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35. वंदित्तु सूत्र - VANDITTU SUTRA
I want to criticize and reprehend myself in the presence of the holy preceptor (guru), for any wrongdoing I may have committed by serving worthy or unworthy monks and nuns, out of attachment towards them or with feelings of aversion towards them.......... 31 I want to criticize and reprehend myself in the presence of the holy preceptor, if I have failed to give alms to the monks who faithfully observe vows of austerity and self- restraint.
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I do not want to commit any one of the following five wrongdoing during the vow of auspicious voluntary death (sanlekhanä) to wish for material happiness in this life or in the next life; to desire to live longer if I gain name and fame by austerity; to desire to die if sorrows befalls me; or to entertain intense sensual desires.....33 I want to repent by confessing any wrongdoing may have committed with respect to any of the vows and restraints through harmful physical, vocal or mental activities.......... ............ 34. I criticize myself for any wrongdoing I may have committed with respect to: two types of worships {to God and to spiritual teacher(vandankarya)};12 vows (vratkärya); two types of teachings {to read the scriptures, to understand them and to put into practice (shikshäkarma)}; three kinds of prides (gärava) (of taste, wealth and physical health); four types of instincts (sangnä) (of food, fear, sex and hoarding), four types of passions (kashaya); three types of evil activities (danda) (mental, verbal and physical); three-fold self-control (gupti); and five-fold vigilance (samiti)................35 A person with right faith acquires only minor karmic bond even though they may commit sins because they do not act with malice or cruelty. When he confesses and repents as prescribed by a spiritual preceptor he gets rid of them swiftly, the same way a well trained physician cures sickness. ....................................36, 37 Just as a well-trained physician removes the poison spread in a body and renders it poison-free with help of right spells, a layperson that has confessed and repented his sins sincerely in front of a spiritual preceptor, is able to swiftly destroy the bonds of all eight karmas formed due to hatred and attachment. He lightens his burden of sins just as a person feels lightened when he unloads the heavy burden he happens to carry ............38, 39, 40
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