛtendriyaprasādaghoṣabuddha, namo 'damyavikramabuddha, namo 'nantasvarabuddha, namo Cintitasattvabuddha, namo Ṛddhiprabhabuddha, namo Guṇarājabuddha, namo 'prameyabimbabuddha, namo Mahābalabuddha, namo Vipuladyutibuddha, namo 'paryantadṛśabuddha, namo Siṃhagandhabuddha, namo Samantadṛśabuddha, namo Vipuladānābuddha, namo Samantamukhābuddha, namo Subimbabuddha, namo Manobhirāmayaśobuddha, namo Ratnaviśuddhabuddha, namo Uttamaprabhabuddha, namo Vipulavikramabuddha, namo Viśuddhiprāptabuddha, namo Niścitabodhibuddha, namo Jñānadhvajabuddha, namo 'kṣobhyabodhibuddha, namo Īryāpathamatibuddha, namo Samantabimbabuddha, namo Satyamatibuddha, namo Prabhāsvaraghoṣabuddha, namo Sudarśanabuddha, namo 'prameyāgniprabhabuddha, namo Pramodacintābuddha, namo Garbhayaśobuddha, namo Puṣpaguṇabuddha, namo Puṣpaprabhabuddha, namo Durjayabuddha, namo Sumerubalabuddha, namo Maṇiratnabuddha, namo Vajrarājabuddha, namo Suvarṇottamaprabhāvabuddha.

1.9

One hundred buddhas (of the past).

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Namo Mañjusvarabuddha, namo Sudarśanabuddha, namo Sattvasaṃśayitabuddha, namo Mahāprabhabuddha, namo Nirupadhiniḥsaraṇabuddha, namo Manonukulabuddha, namo Madhurasvarabuddha, namo 'gniprabhabuddha, namo Candradīpaprabhabuddha, namo Jñānapuṣpabuddha, namo Guṇaviśuddhaguṇaprabhabuddha, namo Jñānārthabuddha, namo Bhavapravṛttidarśibuddha, namo Dṛṣṭigarbhabuddha, namo 'prameyaprabhabuddha, namo Manuṣyasvarabuddha, namo Sūkṣmaprabhabuddha, namo Śīlavikramabuddha, namo Devottarabuddha, namo Satkāragarbhavādibuddha, namo 'prameyaprabhāsabuddha, namo Guṇadānābuddha, namo Mahāsumerubuddha, namo Bhūtapraharṣabuddha, namo Bhadramatibuddha, namo Suvarṇottarabuddha, namo Mahāviśuddhabuddha, namo Gauravamatibuddha, namo Mativiśuddhabuddha, namo Padmakāyabuddha, namo Naranāgamallabuddha, namo Nityajayamatibuddha, namo 'prameyaprabhabuddha, namo Siṃhasvarabuddha, namo Jayasvarabuddha, namo Pramodavimuktibuddha, namo Guṇaprabhabuddha, namo Svaprabhabuddha, namo Lakṣaṇabuddha, namo Nirāvilārthabuddha, namo Gauravaprabhabuddha, namo Siddhārthamatibuddha, namo Niṣparidāhabuddha, namo Bhūmibhārahārabuddha, namo Parama-jvālaprabhabuddha, namo Niścitacintābuddha, namo Ṛjusūryabuddha, namo Prabhāvatejobuddha, namo Sphuṭapuṣpaprabhabuddha, namo Parameśvarabuddha, namo Yaśodhvajabuddha, namo Guṇapraharṣabuddha, namo Dharmadīpaprabhabuddha, namo Prabhāvapraharṣabuddha, namo Senānīpūjitabimbabuddha, namo Siṃhavikrāntagāmibuddha, namo Cintitasattvabuddha, namo Sāgaramatibuddha, namo Padmakāyabuddha, namo Chatrarāśibuddha, namo Śālarājarājabuddha, namo Sūryaprabhabuddha, namo Rasavimuktibuddha, namo Kṣīṇendriyabuddha, namo Sūryaprabhabuddha, namo Puṣpagandhabuddha, namo Sumeruprabhāsabuddha, namo Candrābhāsbuddha, namo Śīghravikramabuddha, namo Samyagavabhāsabuddha (Raktākṣabuddha), namo Dharmaprabhabuddha, namo Śīlapraharṣabuddha, namo 'prameyamatibuddha, namo 'prameyabimbabuddha, namo Dṛḍhavīryabuddha, namo Devahitabuddha, namo Samantavimuktibuddha, namo Prabhāvatejobuddha, namo Manuṣyaprabhabuddha, namo Varaguṇabuddha, namo Vīryadarśibuddha, namo Yaśarṣibuddha, namo Yaśodhvajabuddha, namo Jvālamukhabuddha, namo Samantapraharṣabuddha, namo Mahāprabhāsbuddha, namo Vikīrṇanirṇayabuddha, namo Parottaramatiguṇabuddha, namo Dāntamatibuddha, namo Priyagarbhasatkārapūjitabuddha, namo Samantasaṃgrahītabuddha, namo Mārgapraharṣabuddha, namo Cintāmatibuddha, namo Niḥsaraṇamatibuddha, namo Girimatibuddha, namo Citraprabhabuddha, namo Garjitasvarabuddha, namo Jvālaprabhaśarīrabuddha, namo Guṇaśailabuddha, namo Siṃhanādabuddha.

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Two hundred buddhas (of the past).

