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Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra

Original Vows of

Bodhisattva Sutra

Translated in English by Jeanne Tsai

Ksitigarbha

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Translated by Jeanne Tsai

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Contents

Introduction by Venerable Master Hsing Yun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Incense Praise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Sutra Opening Verse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra

1. Spiritual Penetration in Trayastrimsa Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2. The Assembly of the Emanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

3. Observing the Karmic Conditions of Living Beings . . . . . . 65

4. The Karmic Consequences of Living Beings of Jambudvipa . . 87

5. The Names of the Hells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

6. The Praise of the Tathagata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

7. Benefiting the Living and the Deceased . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

8. The Praise of King Yama and His Retinue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

9. Reciting the Names of Buddhas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

10. Comparing the Conditions and Virtues of Giving . . . . . . 261

11. The Dharma Protection of the Earth Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . 283