The Confession Buddhas

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(30 minutes)

In our previous lives, while under the influence of deluded minds, we created negative karma, transgressed our spiritual commitments and incurred downfalls. These can create obstacles to developing faith and conviction in Dharma and to making progress on the stages of the path to enlightenment. Through purification practice, we can remove these obstacles and create the conditions for spiritual progress.

One of the principal methods for purifying negative karma and downfalls is the practice of The Mahayana Sutra of the Three Superior Heaps, also known as The Bodhisattva’s Confession of Moral Downfalls. During this practice, we make physical and verbal prostrations to the 35 Confession Buddhas.

We use the prayer booklet The Bodhisattva’s Confession of Moral Downfalls for this practice. Copies are available to use at the Centre, or you can purchase your own from Tharpa Publications in either printed or electronic form: The Bodhisattva’s Confession of Moral Downfalls – Tharpa Publications.