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Namo Aśokāśayabuddha; namo Devalokabuddha; namo Siṃhāpramāṇaghoṣabuddha; namo Apramāṇaprabhabuddha; namo Dṛṣṭagauravāśayabuddha; namo Sākṣātpradīparājabuddha; namo Vinītadhvajabuddha; namo Samantamukhaśrutabuddha; namo Gauravāśayaprabhāsobuddha; namo Candradhvajabuddha; namo Abhayapradānabuddha; namo Nakṣatrarājabuddha; namo Candramadhyadevabuddha; namo Prabhāsasūryabuddha; namo Mahāyaśobuddha; namo Pramudit സ്വarābuddha; namo Gauravavidhvaṃsanavādinbuddha; namo Yaśogātrabuddha; namo Devarājabuddha; namo Madhurapramuditabuddha; namo Vicitrasukhabuddha; namo Cintitāśayabuddha; namo Dharaṇyāśayabuddha; namo Prahīṇavinaṣṭaduṣṭabuddha; namo Maitrīvinītabuddha; namo Śreṣṭhottarabuddha; namo Citraprabhabuddha; namo Samantadarśinbuddha; namo Nakṣatrarājabuddha; namo Vigatabhayabuddha; namo Pramuditāśayabuddha; namo Vikīrṇasaṃśayabuddha; namo Dṛṣṭacandrabuddha; namo Sarvamārapramardinbuddha; namo Mahāśreṣṭhabuddha; namo Siṃhavikrāntabuddha; namo Manaḥprabhabuddha; namo Samantasaṅgrahītṛbuddha; namo Vinītahitacārinbuddha; namo Prabhāsasūryabuddha; namo Sandarśitakāyabuddha; namo Viśuddhāśayabuddha; namo Gandhasuveditabuddha; namo Pramuditāśayabuddha; namo Guṇaprabhabuddha; namo Sūryapradīpabuddha; namo Vipulaprabhabuddha; namo Gauravapriyavādinbuddha; namo Sucintitahitabuddha; namo Samantadarśibhadranāmanbuddha; namo Siṃhadhvajabuddha; namo Samantaṛṣibuddha; namo Mahāvikrāntabuddha; namo Dīptapadmaprabhabuddha; namo Sūryaprabhabuddha; namo Apramāṇapramuditabuddha; namo Apramāṇarūpabuddha; namo Devachattrabuddha; namo Ratnaprabhabuddha; namo Rathaniryāṇabuddha; namo Sudarśanabuddha; namo Amṛtarasabuddha; namo Rathaprabhabuddha; namo Sūryanetrabuddha; namo Apratihāranetrabuddha; namo Sahacārinbuddha; namo Mahāpradīpabuddha; namo Vipulavṛddhabuddha; namo Guṇapramuditabuddha; namo Guṇakāyabuddha; namo Dharmapiṭakabuddha; namo Vāyugauravabuddha; namo Nirbhayagauravāśayabuddha; namo Prajñādhvajabuddha; namo Prabhāvaprabhāsobuddha; namo Candrapradānabuddha; namo Guṇaprabhāvabuddha; namo Apramāṇaprabhabuddha; namo Sukāryabuddha; namo Yaśodhvajabuddha; namo Prabhānakulabuddha; namo Samantaguṇabuddha; namo Jvalitadhvajabuddha; namo Naranārāyaṇabalabuddha; namo Ratnapramuditabuddha; namo Samantacintitabuddha; namo Sucintitāśayabuddha; namo Bhadrāśayabuddha; namo Apramāṇaprabhabuddha; namo Siṃhavikrāntabuddha; namo Prabhāghoṣabuddha; namo Devarājabuddha; namo Ṛjudhvajabuddha; namo Susthitāśayabuddha; namo Apramāṇadevabuddha; namo Śreṣṭhapuṣpabuddha; namo Mahādānabuddha; namo Mahādhvajabuddha; namo Prabhāmadhyasūryabuddha; namo Dharmapraśaṃsābuddha.

1.13

Three hundred buddhas (past).

1.14

Namo Candraprabhabuddha; namo Sukāryabuddha; namo Devanikāyapradānabuddha; namo Dṛṣṭottīrṇabuddha; namo Ratnaprabhabuddha; namo Mayūraravabuddha; namo Samantadāntabuddha; namo Vipulaprabhabuddha; namo Adṛṣṭamaraṇabuddha; namo Yaśagauravapriyabuddha; namo Susaṅgrahītṛbuddha; namo Devamadhya-pramuditabuddha; namo Aparyantavikrāntabuddha; namo Devarāśibuddha; namo Gambhīrabuddhabuddha; namo Apramāṇavikrāntabuddha; namo Candraprabhabuddha; namo Prabhārāśibuddha; namo Mahābhārabuddha; namo Mahāvikrāntabuddha; namo Vijitadevabuddha; namo Vinītahitavikrāntabuddha; namo Candragauravāśayabuddha; namo Siṃhaghoṣabuddha; namo Pramuditavādinbuddha; namo Prajñāprabhabuddha; namo Padmaprabhabuddha; namo Padmarāśibuddha; namo Ṛddhiprabhāsobuddha; namo Apramāṇaprabhāsobuddha; namo Apramāṇaprabhāsaguṇabuddha; namo Vinītakāyabuddha; namo Prabhāyaśobuddha; namo Ratnadhvajabuddha; namo Mahābalaprabhabuddha; namo Sūryadhvajabuddha; namo Mahāsumerubuddha; namo Bahupradabuddha; namo Lokaśrutabuddha; namo Ṛddhivikrāntabuddha; namo Uttamayaśobuddha; namo Vinītahitavikrāntabuddha; namo Ratnasamyagbuddha; namo Adhṛṣyayaśobuddha; namo Prasannaprabhabuddha; namo Mahāpradīpabuddha; namo Niśśāṭhyacittabuddha; namo Ekacārinbuddha; namo Apratihatadarśanabuddha; namo Chinnasaṃśayabuddha; namo Mahātrāṇabuddha; namo Devadhvajabuddha; namo Asammūḍhavikrāntabuddha; namo Devalokabuddha; namo Supramuditavicayabuddha; namo Padmaprabhabuddha; namo Dānaprabhabuddha; namo Devāśayabuddha; namo Vimuktiprabhabuddha; namo Guṇadharabuddha; namo Snigdhāśayabuddha; namo Mārgaprabhabuddha; namo Sāgaravipulabuddha; namo Mārgaratibuddha; namo Mahādevabuddha; namo Gambhīrabuddhabuddha; namo Dharmavaśavartinbuddha; namo Mahāpramuditabuddha; namo Cintitāśayabuddha; namo Prajñāprabhabuddha; namo Asammūḍhacintābuddha; namo Guṇottarabuddha; namo Niśśāṭhyayaśobuddha; namo Mahāviśuddhabuddha; namo Candraprabhabuddha; namo Devaprabhāsobuddha; namo Pramuditasaṅgrahītṛbuddha; namo Guṇagauravabuddha; namo Siṃhāśayabuddha; namo Pṛthivīpramuditabuddha; namo Ratnaprabhabuddha; namo Citraprabhabuddha; namo Candragauravakāruṇyabuddha; namo Candrachattrabuddha; namo Samantadarśinbuddha; namo Vimalabuddha; namo Yaśottarabuddha; namo Candranetrabuddha; namo Nāgadevabuddha; namo Guṇarāśibuddha; namo Guṇabuddhabuddha; namo Padmottarabuddha; namo Lokagauravakāruṇyabuddha; namo Akṣayagṛhītaprabhabuddha; namo Śakradhvajabuddha; namo Prabhāsasūryabuddha; namo Apramāṇaprabhabuddha; namo Daśabaladhvajabuddha; namo Nāgavaśavartirājabuddha; namo Brahmavaśavartirājabuddha.

