佛說佛名經

From beginningless time until now, we, your disciples, have suffered from the affliction of greed, anger, and jealousy; the affliction of pride and arrogance; the affliction of not knowing good from evil; the affliction of not believing in transgression and merit; the affliction of being unfilial and committing the five heinous offenses; the affliction of disparaging the Three Jewels; the affliction of not observing fasting and precepts; the affliction of violating the precepts and discipline; the affliction of praising ourselves and disparaging others; the affliction of insatiable greed; the affliction of being deluded by sounds and craving forms; the affliction of craving fragrances and delighting in touch; the affliction of following wrong views;

the affliction of being infatuated with and addicted to alcohol and meat, indulging without restraint; and the affliction of refusing to take medicine even when we encounter a physician who prescribes it.

We have also suffered many kinds of illness, calamity, oppression, humiliation, sorrow, anguish, and torment, causing body and mind to endure suffering. Wishing all these painful afflictions to be eliminated and all our aspirations to be fulfilled, we, your disciples, must first establish a ritual altar and perform repentance, so that our transgressions may be eradicated and the roots of our illnesses transformed and extinguished.

Therefore, we, your disciples, reverently bow in homage to the Buddhas of the ten directions:

Homage to Amitabha Buddha of the Western Direction

Homage to Amitabha Banner Buddha

Homage to Exalted Amitabha Buddha

Homage to Great Blazing Radiance Buddha

Homage to Compassionate Toward Sentient Beings Buddha of the Northern Direction

Homage to Great Illumination Buddha

Homage to Jeweled Banner Buddha

Homage to Fragrance Accumulation Buddha

Homage to Blazing Radiance Mass Buddha of the Upper Direction

Homage to Blazing Sound Buddha

Homage to Invincible Vigor Buddha

Homage to Sun Accomplishment Buddha

Homage to Net of Radiance Buddha

Homage to Lion Buddha of the Lower Direction

Homage to Renowned King Buddha

Homage to Majestic Virtue Buddha

Homage to Dharma Crown Buddha

Homage to Dharma Banner Buddha

Homage to Upholder of the Dharma Buddha

Homage to Brahma Sound Buddha of the Eastern Direction

Homage to King of Constellations Buddha

Homage to Supreme Fragrance Buddha

Homage to Fragrant Radiance Buddha

Homage to Great Mass of Flames Buddha

Homage to Jeweled Body Adorned with Many Blossoms Buddha

Homage to Steadfast King Buddha

Homage to Victorious Jeweled Lotus Buddha

Homage to Seer of All Meanings Buddha

Homage to Sumeru Kalpa Buddha

Homage to Roaring Sound Buddha

Homage to Mastery of Wisdom Buddha

Homage to Mastery of Majestic Virtue Buddha

Homage to Sala Sovereign King Buddha

Homage to Courageous Wisdom Buddha

Homage to Mastery of Radiance Buddha

Homage to Steadfast Sovereign King Buddha

Homage to Virtuous Sound Buddha

Homage to Lion’s Vigorous Crest Buddha

Homage to Sumeru Mountain Lamp-Lighting King Buddha

Homage to Fragrant Mountain Buddha

Homage to Immovable Buddha

Homage to Medicine King Buddha

Homage to Seeker of Radiance Buddha

Homage to Great Blazing Accumulation Buddha

Homage to Victorious Treasury Buddha

Homage to Mind-Free Radiance Buddha

Homage to Vaiḍūrya Buddha

Homage to Lotus Buddha

Homage to Accumulation of Joy Buddha

Homage to Sandalwood Buddha

Homage to Moonlight Buddha

Homage to Banner of Awe Buddha

Homage to Great Cultivator Buddha

Homage to Padma King Buddha

Homage to Moon Victory Buddha

Homage to Sala Assembly Buddha

Homage to Great Sala Assembly Buddha

Homage to Banner Mark Buddha

Homage to Pure Life Buddha

Homage to Golden Platform Buddha

Homage to Beloved Vision Buddha

Homage to Golden-Hued Buddha

Homage to Sumana Radiance Buddha

Homage to the Hundreds of Thousands of Myriads of Kotis of Nayutas of Buddhas of the Wondrous Lotus Kalpa, All Sharing the Name Flower of All Bodhi

Homage to the Seven Hundred Buddhas Sharing the Name Adorned with Radiance

Homage to the Three Hundred Buddhas Sharing the Name Great Banner

Homage to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sharing the Name King of Adornment

Homage to Excellent Arising Victory Buddha

Homage to Radiance of the Sun Disc Buddha

Homage to Universal Canopy Buddha

Homage to Samadhi Vigor Buddha

Homage to Victorious Jeweled Flower Buddha

Homage to Boundless Footsteps Buddha

Homage to Excellent Fragrance, King of Fragrances Buddha

Homage to Excellent Choice Mirror Buddha

Homage to Sumeru Kalpa Buddha

Homage to Radiance of the King of Merit Buddha

Homage to Universally Pervasive Radiance Buddha

Homage to Vajra Buddha

Homage to Nimi Buddha

Homage to One Color of the Inexhaustible World Buddha

Homage to Mountain Sovereign King Buddha of the Kasaya Banner World

Homage to King of the Mountain of Supreme Wisdom Buddha of the Steadfast Banner World

Homage to Treasury of Victorious Flowers Buddha of the World Pervaded by All Fragrances

Homage to Supreme Radiance of the Vajra Treasury Buddha of the Vajra Mani World

Homage to Wisdom Banner Buddha of the Wisdom Accomplishment World

Homage to Universal Illumination Buddha of the World of Delightful Meaning

Homage to Supreme Buddha Buddha of the Padma Head World

Homage to Vajra Banner Buddha of the Realm-Wheel World

Homage to Sun Treasury Buddha of the World of the Pure Power of Radiance

Homage to Most Victorious Buddha of the Land of Bliss

Homage to Akshobhya Buddha

Homage to Jeweled Banner Buddha

Homage to Infinite Light Buddha

Homage to Wondrous Sound Buddha

Homage to Supreme Radiance of the Jeweled Kusuma, Ocean of Merit, Vaiḍūrya, Kanaka Mountain, and True Gold Buddha

