Theos-Talk Archives (January 2003 Message tt00636)

Dear John,

Thankyou very much for the addition. I did copy the text as it was 
in the small booklet that I had, where there was some misprint I 
assume. 

Could you please re-post Venerable Master's Vows here with the 
corrections made ? 

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, samblo@c... wrote:
> BAG,
> The "missing text for # 5" is apparently due to you somehow 
having
> both omitted and then substituted enumeration. I quote from my 
Temple 
> Copy and ID
> the omitted part.
> 
> Vow # 4: "I vow that as long as there is a single god who has not 
> accomplished 
> buddhahood, I too will not attain right 
enlightenment"
> 
> In somehow omitting this vow (# 4) you continued the 
numbering 
> assigning #6 to
> # 5 slipping one digit from there onwards.
> 
> snip; 13. I vow that my spirit [??? if there is 'no self', what 
spirit is 
> he
> speaking of here ???]
> 
> Vow 13 begins: "I vow to manifest innumerable bodies as a means 
to gain 
> acess
> into the minds of living beings---"
> 
> Thanks for your post,
> John