1.15

Four hundred buddhas (past).

1.16

Namo Gauravakāruṇyavādinbuddha; namo Śāntagauravapriyabuddha.

1.17

“I, your disciple, from beginningless time down to the present day, having had this mental consciousness, have constantly harboured malice and lacked compassion: either killing out of greed, or killing out of hatred, ignorance, or pride; or setting in motion evil expedients—killing by vow, killing by wish, or killing by curse; or breaching lakes and ponds, burning mountains and wildernesses, hunting and fishing; or setting fires using the wind, flying hawks and unleashing hounds, to slaughter all living beings. Transgressions such as these I now completely repent. Or with enclosures, traps, and pit-traps, with spears, bows, and crossbows, shooting at flying birds and wild beasts; or with drag-nets, casting-nets, and hooks, ensnaring water-dwellers such as fish, softshell turtles, giant turtles, alligators, freshwater crabs, small clams, snails, and mussels, and other moisture-born creatures, giving creatures of water, land, and sky nowhere to hide and flee. Or rearing chickens, pigs, cattle, sheep, geese, and ducks to supply my own kitchen; or trading them to others to be slaughtered, so that their plaintive cries had not yet ceased before feathers were plucked, scales and shells ruined, head severed from body, bones and meat smashed and minced, stripped, cleaved, butchered, cut up, baked, roasted, boiled, and broiled, inflicting bitter, excruciating pain, arbitrarily abusing the innocent, all merely to procure a fleeting moment of pleasure. What enters the mouth as flavour is so very little, extending no further than three inches along the tongue's root; yet the karmic retribution for this crime brings suffering across eternal kalpas. Transgressions such as these I now, with utter sincerity, completely repent.

1.18

“Furthermore, from beginningless time down to the present day, I have raised armies to attack others, clashing in border disputes where two battle lines faced each other, slaughtering one another; or killed by myself, instructed others to kill, or rejoiced upon hearing of killing; or engaged in butchery and dressing meat, being hired to perform executions, boiling and slaughtering the lives of others, acting without compassion; or gave full vent to wrath, brandishing halberds and dancing with blades; or severed, stabbed, or pushed [beings] into pits and moats, or drowned them in water, or blocked burrows and destroyed nests, crushing [them] under mounds of earth and stones; or crushed and trampled all sentient beings with thunderous chariots and horses. Sins such as these are limitless and boundless; today I disclose and completely repent them all.

1.19

“Furthermore, from beginningless time, I have caused abortions and broken eggs, used poisons and black magic to harm and kill living beings, ploughed the soil and dug the earth, cultivated fields and gardens, raised silkworms and boiled cocoons, harming and killing exceedingly; or struck mosquitoes and gnats, squashed fleas and lice, or burned off refuse, unblocked trenches and gutters, wrongfully harming all [creatures]; or eating fruit, using grain and rice, water, or vegetables, arbitrarily killed living beings; or burning firewood, exposing lamps and candles, burned insect kinds; or eating fermented pastes and vinegar without checking for motion, or pouring out hot water, scalding and killing insects and ants; down to the four postures of walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, constantly harming and killing subtle, tiny living beings flying in the sky or dwelling on the ground. I, your disciple, obscured by the ignorance of an ordinary person, acted unknowingly and unconsciously; today I disclose and completely repent all [these sins].

1.20

“Furthermore, I, your disciple, from beginningless time down to the present day, using whips, rods, cangues, and chains, stocks and presses, have tortured, flogged, struck, hurled down, kicked and trampled with hands and feet, tightly bound and caged, and cut off food and water—through such varied evil expedients afflicting sentient beings. Today, with utmost sincerity, before the buddhas of the ten directions, the venerable Dharma, and the holy saṅgha, I completely repent.

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“May we, your disciples, through the merit generated by this repentance of the sins of killing and harming, in lifetime after lifetime attain a vajra body with limitless lifespan, be forever freed from resentment and hatred, and have no thought of killing or harming. Toward all sentient beings, may we attain the stage of regarding them as an only child; if we see those in peril, disaster, emergency, or distress, may we not spare our own bodies or lives, but use skillful means to rescue and liberate them, causing them to attain deliverance, and thereafter preach the subtle, sublime true Dharma for them, so that all sentient beings, upon seeing our form or observing our shadow, will all receive peace and bliss, and upon hearing our name or listening to our voice, will have their terrors entirely dispelled. Each, make one prostration!