Homage to Shakyamuni Buddha

Homage to Jeweled Flame Buddha

Homage to Golden Canopy Mountain Buddha

Homage to Vipashyin Buddha

Homage to Radiant Shikhin Buddha

Homage to Vishvabhu Buddha

Homage to Krakucchanda Buddha

Homage to Kanakamuni Buddha

Homage to Kashyapa Buddha

Homage to Supreme Leader in Samadhi Buddha

Homage to Stainless Vigor Buddha

If any good man or good woman receives, upholds, reads, recites, and bows in homage to the names of these Buddhas and bodhisattvas, that person shall transcend thirty kalpas in this world:

Homage to Supreme Radiance of the Sun Disc Buddha

Homage to Sunlight Bodhisattva

If, furthermore, anyone receives, upholds, reads, recites, and bows in homage to the names of these Buddhas and bodhisattvas, that person shall transcend a thousand kalpas in the world:

Homage to Universal Jeweled Canopy Buddha

If any good man or good woman receives, upholds, reads, recites, and bows in homage to the name of this Buddha, that person shall transcend four great kalpas in the world, always be born in the presence of Buddhas and bodhisattvas, and never commit the five heinous offenses (1).

Homage to Supreme Samadhi Vigor Buddha

If any good man or good woman receives, upholds, reads, recites, and bows in homage to the name of this Buddha, that person shall attain a thousand great samadhis, transcend more than a thousand kalpas in the world, and gain merit equal to that of Maitreya Bodhisattva.

Homage to Supreme Radiance of the Jeweled Kusuma Body Buddha

If anyone receives, upholds, reads, recites, and bows in homage to the name of this Buddha, that person shall transcend many kalpas in the world.

Homage to Supremely Victorious Padma Vigor Buddha

If anyone receives, upholds, and bows in homage to the name of this Buddha, that person shall transcend forty kalpas in the world.

Homage to Infinite Fragrance, Supreme King Buddha

If any good man or good woman receives, upholds, reads, recites, and bows in homage to the name of this Buddha, that person shall transcend many kalpas in the world and always clearly know their former lives.

Homage to Jeweled Flower Vigor Tathagata

If, furthermore, anyone receives, upholds, reads, recites, and bows in homage to the name of this Buddha, that person shall attain right samadhi a thousand times. Sentient beings shall take refuge in that person, and all Buddha-Tathagatas shall praise that person with one accord. That person shall transcend more than a thousand kalpas in the world and, before long, turn the wheel of the true Dharma.

Homage to Great Radiance Tathagata

If any good man or good woman receives and upholds, reads and recites, and pays homage to the name of this Buddha, that person shall transcend forty kalpas in this world.

Homage to the Buddha Jewel Treasury

If any good man or good woman receives and upholds, reads and recites, and pays homage to the name of this Buddha, that person shall transcend sixty kalpas of worldly existence.

Homage to the Buddha Jewel Victory

If any good man receives and upholds, reads and recites, and pays homage to the name of this Buddha—and if another person relinquishes the seven kinds of precious treasures (2), in an amount as vast as Mount Sumeru, and gives them in charity throughout worlds as numerous as the sands of the Ganges—the merit of one who merely receives and upholds, reads and recites, and pays homage to the name of this Buddha is assuredly greater than the merit of that act of giving.

Homage to the Buddha Named Victorious One Who Subdues Mara

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One Who Subdues the Cause of Greed

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Subdues the Cause of Anger

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One Who Subdues Delusion

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Subdues the Causes of Defilement and Mara

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One Who Subdues Resentment

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Subdues the Cause of Jealousy

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One Who Subdues Deceit and Crookedness

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Subdues the Cause of Wrong Views

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One Who Subdues All Frivolous Discourse

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Gained His Name through the Purity of the Dharma

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One Who Gained His Name through Victorious Karma

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Gained His Name through the Purity of Unimpeded Supernormal Powers

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One Who Gained His Name by Initiating Giving

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Gained His Name through the Purity of Undertaking the Precepts

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One Who Gained His Name by Initiating Patience

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Gained His Name by Initiating Diligence

Homage to the Buddha Victorious Sovereign One Who Gained His Name through Contemplation of Giving

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Gained His Name through Contemplation of Undertaking the Precepts

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One Who Gained His Name through Contemplation of the Dharma of Patience

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Gained His Name by Initiating the Contemplation of Diligence

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One Who Gained His Name by Initiating the Accomplishment of Meditation

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Gained His Name by Initiating Prajnaparamita

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One Who Gained His Name through Meditative Contemplation

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Gained His Name through the Contemplation of Prajnaparamita

Homage to the Buddha Victorious Sovereign One Who Gained His Name through Inconceivable Conduct

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Gained His Name through Inconceivable Conduct

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One Who Gained His Name through the Arising of Practice

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One through the Pure Radiance of Dharani Wisdom

Homage to the Buddha Victorious Sovereign One Who Gained His Name through the Purity of the Form of Dharani

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Gained His Name through the Purity of the Dance of Dharani

Homage to the Buddha Victorious Sovereign One Who Gained His Name through the Purity of the Nature of Dharani

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Gained His Name through the Purity of the Praise of Dharani

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One Who Gained His Name through the Purity of the Giving of Dharani

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Gained His Name through the Practice of Emptiness

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One of Emptiness and Non-self Who Gained His Name

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One of the Radiance of the Eye

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One of the Radiance of the Ear

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One of the Radiance of the Nose

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One of the Radiance of the Tongue

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One of the Radiance of the Body

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One of the Radiance of the Mind

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One of the Radiance of Form

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One of the Radiance of Sound

