《Toh 249 (Kangyur)》
CBETA 84K-toh249
Homage to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas! Thus did I hear at one time. The Blessed One was dwelling in the Sudharmā assembly hall in the Heaven of the Thirty-Three, together with a great gathering of five hundred monks, The Potala Sanskrit edition (Tseng 2010, vol. 1, 397) reads “one thousand two hundred and fifty monks” (ardhatrayodaśabhir bhikṣuśatair). and very many bodhisattva mahāsattvas, including Maitreya and Mañjuśrī. At that time the Blessed One said to the bodhisattva mahāsattva Maitreya, “O Maitreya, bodhisattva mahāsattva, if you possess four factors, the misdeeds you have committed and accumulated will be overcome. “What are these four? The action of repentance, antidotal action, the power of restraint, and the power of support. “The action of repentance is to feel intense remorse for any non-virtuous action you have committed. “Antidotal action is to put great effort into virtuous actions once you have committed a non-virtuous action. “The power of restraint is to make a pledge and thereby refrain from any similar action. Here the translation follows the Peking Kangxi and Yongle Kangyurs, as well as the Potala Sanskrit manuscript and the Śikṣāsamuccaya, in readin…
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