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“I, your disciple, from beginningless time down to the present day, have stolen the wealth and jewels of others by brandishing blades and violently seizing them, or relied upon my own strength to extort and take them by intimidation, or relied on official authority, or assumed power and influence, using tall pillories and heavy fetters to falsely imprison the innocent, accepting corrupt bribes and twisting what was straight into what was crooked, and for these reasons becoming entangled in the net of the penal law. Or holding unrighteous office, I took possession of others' property, encroaching on the public to benefit the private, or encroaching on the private to benefit the public, harming that to benefit this, or harming this to benefit that, despoiling others to enrich myself, mouth professing generosity while the mind was stingy. Or secretly keeping tax revenues, evading customs duties, concealing official levies, and dodging corvée labour. Sins such as these I now completely repent. Or taking without permission what belongs to the Buddha, Dharma, or Saṅgha, or things belonging to sūtras and images, or things for repairing stūpas and monasteries, or things given to support the resident saṅgha, or intended for the saṅgha from the four quarters, or stealing them, misappropriating them, or relying on power not to return them; or borrowing them for oneself or loaning them to others, or failing to repay and forgetting them; or confounding and commingling the property of the Three Jewels; or using community property—grains, firewood, salt and fermented beans, pastes and vinegar, vegetables, fruit, money and silks, bamboo and timber, plain and figured silks, banners and canopies, incense, flowers, oil, and candles—according to one's own desires and whims, either using it for oneself or giving it to others, or plucking the Buddha's flowers and fruits, or using the garland items of the saṅgha, taking the wealth of the Three Jewels to privately enrich oneself. Transgressions such as these are limitless and boundless; today, filled with shame and remorse, I completely repent them all.”

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Namo Earth Light Buddha, namo Virtue-Maker Buddha, namo Flower Accumulation Buddha, namo Abundant Virtue Buddha, namo Dharma Lamp Light Buddha, namo Universal Light Buddha, namo Pure Voice Buddha, namo Great Ability Buddha, namo Liberation Sun Buddha, namo Firm Vigour Buddha, namo Awakening Light Buddha, namo Virtue and Fame Buddha, namo Good Awakening Buddha, namo Immeasurable Purity Buddha, namo Lion Thirst-and-Love Buddha, namo Virtuous Stride Buddha, namo Supreme Heaven Buddha, namo Manifestly Abiding Buddha, namo Revered by Gods Buddha, namo Lightning Light Buddha, namo Revered and Loved Buddha, namo Sumeru Banner Buddha, namo Flower Light Buddha, namo Supreme Intention Buddha, namo Incense Gift Buddha, namo Virtuous Stride Buddha, namo Mind-Upholding Buddha, namo Joy of Able Rṣis Buddha, namo Jewelled Lamp Light Buddha, namo Blazing Light Buddha, namo Multitude-Beholding Buddha, namo Abiding in Reverence and Love Buddha, namo Joyous Undertaking Buddha, namo Virtue-Tamed Body Buddha, namo Joyful-to-Behold Buddha, namo Mighty Spiritual Power Buddha, namo Pure Eyes Buddha, namo Wisdom Light Buddha, namo Unconfused Stride Buddha, namo Venerable Eyes Buddha, namo Fine Liberation Buddha, namo Great Voice Buddha, namo Utmost Multitude Buddha, namo Radiance-Scattering Buddha, namo Self-Contained Matter Buddha, namo Virtuous Joy Buddha, namo Light and Fame Buddha, namo Radiant Illumination Buddha, namo Intimate Extension Buddha, namo Moon Goodness Buddha, namo Flame Sound Buddha, namo Virtuous Tamer Buddha, namo Unattached and Victorious Buddha, namo Mark King Buddha, namo Mind Free of Fever Buddha, namo Venerated and Revered Buddha, namo Dharma Terrace Buddha, namo Inexhaustible Virtue Buddha, namo Unobstructed Victory Buddha, namo Inexhaustible Fragrance Buddha, namo Moonlight Buddha, namo Thunder Voice Buddha, namo Great Good Sun Buddha, namo Attaining Fearlessness Buddha, namo Revered Wisdom Buddha, namo Unconfused Mind Buddha, namo Swift and Reverent Buddha, namo Sovereign of Gods Buddha, namo Joyous Spiritual Power Buddha, namo Coverless Buddha, namo Dragon Light Buddha, namo Majestic Stride Buddha, namo Dharma Light Buddha, namo Beholding the Bounds of Saṃsāra’s Beings Buddha, namo Shame-Faced Buddha, namo Blazing-Form Image Buddha, namo Universal Brightness Buddha, namo Virtue Light Buddha, namo Moon-Honoured Supreme Buddha, namo Constantly Dhyāna-Contemplating Buddha, namo Virtue Banner Buddha, namo Honoured Among Sentient Beings Buddha, namo Fearless Friend Buddha, namo Mind-Upholding Buddha, namo Vanquisher of Foes Buddha, namo Roaming Light Stride Buddha, namo Cliff-Taming Buddha, namo One-Mark Light Buddha, namo Strongman of the Human Vehicle Buddha, namo Lion Roaming Stride Buddha, namo Precept-Revering Buddha, namo World-Delighting Flame Buddha, namo Lion-in-Stride Buddha, namo Unturbid Mind Buddha, namo Fame and Joy Buddha, namo Resolute Mind Buddha, namo Fault-Dispelling Buddha, namo Light King Buddha.

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Five hundred buddhas (of the past).