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One Who Subdues Fragrance

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One of the Radiance of Taste

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One of the Radiance of Touch

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One of the Radiance of Dharmas

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One of Blazing Radiance

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One of Praiseworthy Radiance

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One of the Radiance of Earth

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One of the Radiance of Water

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One of the Radiance of Fire

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One of the Radiance of Wind

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One of the Radiance of Light

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One of the Radiance of Phenomena

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One of the Radiance of the World

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One Who Removes Suffering

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One of the Radiance of the Skandhas

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One of the Radiance of the Dhatus

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One of Nondual Radiance

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One of the Radiance of Birth

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One of the Radiance of Sound

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One of the Radiance of Earthly Flowers

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One of Garland Radiance

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign One of the Radiance of the Fragrant Canopy

Homage to the Buddha Victorious One of the Radiance of Robes

Homage to the Buddha Accomplished Meaning

Homage to the Buddha Fearless King

Homage to the Buddha Immovable One

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign Observer of the World

Homage to the Buddha Infinite Life

Homage to the Buddha Ni Di

Homage to the Buddha Diem Di Luu

Homage to the Buddha Vajra

Homage to the Buddha King of the Worlds of the Ten Directions, Whose Body Is Locana, Who First Emerged Like the Sun, the Blazing Lamp, Moon, Flower, Jewel, Paduma, and Golden Radiance, and Who Emits Unobstructed Precious Light Illuminating All

Homage to the Buddha Who Subdues Dragons

Homage to the Buddha Who Skillfully Tames the Mind

Homage to the Buddha Jewel Assembly

Homage to the Buddha Fire-Crowned

Homage to the Buddha Accumulation of Flames

Homage to the Buddha All-Radiance

Homage to the Buddha Sunlight

Homage to the Buddha Inconceivable One

Homage to the Buddha Boundless Diligence

Homage to the Buddha Boundless Contemplation

Homage to the Buddha Golden-Hued Flower

Homage to the Buddha Fragrance of Excellent Fragrance

Homage to the Buddha Who Practices without Contention

Homage to the Buddha Free from Outflows

Homage to the Buddha Boundless Wisdom

Homage to the Buddha Worthy Body

Homage to the Buddha Worthy Marks

Homage to the Buddha Who Manifests Everywhere

Homage to the Buddha of Boundless Majestic Virtue

Homage to the Buddha Equally Ordered

Homage to the Buddha Kin An On

Homage to the Buddha Sala

Homage to the Buddha Who Gained His Name

Homage to the Buddha Victorious Paduma

Homage to the Buddha Commensurate with the Lotus Flower

Homage to the Buddha Path of Flowers

Homage to the Buddha Adornment

Homage to the Buddha Vigorous One

Homage to the Buddha Excellent Vision

Homage to the Buddha Who Answers Well

Homage to the Buddha Who Skillfully Protects the World

Homage to the Buddha of Boundless Majestic Virtue

Homage to the Buddha Foremost Victory

Homage to the Buddha of Excellent Conduct

Homage to the Buddha of Immeasurable Majestic Virtue

Homage to the Buddha Wondrous Victory

Homage to the Buddha Victorious Offering

Homage to the Buddha Great Vigorous Wisdom, Sovereign King of Sound

Homage to the Buddha Lightning Radiance

Homage to the Buddha Who Illuminates All

Homage to the Buddha Inconceivable One

Homage to the Buddha of Immeasurable Form

Homage to the Buddha of Immeasurable Light

Homage to the Buddha Whose Body Manifests Radiant Blossoming Flowers

Homage to the Buddha King of Mount Sumeru, Victorious Paduma

Homage to the Buddha Who Seeks Renown, Utters Sounds, and Cultivates Practice

Homage to the Buddha King of All Precious Mani Jewels Who Emits Radiance

Homage to the Buddha King Accomplished in the Praise of Stainless Flames

Homage to the Buddha Fragrant Jewel Radiance

Homage to the Buddha Free from All Afflictions

Homage to the Buddha Excellent Wisdom

Homage to the Buddha Who Clearly Sees the Nature

Homage to the Buddha Adorned with a Mountain of Jewels

Homage to the Buddha Who Practices Loving-kindness and Compassion

Homage to the Buddha Jambunada Banner

Homage to the Buddha Boundless Wisdom

Homage to the Buddha of Immeasurable Majestic Virtue

Homage to the Buddha Greatly Praised

Homage to the Buddha Jewel Praise

Homage to the Buddha Fire Radiance

Homage to the Buddha Great Radiance

Homage to the Buddha Radiance Illuminated by Lightning

Homage to the Buddha Who Illuminates All Kinds

Homage to the Buddha Immeasurable One

Homage to the Buddha Moonlight

Homage to the Buddha Ocean of Merit

Homage to the Buddha Perfect in Merit

Homage to the Buddha of Supreme Conduct

Homage to the Buddha Sunlight

Homage to the Buddha Fearless One

Homage to the Buddha Lion Banner

Homage to the Buddha Shakra Banner

Homage to the Buddha Fire Banner

Homage to the Buddha Good Eyes

Homage to the Buddha King of Adornments

Homage to the Buddha Radiant Light Emitting Light

Homage to the Buddha Boundless Light

Homage to the Buddha Wondrous Light

Homage to the Buddha Universal Protector and Supreme One

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign Cloud

Homage to the Buddha Banner of Sovereignty

Homage to the Buddha Sun Lamp

Homage to the Buddha Supreme One

Homage to the Buddha Well-Born

Homage to the Buddha of Boundless, Inconceivable, Awe-Inspiring Virtue

Homage to the Buddha Universal Eye

Homage to the Buddha Above the Padma

Homage to the Buddha Wondrously Gone

Homage to the Buddha Rising Moon

Homage to the Buddha Luminous Lamp

Homage to the Buddha Whose Body Is Never Satiated

Homage to the Buddha Meru Banner

Homage to the Buddha Jeweled Banner

Homage to the Buddha Mass of Blazing Flames

Homage to the Buddha Banner of Sovereignty

Homage to the Buddha Jeweled Fire

Homage to the Buddha Sandalwood Fragrance

Homage to the Buddha Whose Body Is Adorned with Padmas of Unfixed Radiance

Homage to the Buddha Boundless Renown, Merit, and Radiance

Homage to the Buddha Bồ Bặc Sắc

Homage to the Buddha Immeasurable Light

Homage to the Buddha Whose Body Is Adorned with Padmas of Joyful Radiance

Homage to the Buddha Padma King Who Emerged from Mount Sumeru

Homage to the Twenty Thousand Buddhas of the Constellation Kalpa, All Alike Named Maker of Light

