若人造重罪，
作已深自责，
忏悔更不造，
能拔根本罪。
释迦牟尼佛
《业报差别经》
If a person has created a heavy transgression,
done already with deep personal reproach,
repenting and again not creating it,
this is able to uproot the root of the transgression.
Śākyamuni Buddha
(Karmic Retribution’s Differences’ Sūtra)