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Namo Virtuous Body Buddha, namo Mind-Upholding Buddha, namo Light-Lovely-Joy Buddha, namo Straight Stride Buddha, namo Variegated Buddha, namo Universally Emitting Light Buddha, namo Delighting in Speech Buddha, namo Constant Forbearance Buddha, namo Dharma Canopy Buddha, namo Unconquerable Buddha, namo Heavenly Wheel Lotus Buddha, namo Universal Light Buddha, namo Moonlight Buddha, namo Venerable Majesty Buddha, namo Gain-Intention Buddha, namo Guarding King Buddha, namo Lotus Eye Buddha, namo Contemplating Fame Buddha, namo Tree Banner Buddha, namo Pure Guard Buddha, namo Lion Stride Buddha, namo Virtuous Joy Buddha, namo Virtuous Fragrance Joy Buddha, namo Guarded by the Wise Buddha, namo Virtuous Deliverance Buddha, namo Wisdom Light Buddha, namo Wisdom Lamp Buddha, namo Mighty Power Buddha, namo Majestic Light Buddha, namo Joy of Awakening Buddha, namo Joy of Vanquishing Foes Buddha, namo Revered and Loved by All Buddha, namo Crossing the Doubts of Many Buddha, namo Good Contemplation Buddha, namo Great Sumeru Buddha, namo Venerable Instructor Buddha, namo Wisdom Joy Buddha, namo Awakening-Upholding Buddha, namo Swift Voice Buddha, namo Great Ability Buddha, namo Lion Delight Buddha, namo Crusher of All Armies Buddha, namo Lion Sound Buddha, namo Bright Subjugation Buddha, namo Multitude-Guiding Buddha, namo Moon Among Men Buddha, namo Peaceful and Tamed Buddha, namo Sunlight Buddha, namo Cherishing Vision Buddha, namo Universal World-Destroyer Buddha, namo Reaching the Unique Sound of Saṃsāra Buddha, namo Universal Delight Buddha, namo Attaining Quietude Buddha, namo Fame-Upholding Buddha, namo Revered by Brahmā Buddha, namo By Means of Reverence Buddha, namo Great Submission Buddha, namo Reverence and Wisdom Buddha, namo Boundless Vow Buddha, namo World Light Buddha, namo Joyfully Beheld Buddha, namo Great Flower Buddha, namo Self-Accomplished Mind Buddha, namo Joyous Light Buddha, namo Swift Understanding Buddha, namo Charity Mansions Buddha, namo Firm Voice Buddha, namo Universally Manifest Buddha, namo Moonlight Buddha, namo Utmost Complexion Buddha, namo Contemplating Dhyāna Buddha, namo Sportive Virtue Buddha, namo Cherishing the Utmost Buddha, namo Hard to Conquer Buddha, namo Universal Contemplation Buddha, namo Moon Lamp Light Buddha, namo Revered as Supreme Buddha, namo Moon Canopy Buddha, namo Crossing the World Buddha, namo Joyful Virtue Buddha, namo Supreme Jewel Buddha, namo Skilled in Shame Buddha, namo Joyful to Behold Buddha, namo Lion-Subdued Buddha, namo Great Stride Buddha, namo Universally Cherishing Buddha, namo Vessel of Sound Buddha, namo Cherishing the Supreme Buddha, namo Universally Arriving Buddha, namo Universally Awakened Buddha, namo Great Roaming Stride Buddha, namo Moon Banner Buddha, namo Firm Vow Buddha, namo Pure Offering Buddha, namo Revered by Gods Buddha, namo Accomplished and Firm Buddha, namo Most Victorious Buddha, namo Complete in All Virtues Buddha, namo Firm Understanding Buddha, namo Tranquil Light Buddha, namo Great Sound Buddha, namo Utmost Sound Buddha.

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Six hundred buddhas (of the past).

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Namo Great Strength Buddha, namo Great Stride Buddha, namo Cherishing Extinction Buddha, namo Awakening Stride Buddha, namo Relying on the Utmost Sound Buddha, namo Accomplished in Abundance Buddha, namo Ocean Stride Buddha, namo Great Protector Buddha, namo Utmost Light Buddha, namo Tranquil Awakening Buddha, namo Lion's Roar Buddha, namo Good Jewel Buddha, namo Truly Abiding Buddha, namo Sunlight Buddha, namo Abiding in Quietude Buddha, namo Roaming into Awakening Buddha, namo Victorious Friend Buddha, namo Cherishing Benefit Buddha, namo Supreme Stride Buddha, namo Moon Among Men Buddha, namo Majestic and Utmost Light Buddha, namo Treasury of Universal Light Buddha, namo Universal Light Buddha, namo Great Adornment Buddha, namo Lion-in-Stride Buddha, namo Cherishing the Fragrant Wind Buddha, namo Delighting in Quietude Buddha, namo Great Stride Buddha, namo Human Voice Buddha, namo Virtue Cliff Buddha, namo Pearl Moon Buddha, namo Cherishing Brightness Buddha, namo Wide Fame Buddha, namo Joyful and Supreme Buddha, namo Pure Awakening Buddha, namo Jewel-Revering Buddha, namo Fine-Complexion Light Buddha, namo Foe-Extinguishing Buddha, namo Victorious Army Buddha, namo True Awakening Buddha, namo Endless Light Buddha, namo Constant Forbearance Buddha, namo Victorious Moon Supreme Buddha, namo Elephant Stride Buddha, namo Cherishing Wisdom Buddha, namo Cherishing Truth Buddha, namo Lotus Fragrance Buddha, namo Sovereign of Supreme Fragrance Buddha, namo Golden Supreme Buddha, namo Equal Vow Buddha, namo Most Majestic Buddha, namo Great Brightness Buddha, namo Diverse Expositions Buddha, namo Crossing the Abyss Buddha, namo Immeasurable Light Buddha, namo Understanding Shame Buddha, namo Revered by the Supreme Buddha, namo Diverse Sounds Buddha, namo Sportive Virtue Buddha, namo Pure Abiding Buddha, namo Fine-Incense Perfumed Buddha, namo Moon Light Buddha, namo Precept-Portion Buddha, namo Awakening Flower Buddha, namo Supreme Intention Buddha, namo Worthy of Offerings Buddha, namo Gate of Light Buddha, namo Joyful and Supreme Buddha, namo Variegated Buddha, namo Cherishing Awakening Buddha, namo Elder-Revering Buddha, namo Overcoming Sorrow Buddha, namo Supernatural Brightness Buddha, namo Mighty Power Buddha, namo Revered as Supreme Buddha, namo Bending Fame Buddha, namo Liberation Light Buddha, namo Crossing Doubts Buddha, namo Season-Knowing King Buddha, namo Flower-Accumulating Buddha, namo Supreme Flower Buddha, namo Battle-Victorious Buddha, namo Great God Buddha, namo Great Fame Buddha, namo Cherishing Strides Buddha, namo Endless Stride Buddha, namo Sunlight Buddha, namo Moon-Heaven Voice Buddha, namo Heavenly Banner Buddha, namo Pure Light Buddha, namo Cloud-Canopy-Dispelling Buddha, namo Firm Understanding Buddha, namo Like a Tree Flower Buddha, namo Supreme Sound Buddha, namo Endless Lamp Buddha, namo Lion Sound Buddha, namo Virtuous Heaven Buddha, namo Sovereign Over All Wisdom Buddha.