Homage to the Twenty Thousand Buddhas All Alike Named Locana

Homage to the Twenty Thousand Buddhas All Alike Named Shakyamuni

Homage to the Immeasurable Hundreds of Thousands of Myriads of Innumerable Buddhas Alike Named Shakra, Sun, and Great White Star Lord

Homage to the Buddha Stainless Radiance

Homage to the Buddha Jeweled Radiance of Merit

Homage to the Buddha Accomplished through the Power of Diligence

Homage to the Buddha Pure Light

Homage to the Buddha Liberated from All Bonds

Homage to the Buddha Supreme Padma Treasury

Homage to the Buddha Who Attained the Power of Unobstructed Liberation

Homage to the Buddha Unfaltering, Whose Ten Powers Are Renowned and Fragrant

Homage to the Buddha Locana Radiance

Homage to the Buddha Jeweled Accumulation

Homage to the Buddha Lofty Dharma Banner

Homage to the Buddha Who Destroys All Dark Obstructions

Homage to the Buddha Maker of Universal Radiance, Adornment, and Illumination

Homage to the Buddha Maker of Light

Homage to the Buddha Great Flame

Homage to the Buddha of Boundless Conduct and Merit

Homage to the Buddha Dharma-Merit Cloud, Blazing Lamp

Homage to the Buddha King of Blazing Great Lamps

Homage to the Buddha Supreme One Who Destroys the Darkness of All Sentient Beings

Homage to the Noble Sangha of Wondrous Vision

Homage to the Buddha Wondrous Victory

Homage to the Buddha Wondrous Learning

Homage to the Buddha Mountain Peak

Homage to the Buddha Golden Sage

Homage to the Buddha Who Drinks Amrita

Homage to the Buddha Immeasurable Light

Homage to the Buddha Jeweled Ushnisha

Homage to the Buddha Boundless Supreme King of the Vinaya

Homage to the Buddha Lightning-Illuminated Radiant Net

Homage to the Buddha Who Accomplished Immeasurable Merit

Homage to the Buddha Whose Sphere of Joyful Eloquence Is Immeasurable

Homage to the Buddha Wisdom-Victory, Emitter of Light

Homage to the Buddha Who Subdues Lightning, the Sun, and the Moon, and Creates Light

Homage to the Buddha Universal Kusuma Victory, Vigor, and Accumulation of Merit

Homage to the Buddha King of the Light of Merit

Homage to the Buddha Good Moon

Homage to the Buddha King of Radiant Adornments

Homage to the Buddha Dư Xả Thí Ushnisha

Homage to the Buddha Light of Merit and Blessings

Homage to the Buddha Universal Light, Supreme King of Mountains

Homage to the Buddha Well-Abiding Mani King of Mountains

Homage to the Buddha Who Severs All Afflictions

Homage to the Buddha Shakyamuni

Homage to the Buddha Who Shatters Adamantine Solidity

Homage to the Buddha Jeweled Blaze

Homage to the Buddha Sovereign Dragon King

Homage to the Buddha Valiant Sage

Homage to the Buddha Jeweled Moon

Homage to the Buddha Free from Defilement

Homage to the Buddha Stainless One

Homage to the Buddha Who Attained Valor

Homage to the Buddha Profound Purity

Homage to the Buddha Who Attained Brahmahood

Homage to the Buddha Varuna

Homage to the Buddha Varuna Deva

Homage to the Buddha Supreme Worthy One

Homage to the Buddha Supreme Sandalwood

Homage to the Buddha Strong Man

Homage to the Buddha Supreme Attainer of Joyful, Awe-Inspiring Virtue

Homage to the Buddha Supreme Radiance

Homage to the Buddha Supreme Sorrowless One

Homage to the Buddha Supreme Kusuma

Homage to the Buddha Supreme in Padma, Bodhi, and Vigor

Homage to the Buddha Supreme Wealth

Homage to the Buddha Supreme Mindfulness

Homage to the Buddha Supreme in the Renown of Excellent Teaching

Homage to the Buddha Indra Ushnisha Banner

Homage to the Buddha Supreme Division

Homage to the Buddha Supreme Division of Excellent Awakening

Homage to the Buddha Well-Gone Division

Homage to the Buddha Supreme in Universal Illumination and Adornment

Homage to the Buddha Jeweled Flower Division

Homage to the Buddha Jeweled Padma, Well-Abiding Sovereign King of Mountains

Homage to the Buddha King of Light, Adorned by the Radiant Banner of the Fire of Sentient Beings

Homage to the Buddha Who Utters the Wisdom Arising from the Wondrous Equality of the Dharma Realm

Homage to the Buddha Who Universally Illuminates the Vast Treasury of Merit and Blessings

Homage to the Buddha Locana, Great Responsive Net of Universal Illumination

Homage to the Buddha Locana, Lotus-Eyed Lightning Light

Homage to the Buddha Supreme Great Master of Lionlike Resolve

Homage to the Buddha King Locana, Supreme Light Reaching the Dharma Realm

Homage to the Buddha Ever Stainless, Whose Merit, Pervading Reach, and Renown Are Universal

