丙八、忏悔业障
C8: Repent For Karmic Obstacles
忏悔业障
[8] Repent For Karmic Obstacles
云何忏悔业障？经言：「犯一吉罗，如四天王寿五百岁堕泥犁中。」
Why repent for karmic obstacles? A sūtra says, ‘Violating with one duṣkṛta, like for the Four Heavenly Kings’ lifespan of five hundred years, is the fall within niraya [i.e. hell].’
吉罗小罪，尚获此报，何况重罪？其报难言。
A duṣkṛta is a small transgression, yet obtaining this retribution, moreover with heavy transgressions? Their retributions are difficult to speak of.
今我等日用之中，一举一动，恒违戒律；一餐一水，频犯尸罗。
Now, myself and others, within that of everyday use, with each move and each action, constantly defy the precepts and rules. With each meal eaten and each drop of water drunk, we frequently violate Śīla [i.e. precepts].
一日所犯，亦应无量，何况终身历劫所起之罪？更不可言矣。
In one day, that violated, likewise should be immeasurable, moreover if lifelong passing through kalpas, of those arisen transgressions? They are even more unspeakable!
且以五戒言之，十人九犯，少露多藏。
Moreover, with the Five Precepts, speaking of them, of ten persons, nine violate them, with few revealing and many hiding this.
五戒名为优婆塞戒，尚不具足，何况沙弥、比丘、菩萨等戒，又不必言矣。
The Five Precepts are named as Upāsaka Precepts, yet I am not complete with them, much less, of the Śrāmaṇera, Bhikṣu, Bodhisattva and other precepts, there is moreover no need to speak of them.
问其名，则曰我比丘也，问其实，则尚不足为优婆塞也，岂不可愧哉！
When asked for that name, then saying I am a Bhikṣu. When asked for that truth, then yet to be adequate as an Upāsaka, how can I not be ashamed?
当知佛戒不受则已，受则不可毁犯；不犯则已，犯则终必堕落。
We should know that if the Buddha’s precepts are not received, then so be it. If received, then they must not be broken and violated. If not violated, then so be it. If violated, then in the end, we will definitely fall.
若非自愍愍他，自伤伤他，身口并切，声泪俱下，普与众生，求哀忏悔，则千生万劫，恶报宁逃？
If not with self-sympathy and sympathy for others, for self-harming and harming of others, with deeds and words together sincere, speaking and weeping together humbly, universally for sentient beings, begging for pity and seeking repentance, then for a thousand lives through ten thousand kalpas, from evil retributions, how can there be escape?
是为发菩提心第八因缘也。
This is for giving rise to the Bodhi Mind, the eighth cause and condition.
净土宗十一祖省庵大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 11th Patriarch Great Master Xǐng’ān
《劝发菩提心文》
Essay On Exhortation To Give Rise To The Bodhi Mind
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《劝发菩提心文》
Essay On Exhortation To Give Rise To The Bodhi Mind
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