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Ten Vows of Fugen Bosatsu (Bodhisattva)
(Recorded in the Avatamaska Sutra; aka the Garland Sutra)

1. To Venerate All Buddhas
    
2. To Give Praise to the Infinite Number of Buddhas
    
3. To Make Offerings to the Buddhas; the most meaningful offering is to practice the Buddhist teachings so as to benefit oneself and others
    
4. To repent and reform all karmic hindrance, accumulated from our thoughts, words, or actions, throughout our past reincarnations
    
5. To rejoice in the merits and virtues of others and to cultivate such virtue
    
6. To pray that the Dharma Wheel (Buddha's Teachings) will be turned (passed on)
    
7. To petition that the Buddhas remain in the world to benefit more people
    
8. To always follow the Buddha's path (teachings) in order to attain enlightenment
    
9. To live harmoniously with all living beings, i.e., to respect all beings, and be as attentive to them as one would be to one's own parents or even to the Buddhas
    
10. To share (give back) one's accumulating merits and virtues with all living beings to help all attain salvation

Source: The Buddhist Online Community
http://manjushri.acumaestro.com/BUDDHA/Samantabhadra.html

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