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'''Sutra of the Three Heaps''' (Skt. | '''Sutra of the Three Heaps''' (Skt. Trīskhandhadharma Sūtra; [[wyl.]] ''phung po gsum pa'i mdo'') - a sutra used in the [[confession]] and purification of transgressions of vows, especially downfalls of the [[bodhisattva vow]]. It features the [[thirty-five buddhas of confession]]. The 'three heaps' or three sections referred to in the title are 1) homage, 2) confession, and 3) dedication. | ||
==Origin of the Sutra== | ==Origin of the Sutra== | ||
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Sutra of the Three Heaps (Skt. Trīskhandhadharma Sūtra; wyl. phung po gsum pa'i mdo) - a sutra used in the confession and purification of transgressions of vows, especially downfalls of the bodhisattva vow. It features the thirty-five buddhas of confession. The 'three heaps' or three sections referred to in the title are 1) homage, 2) confession, and 3) dedication.
Origin of the Sutra
A group of thirty-five monks who had taken the bodhisattva vow accidentally caused the death of a child while they were out begging for alms. They went to Upali, one of the closest disciples of the Buddha, and asked him to request from the Buddha a method of confessing and purifying what they had done. The Buddha then spoke this sutra, and as he did so, light radiated from his body and thirty-four other buddhas appeared in the space all around him. The thirty-five monks prostrated before these buddhas, made offerings, confessed their misdeed, took refuge and re-awakened bodhichitta.
Translations
- Bokar Rinpoche, Taking the Bodhisattva Vow, ClearPoint Press, San Francisco, 1997
- Ngawang Dhargye, The Confession of Downfalls, translated by Brian Beresford, LTWA