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Seven hundred buddhas (of the past).

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Namo Universal Joy Buddha, namo Fearless Light Buddha, namo Equal and Rightly Awakened Buddha, namo Asaṃskṛta Bell-Sound Buddha, namo Great Flame Buddha, namo Great Radiance Buddha, namo Attentive Mind Buddha, namo Unimpeded Contemplation Buddha, namo Extinguishing Contemplation Buddha, namo Mind of Vigour Buddha, namo Respecting the Precepts Buddha, namo Subduing Enmity Buddha, namo Good Man's Mind Buddha, namo Awakening That Subdues the Billows Buddha, namo Wisdom Without Extinction Buddha, namo Subduing the Thorns of Desire Buddha, namo Revering by Brahmā Buddha, namo Flower Ṛṣi Buddha, namo Space Wisdom Buddha, namo Similar Contemplation Buddha, namo Wisdom Power Buddha, namo Universal Sight Buddha, namo Eminent Sound of Vigour Buddha, namo Universal Sound Buddha, namo Pure Vow Buddha, namo Asaṃskṛta Sound Buddha, namo Flawless Vigour Buddha, namo Great Vigour Blazing Light Buddha, namo Universal Virtue Buddha, namo Overcoming Fear Buddha, namo Revering by Gods and Joy of Virtue Buddha, namo Dharma Flower Buddha, namo Pure Abundance Buddha, namo Moon Joy Buddha, namo Mind of the Banner Buddha, namo Good Intent Accomplishment Buddha, namo Fearless Power Buddha, namo Bell Sound Buddha, namo Sun Flower Buddha, namo Clear Abiding Contemplation Buddha, namo Loving Mind Buddha, namo Moon Abundance Buddha, namo Asaṃskṛta Accomplishment Buddha, namo Mind Free of Self-Conceit and Passion Buddha, namo Virtue Crossing Buddha, namo Truth Collection Mind Buddha, namo Universal Awakening Buddha, namo Joyful Knowledge and Vision Buddha, namo Destroying Life Buddha, namo Mind of Thought Buddha, namo Free of Affliction Buddha, namo Superior Wisdom Buddha, namo Great Contemplation Buddha, namo Image of Mind Buddha, namo Mind of Great Vigour Buddha, namo Fearless Buddha, namo Renowned Awakening Sound Buddha, namo Great Sound Flawless Wisdom Buddha, namo Rich in Precepts Buddha, namo Majestic Body Buddha, namo Joyous Light Buddha, namo Honoured Light Buddha, namo Extinguished Light Buddha, namo Crossing Over Doubt Buddha, namo Wisdom Buddha, namo Attained Majesty Buddha, namo Inner Moon Buddha, namo Pure Light Buddha, namo Great Purity Buddha, namo Joyful Sound Buddha, namo Sacrificial Giving Buddha, namo True Vigour Buddha, namo Immeasurable Joyful Light Buddha, namo Majestic Light Buddha, namo Mind of Sight Buddha, namo Mind of Light Buddha, namo Emerging from the Mire Buddha, namo Destroying All Dispositions Buddha, namo Dharma Flower Buddha, namo Great Majesty Buddha, namo Good Contemplation Buddha, namo Virtuous Lotus Buddha, namo Revered by Gods Buddha, namo Banner Light Buddha, namo Subduing Enmity Buddha, namo Asaṃskṛta Flower Buddha, namo Great Supreme Light Buddha, namo Asaṃskṛta Majestic Light Buddha, namo Majestic Path Buddha, namo Pure Contemplation Dharma Flower Buddha, namo Great Purity Buddha, namo World Master Buddha, namo Supreme Mind Buddha, namo Sumeru Supreme Sound Buddha, namo Sovereign Mind Buddha, namo Asaṃskṛta Fame Buddha, namo Pure Sound Buddha, namo Honoured Mind Buddha, namo Great Brightness Buddha, namo Indra Banner Ten-King Buddha, namo Lion Stride Buddha, namo Immeasurable Fragrance Light Buddha.

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Eight hundred buddhas (of the past).

