慈悲道場懺法 3.23

3.23

今日道場同業大眾！如經所說，大可怖畏。我等不知在何道中，已作如是無量惡業，於未來世方嬰劇報。亦可即身應見此苦，謇吃瘖瘂口不能言，或復大腹小頸不能下食。人生何定，今日雖安、明亦難保，果報一來不可得脫。宜各人人覺悟此意，直心正念莫復餘想，等一痛切五體投地，普為今日四生六道一切眾生，已受苦者未受苦者，歸依世間大慈悲父。

Today, assembly sharing this karmic endeavor in the bodhimaṇḍa! As the sūtra says, it is greatly to be feared. We do not know in which destiny we have already committed such immeasurable evil karma, only to suffer severe retribution in future lives. Perhaps in this very life we will have to experience such suffering: becoming stuttering, mute, and unable to speak, or having large bellies and small necks, unable to swallow food. How can human life be fixed? Though safe today, tomorrow is hard to guarantee; once the karmic retribution arrives, there is no escape. Each of us should awaken to this meaning, keep an upright mind and correct mindfulness without any other thoughts, and with equal, uniform anguish, cast our five limbs to the ground, taking refuge in the Great Compassionate Father of the World universally on behalf of all sentient beings of the four modes of birth and six destinies—both those who are already suffering and those who have not yet suffered.