慈悲道場懺法 8.39

8.39

今日道場同業大眾！其中若有父母少便孤背，難復再遇萬劫悠然，既未得天眼、死生智明，不知父母捨報神識更生何道。唯當競設福力功德追而報恩，為善不止功成必致。經言：為亡人作福，如餉遠人。若生人天，增益功德。若處三途、或在八難，速令解脫。生若值佛受正法教，永離眾苦憂畏悉除，七世久遠歷劫親緣十方眾生同得解脫。是為智者至慈至孝最上報恩。相與今日若有過去者，應當悲泣追懷懊惱嗚呼哽慟，奉為過去父母歷劫親緣，五體投地歸依世間大慈悲父。

Today, members of the assembly sharing this karmic endeavor in the bodhimaṇḍa! If among us there are those whose parents passed away when they were young, it is difficult to meet them again across the vastness of myriad kalpas; having not yet attained the divine eye and the clear knowledge of life and death, we do not know what realm our parents' consciousness has been reborn into after casting off their retribution. We must only strive to produce merits and virtues to pursue them and repay their kindness; if one does good without ceasing, when the effort succeeds, the result will surely arrive. A sūtra says: 'To create merit for the deceased is like sending provisions to someone far away. If they have been reborn as humans or devas, it increases their merits. If they are in the three wretched paths or in the eight difficulties, it swiftly brings them liberation.' If in their birth they encounter a Buddha and receive the teaching of the true Dharma, they will forever leave behind manifold sufferings, having all worries and fears eradicated; parents and kin of seven past generations and across successive kalpas, along with sentient beings of the ten directions, will all attain liberation together. This is the highest repayment of kindness through utmost compassion and utmost filial piety by the wise. Today, if any among us have deceased parents, we should weep with grief, yearning and lamenting with wailing and sorrowful cries, and on behalf of deceased parents and kin across successive kalpas, throw our five limbs to the ground to take refuge in the Great Compassionate Father of the World.