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While walking, I may have pained live beings; while coming and going, I may have crushed living beings, such as live, animate seeds and green grass and plants.
I may have crushed beings living in the dew, in the anthills, in the living moss and in water particles, the live earth, webs of spiders — I may have harassed or crushed all these.
Whomever may have been caused pain, tormented, or hurt by me— beings with only one sense, the sense of touch, beings with only the senses of touch and taste, 2 beings with only the senses of touch, taste, and smell;' beings with the four senses of touch, taste, smell, and sight;“ beings with all five senses, touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing;
whomever may have been struck by me while coming or going, or may have gotten covered by dust, rubbed, or bumped;
whomever may have been caused to collide accidentally with one another; whomever may have been tormented by being touched; whomever may have been caused pain;
to whomever I may have given agony and whomever I may have frightened; whomever I may have shifted from one place to another;
whomever I may have separated from life and made lifeless- may all of you who suffered because of me forgive me.
May the ignorance in me which caused pain to other beings cease and be brought to an end.
May all be forgiven and forgotten. 1 such as earth, water, fire, air, and plant life 2 such as worms and shell creatures 3 such as ants 4 such as bees and other insects 5 such as fish, birds, mammals, animals of all kinds and human beings
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