Four Great Vows

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[This version: 23 November 1993] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This file was copied from an archive of Zen Buddhist texts established at Sam Huston Univ, Texas, US on a Gopher Host: oac3.hsc.uth.tmc.edu Path=1/computers/oac_staff/S_Newton/zen

The original document was provided by Steven Newton, <snewton@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu> of the Southwest Chogye International Zen Academeia 1375 Bunker Hill Houston, TX 77055 English (713) 467-0998 Korean (713) 467-0997 Fax (713) 467-0998 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FOUR GREAT VOWS

Ordinary-beings are innumerable I vow to liberate them all

Defilements are endless I vow to eliminate them all

Buddha's teachings are unlimited I vow to learn them all

The ways of enlightenment are supreme

I vow to achieve them all

I vow to liberate all ordinary-beings from my mind

I vow to eliminate all defilements from my mind

I vow to embrace every teaching of my self-nature

I vow to achieve the way of enlightenment from my self-nature

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