Homage to the Buddha Supreme King of the Sun Lotus

Homage to the Buddha Banner of Sovereign Dharma-Wisdom

Homage to the Buddha Whose Vast Joy, Stainless Awe-Inspiring Virtue, and Brahma Voice Are Universal

Homage to the Buddha Fundamental Supreme Excellent Guide

Homage to the Buddha Power of Wisdom

Homage to the Buddha Meru, of Awe-Inspiring Virtue

Homage to the Buddha Pure Vow and Moonlight

Homage to the Buddha Who Emits the Radiance of the Vow of the Dharma Ocean

Homage to the Buddha Maker of Light, Adorned with the Jeweled Marks of Merit

Homage to the Buddha Wondrous Voice, Deva Lord of the Earth

Homage to the Buddha Who Advances Victoriously and Departs in Quiescence

Homage to the Buddha Whose Sight Brings Joy to Sentient Beings

Homage to the Buddha Immovable, Profoundly Radiant Locana, Accumulation of Wisdom

Homage to the Buddha Inconceivable Lord Who Universally Emits Light

Homage to the Buddha of Equal, Wondrous Merit and Awe-Inspiring Virtue

Homage to the Buddha Swift Radiance and Brahma Eye

Homage to the Buddha Liberated Diligence and Sunlight

Homage to the Buddha Universally Awakened Wisdom of the Dharma Body

Homage to the Buddha Universal Gateway, Who Illuminates the Gateways of All Sentient Beings and Sees Them

Next, we bow in homage to the twelve divisions of the revered scriptures, the Great Canonical Dharma Wheel:

Homage to the Revered Scripture of the Peacock King Mantra

Homage to the Revered Dousha Scripture

Homage to the Revered Vaipulya Scripture of the Pure Vinaya

Homage to the Revered Scripture of Manjushri's Pure Discipline

Homage to the Revered Scripture of Questions Asked by Quiescent and Harmonious Voice

Homage to the Revered Explanatory Treatise on the Mahayana Compendium

Homage to the Revered Treatise on the Mahayana Compendium

Homage to the Revered Treatise on the Bodhisattva Stages and Their Upholding

Homage to the Revered Scripture of the Bodhisattva's Excellent Precepts

Homage to the Revered Root Treatise on the Mahayana Compendium

Homage to the Revered Treatise on Consciousness-Only

Homage to the Revered Treatise on the Establishment of Consciousness-Only

Homage to the Revered Scripture on the Samadhi of Seated Meditation

Homage to the Revered Scripture on the Collected Methods of Meditation in the Aranya

Homage to the Revered Matanga Scripture

Homage to the Revered Shatoulian Scripture

Homage to the Revered Sutra of Causes and Effects in the Past and Present

Homage to the Revered Sutra of the Crown Prince’s Auspicious Responses in His Former Lives

Homage to the Revered Sutra of the Origins of the Practice of the Path

Homage to the Revered Lokakṣema Sutra

Homage to the Revered Mahāparinirvāṇa Sutra

Homage to the Revered Sutra of the Buddha’s Parinirvāṇa

Homage to the Revered Sutra of the Ten Requitals of the Dharma

Homage to the Revered Sutra on the Meaning of the Universal Dharma

Homage to the Revered Sutra of Śṛgālavāda’s Homage to the Six Directions

Homage to the Revered Sutra of Brahmā’s Net and the Sixty-Two Views

Homage to the Revered Sutra on the Fruits of the Arhats

Homage to the Revered Sutra of the Brahmin A Bạt

Homage to the Revered Sutra of the Names and Lineages of the Parents of the Seven Buddhas

Homage to the Revered Sutra of the Brahmin An La Diên’s Questions concerning the Honored Lineage

Homage to the Revered Sutra on Relying upon Wisdom through Fundamental Characteristics

Homage to the Revered Sutra on the Wisdom of the Original Conditions

Homage to the Revered Sutra of Ānanda’s Questions to the Buddha concerning Auspicious and Inauspicious Matters

Homage to the Revered Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on Ānanda’s Discernment

Homage to the Revered Sutra on the Retribution of Transgressions and Merits

Homage to the Revered Sutra on the Different Karmic Retributions

Homage to the Revered Sutra of the Five Mothers and Their Children

Homage to the Revered Sutra of Sa Di La

Homage to the Revered Sutra of Anavatapta

Homage to the Revered Sutra of the Jade Maiden

Homage to the Revered Sutra Spoken by the Buddha to the Elder Nghệ concerning the Irreverence of Children toward Their Parents

Homage to the Revered Sutra of the Seven Fathers

Homage to the Revered Ullambana Sutra

Homage to the Revered Sutra on Repaying Kindness by Offering Ullambana Basins

Homage to the Revered Sutra on Contemplating the Year-End Offering

Homage to the Revered Sutra of the Mātaṅga Woman

Homage to the Revered Sutra on the Six Matters concerning the Mātaṅga Woman’s Deliverance from Her Form

Homage to the great bodhisattvas throughout the ten directions:

Homage to Bodhisattva Who Subdues All Māra Voices

Homage to Bodhisattva Voice of the Thundercloud of Great Compassion and Skillful Means

