慈悲道場懺法 1.39

1.39

We, [so-and-so] and others, once again with profound distress prostrate with our five limbs touching the ground. Furthermore, since beginningless time down to the present day, through the three unwholesome roots, we have produced the four inversions, committed the five heinous crimes, practiced the ten unwholesome actions, caused the three poisons to blaze, nourished the eight sufferings, created the causes for the various eight cold and eight hot hells, created the causes for the eighty-four thousand side hells, created the causes for all animals, created the causes for all hungry ghosts, and created the causes for the various sufferings of birth, old age, sickness, and death among humans and devas, receiving limitless bitter retributions in the six destinies that are difficult to endure and unbearable to hear or see. Sins and evils such as these are limitless and boundless; today we repent, praying to eradicate and extinguish them. We, [so-and-so] and others, once again with profound distress prostrate with our five limbs touching the ground, seeking pity and repenting our faults. Furthermore, since beginningless time down to the present day, with the roots of the three poisons we have arisen within the three realms of existence, passing through the twenty-five realms of existence, giving rise everywhere to all manner of sins and evils, following along with the wind of karma without realizing it ourselves, whether obstructing others from upholding the precepts, cultivating concentration, and cultivating wisdom, or obstructing others from cultivating the various merits and cultivating the various spiritual powers. Obstacles of sin such as these obstruct the bodhicitta, obstruct the vows of bodhi, and obstruct the practices of bodhi. Today we repent, praying to eradicate and extinguish them.