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|imageSource=Shakyamuni Buddha with the 35 Buddhas of Confession - Himalayan Art Resources | |imageSource=Shakyamuni Buddha with the 35 Buddhas of Confession - Himalayan Art Resources | ||
|text=In chapter 2, Śāntideva demonstrates the importance of making offerings—material and nonmaterial—paying homage through veneration (prostrations), going for refuge, and, in particular, confessing one's evil deeds. | |text=In chapter 2, Śāntideva demonstrates the importance of making offerings—material and nonmaterial—paying homage through veneration (prostrations), going for refuge, and, in particular, confessing one's evil deeds. By openly acknowledging one's past negative behaviors and tendencies through confession, only then can one begin to move in a different direction and transform oneself. | ||
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