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6. Homage to All of the Thirty-Five Buddhas [Beginning with]
Śākyamuni Tathāgata;
7. Homage to All of the Innumerable Buddhas of the Ten Directions;
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8. Homage to All of the Buddhas of the Ten Directions and the
Three Times, Past, Present, and Future;
I take refuge and repent:
“In this way may all the buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, who
constantly reside in the world, may these World-Honored Ones
compassionately be mindful of me. I now in all cases repent those
obstructing offenses that I have committed: the mass of offenses
that I have committed in this life or in previous lives since beginningless
time, no matter whether I have done them, instructed
others to do them, or seen them done and taken pleasure in that;
whether of pagodas, of the sangha, or of the possessions of the
sangha of the four quarters, no matter whether I have taken them,
instructed others to take them, or seen them taken and taken pleasure
in that; or committed the five heinous sins that entail immediate
[retribution] or the [four] pārājika offenses, no matter whether I
have committed them, instructed others to commit them, or seen
them committed and taken pleasure in that; the path of the ten
unvirtuous actions, no matter whether I have done it, instructed
others, or seen it done and taken pleasure in it; those obstructing
offenses that I have committed, whether I have concealed them or
not concealed them; those for which I should fall into such places
as the hells, or the [realms of the] hungry ghosts or the animals as
well as all the evil realms of existence, or into the border regions,
or among the lowly and depraved, or among barbarians. 31 Now
all the buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, should bear witness to
and know me, should recall and hold me in mind.”
Again, before all the buddhas, the World-Honored Ones, I say:
“If I, in this life, or other lives, have ever practiced giving alms or
kept the pure precepts, even to the extent that I have donated one
morsel of food to an animal or practiced pure conduct, may these
roots of goodness that I have bring sentient beings to maturity, may
these roots of goodness that I have cultivate bodhi, may these roots
of goodness that I have extend to ultimate {wisdom, may these