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Śāntideva also cites ''The Sūtra of Ākāśagarbha'' and advises that a bodhisattva who has committed downfalls can confess to Ākāśagarbha, who will appear in a dream in some form to help make amends by giving instructions. The bodhisattva must make the following supplication to Ākāśagarbha before twilight and sleep again: | Śāntideva also cites ''The Sūtra of Ākāśagarbha'' and advises that a bodhisattva who has committed downfalls can confess to Ākāśagarbha, who will appear in a dream in some form to help make amends by giving instructions. The bodhisattva must make the following supplication to Ākāśagarbha before twilight and sleep again: | ||
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|quote-text=Dawn! Dawn! O Compassionate and Fortunate One! As soon as you shine on the world, cover me with compassion. I also entreat Ākāśagarbha, the compassionate one to show me the means by which I can confess the downfalls and the means by which I can attain the wisdom and skillful means of the sublime Mahāyāna.<ref>Śāntideva, ''Śikṣāsamuccaya'' (''Bslab pa kun las btus pa''), in Derge Tengyur D3940, dbu ma, vol. 111, khi, fol. 42a6-42b1, http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW23703_3940. For the passage in the ''Ākāśagarbhasūtra'' (''<i>'</i>Phags pa nam mkha'i snying po zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo''), see Derge Kangyur D260, mdo sde, vol. 66, za, fol. 275.b, http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW22084_0260. | |quote-text=Dawn! Dawn! O Compassionate and Fortunate One! As soon as you shine on the world, cover me with compassion. I also entreat Ākāśagarbha, the compassionate one to show me the means by which I can confess the downfalls and the means by which I can attain the wisdom and skillful means of the sublime Mahāyāna.<ref>Śāntideva, ''Śikṣāsamuccaya'' (''Bslab pa kun las btus pa''), in Derge Tengyur D3940, dbu ma, vol. 111, khi, fol. 42a6-42b1, http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW23703_3940. For the passage in the ''Ākāśagarbhasūtra'' (''<i>'</i>Phags pa nam mkha'i snying po zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo''), see Derge Kangyur D260, mdo sde, vol. 66, za, fol. 275.b, http://purl.bdrc.io/resource/MW22084_0260.</ref> | ||
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