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'''Sutra of the Three Heaps''' (Skt. ''Trīskhandhadharmasūtra''; [[Wyl.]] ''phung po gsum pa'i mdo''), also known as the '''sutra of the confession of downfalls''' (Tib. ''tung shak'') - a [[sutra]] used in the [[confession]] and purification of transgressions of vows, especially downfalls of the [[bodhisattva vow]]. It features the [[thirty-five buddhas of confession]]. The 'three heaps' or three sections referred to in the title are 1) homage, 2) confession, and 3) rejoicing or dedication. 

==Origin of the Sutra==
A group of thirty-five monks who had taken the bodhisattva vow and had accidentally caused the death of a child while they were out begging for alms went to [[Upali]], one of the closest disciples of the [[Buddha]], and asked him to request from the Buddha a method of confessing and purifying what they had done. The Buddha then spoke this sutra, and as he did so, light radiated from his body and thirty-four other buddhas appeared in the space all around him. The thirty-five monks prostrated before these buddhas, made offerings, confessed their misdeed, took refuge and re-awakened [[bodhichitta]].  

==Translations==
*[[Bokar Rinpoche]], ''Taking the Bodhisattva Vow'', ClearPoint Press, San Francisco, 1997 

:*(in French, ''Le Voeu de bodhisattva'', Claire Lumière, Mas Vinsargues, 1996)
*Ngawang Dhargye, ''The Confession of Downfalls'', translated by Brian Beresford, LTWA
*Padmakara Translation Group, ''The Sutra in Three Parts'', 2004

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