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The Confessional Samadhi of the Lotus Sutra, page 14
4. The Confession of the Tongue
"I confess with all my heart - along with all living beings everywhere, my tongue has committed many evil deeds for a countless number of lifetimes. The greed for many fine flavors has harmed living beings. I have broken many of the prohibitions and opened up the doors of idleness. My tongue has produced a measureless number of sinful deeds. Because of my tongue, errors and sins have arisen from my mouth in the form of false speech, flowery and evasive language, the mouthing of evil hatred, and a double tongue. I have slandered the Three Treasures and praised the teaching of false views, and expounded on them in words that are of no benefit to others. I have provoked, incited, and disordered the Dharma while expounding on untruths. Many piercing evil deeds have arisen from my mouth, severing the Wheel of the True Teaching from my tongue. Like this, my evil tongue has cut off the seeds of merits and virtues, coerced others, expounded on that which is not right and praised false views. Like adding more wood to the fire, my tongue has created limitless and boundless sins and errors. Because of this I have fallen into evil paths for hundreds of thousands of lifetimes without any chance of escape. The Buddha’s Teaching has a flavor that fills everywhere in the Spiritual Realm. Because of the sins of my tongue I have been unable to distinguish it.
"Now, upon chanting the Great Vehicle Sutra that is the Secret Treasury of the Buddhas, I turn my life over to the Bodhisattva Universal Virtue and all of the World Honored Ones. Burning incense and scattering flowers, I expound upon the errors and sins of my tongue without daring to hide them or cover them up. Because of this, with all living beings everywhere, may my tongue be ultimately purified of all heavy sin.”
Having already confessed, one worships the Three Treasures.
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