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English version: For the sake of protecting the true Dharma, I make this vow. May the Buddha have compassion and pity, and quickly enable me to achieve it. May all the Buddhas and World Honored Ones jointly witness, and Brahma, Indra, and the Four Heavenly Kings serve as proof. The sun, moon, constellations, and stars, the Vajra (diamond) strongmen and immortals, The Five Sacred Mountains, the Four Seas, and famous mountains, all the great Holy Kings also serve as proof. May you protect me with compassion, so that this vow may be quickly fulfilled. One should constantly remember the fundamental vow and abandon all conditioned activities. Fame, profit, offerings, and even wicked disciples, both internal and external, should all be abandoned. Focus on seeking the Four Bases of Spiritual Power (chanda-riddhipada, viriya-riddhipada, citta-riddhipada, vimamsa-riddhipada), the Eightfold Mastery (the eight kinds of supernatural powers such as flying and transformation), the Five Eyes (physical eye, heavenly eye, wisdom eye, Dharma eye, Buddha eye), and the Omniscience (sarva-akarajnata). To achieve the Buddha's omniscience, one should generate great diligence. Possessing supernatural powers, one can transform sentient beings. One should remember the Buddhas of the ten directions and the great Bodhisattvas with wisdom like the sea. All the monks and laypeople in the world who earnestly request teachings and make offerings, even those who forcefully urge one to lecture on the sutras, these monks and laypeople are not good teachers but evil teachers. Why? These people are all driven by demons. At first, they pretend to be diligent and seem to have good intentions, but later they will fight and generate anger. Both good and evil demons are not good things. From now on, one should not trust these people. All scholars are the same and cannot be trusted, like enemies pretending to be relatives. Alas, alas! Inconceivable! The kings and Kshatriyas (kshatriya) in all Buddha-lands are also like this. Choose, choose, choose, choose! The Vow of Great Master Si of Nan Yue (Nan Yue Si Da Chan Shi) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------