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multitude of sicknesses will be entirely removed. Body and mind will be at peace, with all family and possessions, and allowed to be fully prosperous, up to, realizing the highest enlightenment. Eight great vow. [I] vow in my future life, when [I] have attained enlightenment. If there are women, who become very disgusted with the hundred bad situations of women, and vow to abandon their female body. Upon hearing my name, they all can move on from women and become men10. Endowed with a great sage's characteristics, up to, realizing the highest enlightenment. Ninth great vow. [I] vow in my future life, when [I] have attained enlightenment, to allow all sentient beings to go beyond being ensnared in the net of negative actions and be liberated from all nonBuddhist paths of bondage. If they were to fall into the dense forest of every sort of wrong view. All should be led to be established in correct views. Gradually allowed cultivation, all Bodhisattvas practice to quickly realize the highest correct enlightenment. Tenth great vow. [I] vow in my future life, when [I] have attained enlightenment. If all sentient beings under the kings law were lashed, tied in bonds and shut in prison and maybe executed. Countless disasters, shame, to be parched with grief and hindered, undergoing suffering of body and mind. If they hear my name, by my meritorious virtues and majestic power [they will] therefore all obtain liberation from all suffering and despair. Eleventh great vow. [I] vow in my future life, when [I] have attained enlightenment. If all sentient beings are tormented by hunger and thirst, and what they seek is food, therefore creating all bad karma are able to hear my name, receive and retain it with single minded meditation, I will be in front [of them] with more than enough exquisite drink and food., to sufficiently satisfy their bodies. After by means of the Dharma's taste, they will have absolute peace of mind and be established in it. Twelfth great vow. [I] vow in my future life, when [I] have attained enlightenment. If all sentient beings are in poverty without support or clothes,being harassed by mosquitoes and other insects, the cold and heat of day and night, if [they] hear my name, receive and retain it with single minded meditation the situation they would like, at once will be obtainable. Various most excellent support and clothes, also they will obtain all treasures, a farm and ornaments, a garland, be rubbed with incense, and have drums to freely indulged in with many skills in any situation to play,and all allowed to be perfected. Manjushri, That is the purpose the world honored bhais.ajyaguruvaid.Uryaprabha, Arhat the Perfectly Enlightened, when practicing the bodhisattva path emitted the twelve fine great vows. Note about this sutra: It is of my opinion that this sutra was written with two purposes in mind. First to show the proper motivation to be held while on the Bodhisattva path. bhais.ajyaguruvaid.Uryaprabha shows great bodhicitta11 fueled by compassion for all sentient beings. Second for the average lay practitioner it is a faith building sutra showing the intent of those who are striving to attain perfect enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings. Although it can turn into a devotional type of sutra for those wishing some sort of divine intervention on their part. However I do not believe that is the original intent or meaning.
10 This passage sounds very sexist and is, but for the time it was written it was meant to be compassionate and not belittling to women. In tantric Buddhism women are held in higher regard than men. Many female buddhas exist. Nuns existed in almost all sects of Buddhism, but in the present day some of these groups have lost the tradition of ordaining nuns. The original Buddha within his life admitted female practitioners into the sangha and ordained many including his own mother as nuns (Bhikkunni). 11 Bodhicitta translates as enlightened mind, but in the sense of striving for the enlightened mind.