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Namo Virtuous Mind Buddha, namo Honoured One in the Moon Buddha, namo Delighting in Giving Buddha, namo Flower of Minor Marks Buddha, namo Inconceivable Light Buddha, namo Universally Soaring and Firm Sight with Broad Precepts Buddha, namo Free of Vows Buddha, namo Asaṃskṛta Flower Buddha, namo Attaining Brilliance Buddha, namo Great Lamp Buddha, namo Contemplating Great Sound Buddha, namo Decisive Sound Buddha, namo Nāga-Giving That Eradicates the Three Evil Destinies Buddha, namo Cloud Thunder Buddha, namo Virtuous Light Buddha, namo Virtuous Contemplation Buddha, namo Full Moon Buddha, namo Jewel Taste Buddha, namo Ten Lights Buddha, namo Manifold Light Buddha, namo Awakening Unimpeded Sound Buddha, namo Deva Flower Buddha, namo Equal Sight Buddha, namo Moon Fame Buddha, namo Deva Image Buddha, namo Dharma Mind Buddha, namo Great Moon Buddha, namo Majestic Compassionate Power Buddha, namo Majestic Moon Light Buddha, namo Directed Mind Buddha, namo Abiding in Good Crossing Buddha, namo Abundant Vigour Buddha, namo Heroic Radiance of Desire Buddha, namo Jewel Freedom Heroic Wisdom Buddha, namo Bodhi Buddha, namo Accomplishing Profit Buddha, namo Delighted Appearance Buddha, namo Revered by Gods Buddha, namo Mind of Awakened Extinction Buddha, namo Great Vigour Buddha, namo Unbound Image Buddha, namo Upholding Wisdom Buddha, namo Renowned Virtue Buddha, namo Mount Sumeru Majesty Buddha, namo Joyful Eyes Buddha, namo Great Vigour Buddha, namo Immeasurable Contemplation Buddha, namo Pure Precepts Buddha, namo Good Crossing Buddha, namo Origin Buddha, namo Jewel Light Buddha, namo Virtuous Light Reverence Buddha, namo World Light Buddha, namo Hero of the World Buddha, namo Pure Sound Buddha, namo Majestic Joy Buddha, namo Good Accomplishment Buddha, namo Burning Wrath Buddha, namo Lion Body Buddha, namo Fame Buddha, namo Friend Light Crossing Buddha, namo Wisdom Terrace Buddha, namo Universal Jewel Buddha, namo Sūryaprabhabuddha, namo Great Flame Buddha, namo Good Man's Joy Buddha, namo Serene Contemplation Buddha, namo Well-Worshipped Buddha, namo Virtue Gathering Majesty Buddha, namo Joyful Marks Buddha, namo Great Flame Gathering Majesty Buddha, namo Banner of Light Buddha, namo Joyful Response Buddha, namo Precept Crossing Buddha, namo Supreme Sight Buddha, namo Superior Light Buddha, namo Great Response Buddha, namo Broad Radiance Buddha, namo Asaṃskṛta Joy Buddha, namo Lofty Sight Buddha, namo Renowned in the Ten Directions Buddha, namo Sovereign King Buddha, namo Boundless Wisdom Buddha, namo Majestic Like a Thousand Suns Buddha, namo Resolute Mind Buddha, namo Joyful Praise Buddha, namo Supreme Crossing Buddha, namo Lovely to Behold Buddha, namo Immeasurable Wisdom Buddha, namo Great Light Buddha, namo Candana Fragrance Buddha, namo Joyful Sight Buddha, namo Virtuous King Buddha, namo Restraining the Faculties Buddha, namo Contemplating Liberation Buddha, namo Universal Joy Buddha, namo Like a Pure King Buddha, namo Difficult to Surpass Buddha, namo None Can Overcome Buddha, namo Wonderful Sight Buddha.

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Nine hundred buddhas (of the past).

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Having paid homage to the Triratna, next comes repentance.

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"Having completed the repentance for the retributions of the hells, we should now next repent of the retributions of the three evil paths. In the sūtras the Buddha said: 'Because those of many desires seek much profit, their suffering and affliction are also great. Those who know contentment, though lying on the bare ground, still consider it joyful; those who do not know contentment, though abiding in heavenly palaces, are still not pleased.' Yet worldly people, when sudden danger strikes, can abandon their wealth without counting how much; and yet they do not realize that their very bodies are poised over the deep abyss of the three evil destinies, and that once a single breath does not return, they must immediately fall. When a good friend suddenly attends to merited virtue and bids them cultivate the provisions of future wholesome dharmas, they hold tightly to their stingy minds and find no reason to do so. Those who are like this are utterly foolish and deluded. Why is this? In the sūtras the Buddha said: 'At birth, one brings not a single coin; in death, one also takes not a single coin away. Accumulating [wealth] with a weary body brings only worry and affliction: to oneself it brings no benefit, and it merely passes to others. Having no wholesome deed to rely on, and no virtue to depend upon, it brings about that when life ends, one falls into the evil destinies.' Therefore, we disciples bow our heads today and sincerely take refuge in the Buddha.

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"Disciples, today we next repent of the retribution of offenses of having no understanding in the realm of animals. We repent of the retribution of offenses of bearing heavy burdens, drawing ploughs, and repaying former debts in the realm of animals. We repent of the retribution of offenses of having no independence, and being hacked, pierced, butchered, and cut apart by others in the realm of animals. We repent of the retribution of offenses of being animals that are legless, two-legged, four-legged, or many-legged. We repent of the retribution of offenses of having the inside of the hair, feathers, scales, and shells of one's body gnawed and devoured by tiny insects in the realm of animals. In such a way, there are immeasurable retributions for offenses in the realm of animals; today, with utmost sincerity, we repent of them all.

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"Next we repent of the retribution of offenses of perpetual hunger in the realm of hungry ghosts. We repent of the retribution of offenses of hungry ghosts who for hundreds of thousands of myriad years never even hear the name of water or broth. We repent of the retribution of offenses of hungry ghosts who devour pus, blood, dung, and filth. We repent of the retribution of offenses of hungry ghosts whose limbs and joints all burst into flame whenever they move their bodies. We repent of the retribution of offenses of hungry ghosts who have large bellies and tiny throats. In such a way, there are immeasurable retributions of suffering in the realm of hungry ghosts; today we bow our heads and repent of them all.

