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English version: And all the Bodhisattva-Mahasattvas, may they have compassion on me, deliver and benefit me. I now invite (all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas) to eliminate all sins; and also lead my disciples to be reborn in the Buddha's Pure Land along with the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.' The second and third times are said in the same way. After teaching the invitation, the patient is then asked to recite the name of the Buddha. After accomplishing the ten recitations, the Three Refuges are conferred upon him, and a vast repentance is performed. After the repentance is completed, the Bodhisattva precepts are then conferred upon the patient. If the patient is too weak to speak, others can take the precepts and repent on his behalf. Even if it is not done with complete sincerity, sins can still be eliminated and the Bodhisattva precepts can be obtained. After taking the precepts, help the patient to lie down with his head facing north and his face facing west, opening or closing his eyes to carefully contemplate the thirty-two marks and eighty minor characteristics of the Buddha, and so on for all the Buddhas in the ten directions. Also, explain to him the Four Noble Truths, the law of cause and effect, the Twelve Links of Dependent Origination (ignorance, old age, and death), and the contemplation of suffering and emptiness. If (the patient) is dying, the person taking care of the patient should simply recite the Buddha's name for him, with the sound continuous and uninterrupted. When reciting the Buddha's name, recite the name that the patient wishes to recite, according to his mind, and do not recite other Buddhas, lest the patient's mind become confused. When that patient's life is gradually coming to an end, he will see the manifested Buddha and the assembly of Bodhisattvas, holding wonderful fragrant flowers to welcome the practitioner. When the practitioner sees this, he will be filled with joy, his body will not suffer, his mind will not be scattered, and the right view will arise in his mind as if entering into samadhi. He will then die immediately and will certainly not fall into the suffering of hell, animals, or hungry ghosts. Relying on the previous teachings, he will be reborn before the Buddha as quickly as a strong man bends and stretches his arm. If a lay Upasaka (male lay devotee, Upasaka), Upasika (female lay devotee, Upasika), etc., dies, then the deceased's new and good clothes and personal belongings should be taken and divided into three parts, to be used by the deceased to make offerings to the Buddha (Buddha), Dharma (Dharma, the Buddha's teachings), and Sangha (Sangha, the monastic community). Because of this offering, the deceased's karmic obstacles will be completely eliminated, and he will obtain the benefits of superior merit and virtue. One should not dress the corpse in good clothes, etc., to send it off. Why? Because there is no benefit. If a Bhikkhu (monk, Bhikkhu), Bhikkhuni (nun, Bhikkhuni), or a novice, etc., all their clothing and non-clothing items should be handled according to the teachings of the Vinaya, and the rest is the same as for lay people. If sending the deceased to the place of burial, it can be placed in a leeward position, placing him on his side. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 卧，右胁着地，面向日光。于其上风，当敷高坐，种种庄严。请一苾刍能读经者升于法座，为其亡者读无常经。孝子止哀勿复啼哭，及以余人，皆悉至心为彼亡者烧香散花，供养高座、微妙经典及散苾刍，然后安坐，合掌恭敬一心听经。苾刍徐徐应为遍读。若闻经者，各各自观己身无常，不久磨灭，念离世间，入三摩地。读此经已，复更散花烧香供养。又请苾刍随诵何咒，咒无虫水满三七遍，洒亡者上。复更咒净黄土满三七遍，散亡者身。然后随意，或安窣堵波中，或以火焚，或尸陀林乃至土下。 以此功德因缘力故，令彼亡人，百千万亿俱胝那庾多劫，十恶、四重、五无间业、谤大乘经一切业报等障，一时消灭。于诸佛前获大功德，起智断惑，得六神通及三明智，进入初地。游历十方，供养诸佛，听受正法，渐渐修集无边福慧。毕当证得无上菩提，转正法轮度无央众，趣大圆寂成最正觉。 临终方诀