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“What are these four? The action of repentance, antidotal action, the power of restraint, and the power of support.<ref>Adam Pearcey, trans., ''The Sūtra Teaching the Four Factors'', ''Caturdharmanirdeśasūtra, Toh 249'' (84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2023), https://read.84000.co/translation/toh249.html?#UT22084-066-007-55.</ref> | “What are these four? The action of repentance, antidotal action, the power of restraint, and the power of support.<ref>Adam Pearcey, trans., ''The Sūtra Teaching the Four Factors'', ''Caturdharmanirdeśasūtra, Toh 249'' (84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2023), https://read.84000.co/translation/toh249.html?#UT22084-066-007-55.</ref> | ||
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Here, Śāntideva explains the practice of confession of more general negative actions through the four antidotal forces [LINK to main terms], which are: | |||
1. the force of regretting that one has done wrong, or repentance<br> | |||
2. the force of the support<br> | |||
3. the force of the antidote<br> | |||
4. the force of turning away from repeating the fault, or the force of restraint | |||