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"Next we repent of the retribution of offenses of flattery, deceit, and false pretense in the realm of all ghosts, spirits, and asuras. We repent of the retribution of offenses of carrying sand, hauling stones, filling rivers, and damming oceans in the realm of ghosts and spirits. We repent of the retribution of offenses of rākṣasas, kumbhāṇḍas, and all evil ghosts and spirits who devour raw flesh and blood and endure these hideous forms. In such a way, immeasurable and boundless retributions of all offenses in the realm of ghosts and spirits—today we bow our heads before the buddhas of the ten directions and the great earth bodhisattvas, beseeching mercy, repenting, and praying that they all be eradicated.

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"May we disciples, by relying on the merit produced by repenting of the retributions of animals and the like, in life after life extinguish the defilement of foolish ignorance, recognise our own karmic conditions, illuminate with wisdom, and sever rebirth into bodies of the evil paths. May we, by the merit produced by repenting of the retributions of hungry ghosts and the like, in life after life be eternally separated from the suffering of stinginess, greed, and hunger, and always partake of the flavour of amṛta and liberation. May we, by the merit produced by repenting of the retributions of ghosts, spirits, asuras, and the like, in life after life be upright and free of flattery, depart from the causes of wrong livelihood, eliminate the fruits of ugliness, and bring blessings and benefit to humans and devas. May we disciples, from now until reaching the seat of awakening, definitely never receive the retributions of the four evil paths, except solely through great compassion for the sake of sentient beings, enduring them without weariness by the power of our vows. (Make one prostration.)"

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Namo Great Radiance Buddha of the eastern direction, namo Abiding in Space Buddha of the southern direction, namo Vajra Stride Buddha of the western direction, namo Boundless Power Buddha of the northern direction, namo Boundless Buddha of the south-eastern direction, namo Destroying All Enemies and Thieves Buddha of the south-western direction, namo Free of Defilement Light Buddha of the north-western direction, namo Golden Light Sound Buddha of the north-eastern direction, namo Lion Sport Buddha of the zenith, namo Moon Banner King Buddha of the nadir.

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In this way, all the Triratna throughout all of space in the ten directions.

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Namo Ju Zizai Buddha, namo Huai Jifa Buddha, namo Wusheng Xie (or: Xiang) Zuibu Buddha, namo Wuwei Guang Buddha, namo Wuwei Siwei Buddha, namo Guo Daojian Buddha, namo Mingcheng Wang Buddha, namo Shenggen Buddha, namo Rijian Buddha, namo Deju Weiguang Buddha, namo Fali Buddha, namo Huichi Qunmeng Buddha, namo Zizai Yue Buddha, namo Zizai Buddha, namo Huiyi Buddha, namo Deshan Buddha, namo Yijing Yinyi Buddha, namo Sizui Zunyi Buddha, namo Jingde Buddha, namo Jie Zizai Buddha, namo Shenxiu Siwei Buddha, namo Xiangxiang Buddha, namo Jijin Siwei Buddha, namo Huoguang Buddha, namo Qin Qunmeng Xiang Buddha, namo Jile Buddha, namo Desuozhi Buddha, namo Dajingjin Wen Buddha, namo Liyi Buddha, namo Jue'ou Buddha, namo Xumi Shan'yi Buddha, namo Jingshen Buddha, namo Zunwei Buddha, namo Shangzun Buddha, namo Dali Buddha, namo Huicun Buddha, namo Tingche (or: Congche) Yi Buddha, namo Rutian Yue Buddha, namo Siwei Du Buddha, namo Yuexian Buddha, namo Dashen Buddha, namo Zahua Buddha, namo Zun Zizai Buddha, namo Zunshang Suojing Buddha, namo Jueshan Xiangxun Buddha, namo Zunwang Suojing Buddha, namo Huanyue Buddha, namo Lianhua Ren Buddha, namo Lianhua Yi Buddha, namo Zizai Dezang Buddha, namo Renyue Buddha, namo Zunyi Deng Buddha, namo Weishen Suoyang Buddha, namo Di Siwei Buddha, namo Jietuo Hui Buddha, namo Chu San'edao Buddha, namo Zexiang Youming Buddha, namo Tuandu Buddha, namo Yueguang Buddha, namo Yiqiang Zizai Buddha, namo Wuwei Yule Buddha, namo Kuaijue Buddha, namo Sha Zhuyu Buddha, namo Shenghua Ju Buddha, namo Dajieji Buddha, namo Tianzizai Liutong Yin Buddha, namo Rukong Buddha, namo Weishenli Buddha, namo Renmingcheng Rou Buddha, namo Jueguang Buddha, namo Zuiyinsheng Buddha, namo Jian'yi Buddha, namo Litong Buddha, namo Yanru Lianhua Qu Wuwei Buddha, namo Kuaiduan Yi Buddha, namo Huideng Buddha, namo Xiyinsheng Buddha, namo Dasiwei Buddha, namo Wuyue Buddha, namo Yijian Buddha, namo Qiangjingjin Buddha, namo Shangguang Buddha, namo Deju Buddha, namo Wugou Siwei Buddha, namo Juyin Buddha, namo Wuliangyuan Buddha, namo Gongqiao (one edition has: De) She'equ Buddha, namo Wuwei Guangfeng Buddha, namo Yule Du Buddha, namo Tuandu Buddha, namo Tiaobian Yi Buddha, namo Fanjiao Buddha, namo Yiche Buddha, namo Deshan Guang Buddha, namo Jianhua Buddha, namo Juyi Buddha, namo Nijuleishu Wang Buddha, namo Wuchangzhong Wang Buddha, namo Yuesheng Buddha, namo Seru Zhantan Buddha, namo Rinei Buddha, namo Dezang Buddha, namo Xumili Buddha, namo Monizhu Buddha, namo Jingang Wang Buddha.

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One thousand buddhas (past).

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Sūtra on the Names of the Thousand Buddhas of the Past Vyūhakalpa

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