Homage to Bodhisattva Voice That Dispels All Suffering and Brings Consolation

Homage to Bodhisattva Supreme Dharma

Homage to Bodhisattva Supreme Victory

Homage to Bodhisattva Supreme Wisdom

Homage to Bodhisattva Supreme Mount Sumeru of Merit

Homage to Bodhisattva Supreme Coral of Merit

Homage to Bodhisattva Supreme Renown

Homage to Bodhisattva Supreme Universal Radiance

Homage to Bodhisattva Great Loving-Kindness

Homage to Bodhisattva Supreme Ocean of Wisdom

Homage to Bodhisattva Supreme Arising of the Tathagata-Nature

Homage to Bodhisattva Virtue of Resplendent Brilliance

Homage to Bodhisattva Virtue of Sublime Victory

Homage to Bodhisattva Virtue of Supreme Sublimity

Homage to Bodhisattva Virtue of Luminous Purity

Homage to Bodhisattva Virtue of the Sublime Dharma

Homage to Bodhisattva Virtue of the Sublime Moon

Homage to Bodhisattva Virtue of Sublime Emptiness

Homage to Bodhisattva Virtue of the Sublime Jewel

Homage to Bodhisattva Banner of Sublime Virtue

Homage to Bodhisattva Virtue of Sublime Wisdom

Homage to Bodhisattva King of the Śāla Grove

Homage to Bodhisattva King of Sentient Beings

Homage to Bodhisattva Brahmā King

Homage to Bodhisattva Mountain King

Homage to Bodhisattva Jewel King

Homage to Bodhisattva King Free from Birth

Homage to Bodhisattva King of Tranquility

Homage to Bodhisattva Immovable King

Homage to Bodhisattva King of Sages

Homage to Bodhisattva Victorious King

Homage to Bodhisattva Voice of Serenity

Homage to Bodhisattva Unobstructed Voice

Homage to Bodhisattva Voice That Awakens Past Vows

Homage to Bodhisattva Voice of the Perfected Path

Homage to Bodhisattva Voice of Mount Sumeru of Wisdom

Homage to Bodhisattva Awakening of Emptiness

Homage to Bodhisattva Stainless Awakening

We take refuge with reverence in the immeasurable and boundless great bodhisattvas throughout the worlds of the ten directions. We now single-mindedly bow in homage to the noble and holy Sangha, the śrāvakas, and the pratyekabuddhas:

Homage to the Noble Sangha, Venerable One Who Comprehends the Fundamental Limit

Homage to the Noble Sangha, Venerable Right Vow

Homage to the Noble Sangha, Venerable Right Speech

Homage to the Noble Sangha, Venerable Great Renown

Homage to the Noble Sangha, Venerable Humane and Worthy One

Homage to the Noble Sangha, Venerable Stainless One

Homage to the Noble Sangha, Venerable Renowned One

Homage to the Noble Sangha, Venerable Good and True One

Homage to the Noble Sangha, Venerable Perfectly Endowed One

Homage to the Noble Sangha, Venerable Bull King

Homage to the great arhats, all well known within the assembly. Having completed our homage to the Three Jewels, we shall now make repentance. We disciples respectfully invite all Buddhas of the ten directions, the twelve divisions of scripture, all noble and holy beings, the devas, nāgas, and the eight classes of beings (3), all sentient beings throughout the Dharma realm, and the present great assembly to bear witness. From beginningless time until today, we disciples have committed immeasurable and boundless transgressions. We now disclose them with utmost sincerity and repent, returning for refuge to the Buddhas of the ten directions:

Homage to the Buddha Boundless Purity in the East

Homage to the Buddha Sumeru in the South

Homage to the Buddha Vajra Accumulation in the West

Homage to the Buddha Supreme Worthy One in the North

Homage to the Buddha Greatly Arising Radiance in the Southeast

Homage to the Buddha Wondrous Jewel in the Southwest

Homage to the Buddha One Vehicle in the Northwest

Homage to the Buddha Who Destroys Māra’s Net and Walks Alone in the Northeast

Homage to the Buddha Whose Mind Is Free from Fear in the Nadir

Homage to the Buddha Immeasurably Honored Stainless King in the Zenith

Homage to the Three Jewels throughout all the worlds of the ten directions, filling the realm of empty space. Now, for the sake of all sentient beings and ourselves, we disciples take refuge with our lives and repent before the Buddhas of the ten directions. Since immeasurable kalpas past, all sentient beings have failed to recognize the kindness of the Buddhas and their parents, nor have they understood wholesome dharmas (4).

They have concerned themselves only with creating many evil karmas born of ignorance. Relying upon their wealth and extensive learning, and behaving heedlessly in their youth, they have committed evil deeds, entertained unwholesome thoughts, spoken harsh words, and insolently reviled others. Following their deluded intentions in everything they do, they have found it difficult to perceive their own faults.

The foolish actions of ordinary beings are concealed by the veil of ignorance (5). They associate closely with unwholesome friends and have their minds disturbed by many afflictions. Through the causes and conditions of the five sensual pleasures (6), they give rise to many forms of anger and resentment.

Never satisfied, they freely commit evil karma; by associating with pleasure-seekers, they give rise to much jealousy. When reduced to poverty, they resort to flattery or commit evil deeds. In their dealings with others, they are often fearful and ill at ease.

They create evil karma; greed, lust, and delusion disturb their minds, or they are oppressed by craving for sexual desire. They commit other evil karma on account of food and clothing, turning toward female beauty and binding themselves tightly to troubling entanglements. Or they lust after the sons of others and allow attachment to stain their minds.

Or, regarding the sexual forms of cattle, horses, camels, goats, pigs, and all kinds of birds and beasts, they conceive thoughts of female beauty. They do not follow the Buddha’s practice but continually create evil karma through the three karmas of thought, action, and speech. Transgressions such as these are immeasurable and boundless; we now repent of them all.

From beginningless time until the present, we disciples may have failed to revere the Buddhas, the honored Dharma, and the noble and holy Sangha. We repent of transgressions such as these. We may have failed to revere the bodhisattvas, pratyekabuddhas, and śrāvakas. We now repent of transgressions such as these.

Because we lacked wisdom, we often slandered the true Dharma (7), failed to respect our parents and elders, and, obscured by delusion, repeatedly gave rise to arrogance and heedlessness. Fundamentally, because of the three poisons—greed, anger, and delusion—we created much evil karma. Today, we bow down and beseech repentance for transgressions such as these.

We may have continually delighted in eating meat and drinking alcohol, never ceasing; or we may have given alcohol to monks and nuns, to those who uphold the precepts, or to bhikṣuṇīs. We may even have induced those who had long abstained, such as practitioners of meditation, to resume drinking and eating such things. Transgressions such as these are immeasurable and boundless.

