慈悲道場懺法 8.21

8.21

今日道場同業大眾！諸佛大聖慈恩開誘慇懃如此令知恩報恩，我等今日既仰賴國王，於末世中興顯佛法，種種供養不惜財寶，率土臣民望風歸附。又令出家之人安身行道，行住坐臥初無留難，凡百不預唯獎以善，皆願我等速出生死，闡無量法門、開人天正路。而國王有如此恩德，豈得不人人禮拜奉報其恩？相與至心等一痛切，奉為國王歸依世間大慈悲父。

Today, members of the assembly sharing this karmic endeavor in the bodhimaṇḍa! The loving-kindness and grace of the Buddhas, the Great Sages, in instructing and guiding us is so earnest that we must know kindness and repay kindness. Today we rely upon the sovereign, who in this final age has revived and manifested the Buddha-Dharma, making various offerings without begrudging wealth and treasures, so that ministers and commoners throughout the realm turn to him in allegiance. Furthermore, he enables renunciants to dwell in peace and practice the Way, without hindrance whether walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, not embroiling them in worldly affairs but encouraging them only in goodness, wishing that we all swiftly transcend birth and death, expound measureless Dharma-doors, and open the upright path of humans and devas. Since the sovereign possesses such benevolence and virtue, how could each person not bow in worship to repay his kindness? Together, with utmost sincerity and an equal sense of poignant urgency, let us take refuge on behalf of the sovereign in the Great Compassionate Father of the World.