Today, with utmost sincerity, we take refuge with our lives and repent.

We, your disciples, from beginningless time until this day, have created a great many evil karmas. Because of these causes and conditions, we have given rise to profound sorrow and anxiety, suffered poverty and deprivation, been distressed and terrified, feared the consequences of evil karma, and remained constantly fainthearted. Wherever we may be, we have never known peace or happiness.

Now, may the Greatly Compassionate World-Honored Ones throughout the ten directions, who are able to dispel all the fears of sentient beings, permit us sincerely to repent. We now repent of and renounce all evils committed in past lives. We sincerely repent of the karma being created in the present.

As for deeds not yet done, we dare not even contemplate them; as for deeds already done, we dare not conceal them. The three sinful karmas of the body, the four evil karmas of speech, and the three unwholesome karmas of the mind—we now repent of them all. We repent of the perils upon the path of birth and death caused by sensual desire, afflictions, delusion, and other such dangers.

Giving rise to frivolity and arrogance is one obstructing peril; associating with evil friends is one obstructing peril; being born within the three realms is one perilous danger; and being afflicted by the three poisons is the most harmful obstructing peril. It is difficult to encounter a time free from calamity; difficult to encounter favorable circumstances; difficult to cultivate wholesome merit; and even more difficult to encounter the Buddha-Dharma. We now repent of all such dangers and difficulties.

We, your disciples, from beginningless time until this day, having received these bodies, have created much karma of killing. Many times we have killed or harmed those belonging to the Three Jewels, teachers and members of the Sangha, our parents, the six classes of relatives (8), virtuous friends and spiritual guides, and sentient beings throughout the Dharma realm—deeds impossible to calculate. We have also stolen all manner of property belonging to the Three Jewels, teachers and members of the Sangha, our parents, the six classes of relatives, virtuous friends and spiritual guides, and sentient beings throughout the Dharma realm—deeds impossible to calculate.

Toward those belonging to the Three Jewels, teachers and members of the Sangha, our parents, the six classes of relatives, virtuous friends and spiritual guides, and sentient beings throughout the Dharma realm, we have given rise to improper and lustful thoughts beyond all reckoning. Through false speech and deceit, we have repeatedly deceived those belonging to the Three Jewels, our teachers and patriarchs, our parents, the six classes of relatives, virtuous friends and spiritual guides, and sentient beings throughout the Dharma realm—acts impossible to calculate.

We have spoken frivolous and embellished words, as well as duplicitous words, toward all Buddhas, the revered Dharma, the noble Sangha of sages and saints, our teachers and patriarchs, our parents, relatives and kin, good friends and companions, and sentient beings throughout the Dharma realm—words impossible to calculate.

We have also uttered harsh words, insults, and slanders against the Three Jewels, teachers and members of the Sangha, our parents, the six classes of relatives, virtuous friends and spiritual guides, and sentient beings throughout the Dharma realm—words impossible to calculate. Through divisive speech, we have provoked contention and turmoil and caused disruption and harm to the Three Jewels, teachers and members of the Sangha, our parents, the six classes of relatives, virtuous friends and spiritual guides, and sentient beings throughout the Dharma realm—such words are beyond all reckoning.

We may have violated the five precepts (9), the eight precepts (10), the ten precepts (11), the ten wholesome precepts (12), the two hundred and fifty precepts (13), the five hundred precepts (14), the bodhisattva’s threefold pure precepts (15), the ten inexhaustible precepts (16), and even all other precepts and all rules of dignified conduct, and so forth. Whether we committed these acts ourselves, instructed others to commit them, or rejoiced upon seeing them committed, our violations of these precepts are impossible to calculate.

Such offenses are as innumerable and boundless as all the lands throughout the ten directions and their countless particles of dust. As space is boundless, so too are the offenses we have committed boundless. As skillful means are boundless, so too are the transgressions we have committed boundless.

As the Dharma-nature (17) is boundless, so too are the offenses we have committed boundless. As the Dharma realm is boundless, so too are the transgressions we have committed boundless. As sentient beings are boundless, so too are our acts of plunder and killing boundless.

As the Three Jewels are boundless, so too are our offenses against them boundless. As the categories of precepts are boundless, so too are our violations of them boundless. Such offenses are difficult to fathom even for great bodhisattvas above and shravakas and pratyekabuddhas below.

Only a Buddha together with another Buddha can know the full measure of what we have done. Now, before the Three Jewels and all sentient beings throughout the Dharma realm, we openly declare and repent of our offenses, not daring to conceal them. We humbly beseech the Three Jewels throughout the ten directions and all sentient beings throughout the Dharma realm to accept our repentance.

We, your disciples, reverently vow that, through the power of this repentance, it shall be transformed into merit. May we, life after life and kalpa after kalpa, forever cast off birth from the womb, attain rebirth in accordance with our vows, acquire the power of the six supernatural abilities (18), and rescue sentient beings from all suffering. Even if the space of the Dharma realm should come to an end, our vows shall forever endure. May the sufferings of all sentient beings dwelling in the hells, existing as hungry ghosts, living in poverty and destitution, or oppressed by afflictions and every kind of suffering, all be extinguished.

Furthermore, through the power of this repentance transformed into merit, we vow to leave birth and death behind and reach the farther shore of great wisdom and liberation; to turn the wondrous and pure Dharma wheel; and to bring all our prayers and vows to perfect fulfillment. Moreover, may the blind gain sight, the deaf gain hearing, the mute gain speech, the naked receive clothing, and the poor and deprived obtain precious treasuries and abundant material provisions, lacking nothing.

May all enjoy peace, security, and happiness, so that not a single person suffers distress. Finally, we pray that sentient beings will regard one another with loving-kindness and behold one another with the eyes of a Buddha; that their features will be upright, dignified, and beautiful, bringing joy to all who see them; that wondrous beauty will adorn their bodies; that they will become kin to the bodhisattvas and virtuous spiritual friends of the Tathagatas.

Notes:

1. The five heinous offenses: Explained in Volume Four, note 1, page 354.

2. The seven treasures: Explained in Volume Three, note 3, page 252.

3. The eight classes of beings: The eight assemblies are: 1. devas; 2. nagas; 3. yakshas; 4. gandharvas; 5. asuras; 6. garudas; 7. kinnaras; and 8. mahoragas.

4. Wholesome dharmas: Good and virtuous conduct, namely: not killing, not stealing, not engaging in sexual misconduct; not lying, not speaking frivolous or embellished words, not speaking divisively, not speaking harshly; not becoming angry, not being deluded, not being greedy…

5. The veil of ignorance: Explained in Volume Nine, note 5, page 646.

6. The five kinds of sensual pleasure: Explained in Volume Four, note 21, page 358.

7. Slandering the true Dharma: Disparaging and ridiculing the Buddha’s teachings, disbelieving cause and effect, failing to distinguish offenses from merit, and constantly disparaging the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.

8. The six classes of relatives: Explained in Volume Five, note 1, page 423.

9. The five precepts: The precepts for lay Buddhists. They are: 1. not to kill; 2. not to steal; 3. not to engage in sexual misconduct; 4. not to lie; and 5. not to consume intoxicants.

10. The eight precepts: That is, the Eight Precepts observed by lay Buddhists who come to a monastery to receive and practice them for twenty-four hours: 1. not to kill; 2. not to steal; 3. not to engage in sexual activity; 4. not to speak falsely; 5. not to consume intoxicants; 6. not to adorn oneself with flowers, cosmetics, perfumes, or jeweled necklaces; 7. not to lie upon high beds and not to watch singing or theatrical performances; and 8. not to eat at improper times.

11. The ten precepts: The ten precepts of novice monks and novice nuns: 1. not to kill; 2. not to steal; 3. not to engage in sexual activity; 4. not to lie; 5. not to consume intoxicants; 6. not to wear jeweled necklaces or apply perfumes; 7. not to sing, dance, perform music, or deliberately go to watch or listen to such performances; 8. not to lie upon high or luxurious beds; 9. not to eat at improper times; and 10. not to possess gold or silver.

12. The Ten Wholesome Precepts: The ten wholesome precepts for lay Buddhists. The body has three precepts: 1. Not to kill living beings; 2. Not to steal; 3. Not to engage in sexual misconduct. Speech has four precepts: 1. Not to speak falsely; 2. Not to use embellished speech; 3. Not to engage in divisive speech; 4. Not to use harsh speech. The mind has three precepts: 1. Not to be greedy; 2. Not to be angry; 3. Not to be deluded.

13. The Two Hundred and Fifty Precepts: The full precepts of a bhikkhu in the Sangha: 1. The pārājika comprise eight precepts; 2.

The saṅghādisesa comprise thirteen precepts; 3. The two aniyata comprise two precepts; 4. The nissaggiya pācittiya comprise thirty precepts; 5.

The pācittiya comprise ninety precepts; 6. The pāṭidesanīya comprise four precepts; 7. The one hundred sekhiya comprise one hundred minor precepts; and 8.

The seven adhikaraṇa-samatha comprise seven precepts. These 250 precepts are called the precepts of individual liberation, meaning that by observing one rule, one is freed from one transgression. Through observing the precepts, a bhikkhu becomes pure and is then able to cultivate concentration; through cultivating concentration, he develops wisdom, ends the afflictions, and attains the Path.

14. The Five Hundred Precepts: Cinq cents règles (F). The five hundred prohibitory precepts constitute the complete code of precepts for bhikkhunīs. According to the Vinaya, there are only 348 rules. Using the larger round number, they are called five hundred; in summary, they form seven groups: 1. The pārājika comprise eight; 2. The saṅghādisesa comprise seventeen; 3. The nissaggiya pācittiya comprise thirty; 4. The pācittiya comprise one hundred and seventy-eight; 5. The pāṭidesanīya comprise eight; 6. The sekhiya comprise one hundred; 7. The adhikaraṇa-samatha comprise seven, together forming 348 precepts. These are the bhikkhunī precepts. The bhikkhu precepts, by contrast, comprise 250 prohibitory rules.

15. The Three Collections of Pure Precepts: Three groups of prohibitory precepts. “Collection” means a gathering together; “precept” means a prohibition or admonition. These three groups of prohibitory precepts encompass all the precepts of the Mahayana and are therefore called the Three Collections of Pure Precepts: 1. The precepts that encompass rules of discipline; 2. The precepts that encompass wholesome dharmas; and 3. The precepts that encompass sentient beings.

16. The Ten Inexhaustible Precepts: Ten special precepts received and upheld by the mind of a bodhisattva: 1. The precept of universally benefiting beings; 2. The precept of not accepting external precepts; 3. The precept of non-abiding; 4. The precept of being without regret; 5. The precept of being free from contention; 6. The precept of not troubling or harming; 7. The precept of being unmixed; 8. The precept of not craving or seeking; 9. The precept of being without faults; and 10. The precept of neither reviling nor transgressing the precepts.

17. Dharma-nature: The original nature of all dharmas, the true essence of sentient beings and all things. The original nature of all dharmas (Dharma-nature) is intrinsically empty and quiescent, meaning that dharmas possess no true existence. It is merely because these dharmas resemble those, and one thing continues after another, that ordinary beings mistakenly conceive them as existent. Buddhas and bodhisattvas, however, see them as empty and quiescent…

18. The Six Superknowledges: The superknowledge of the divine eye; the superknowledge of the divine ear; the superknowledge of others’ minds; the superknowledge of past lives; the superknowledge of miraculous powers; and the superknowledge of the exhaustion of the outflows.