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慈悲道場懺法 10.3

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10.3

Today, members of the assembly sharing this karmic endeavor! Such dharmas as these are how a bodhisattva-mahāsattva, for the sake of enemies and kin alike, jointly dedicates all wholesome roots to all sentient beings equally without distinction, entering the contemplation of equality without thoughts of enemy or kin, and constantly regarding all sentient beings with eyes of love. If sentient beings harbor hatred toward the bodhisattva and give rise to a rebellious mind, the bodhisattva serves as a true kalyāṇamitra, skillfully taming their minds and expounding the profound Dharma for them. Just as the great ocean cannot be ruined by any poison, so too is the bodhisattva: even when sentient beings are foolish, lacking in wisdom, ignorant of repaying kindness, and give rise to immeasurable evils, they cannot disturb the bodhisattva's bodhi-mind. Just as the bright sun shines universally on sentient beings and does not conceal its light on account of the blind, so too is the bodhisattva's bodhi-mind: it does not regress or vanish because of evil ones, nor does the bodhisattva abandon wholesome roots because sentient beings are difficult to tame. A bodhisattva-mahāsattva has pure faith in all wholesome roots, nurtures great compassion, and with a profound mind dedicates all wholesome roots universally for sentient beings—not merely in words. Toward all sentient beings, they generate a joyful mind, a clear and pure mind, a pliant mind, a mind of compassion and loving-kindness, a loving mind, an embracing mind, a beneficial mind, a peaceful and happy mind, and a supreme mind, dedicating all wholesome roots. Since the bodhisattva-mahāsattva makes such dedications of wholesome roots, we today should also look up to and emulate such dedication of merit. Reflecting in mind and speaking with mouth: 'May whatever merit I dedicate cause all sentient beings to attain pure destinies, attain pure births, have their merit fulfilled, and be such that none in all worlds can ruin them; may their merit and wisdom be without end, their physical, verbal, and mental karma fully adorned; may they constantly see the Buddhas, listen to and accept the true Dharma with indestructible faith, be free from the net of doubts, remember and never forget it, purify their physical and verbal karma, and have their minds constantly abide in supreme and wondrous wholesome roots; may they forever leave behind poverty and be replete with the seven noble treasures, train in all that bodhisattvas learn, attain all wholesome roots and achieve equality, attain wondrous liberation and sarvākārajñatā, and attain eyes of loving-kindness toward all sentient beings. May their physical faculties be pure and their speech fluent and wise; may they give rise to all goods with minds unstained, enter the profound Dharma to embrace all, and abide together in the non-abiding abode of the Buddhas. May all our dedications of merit be completely like those made by the bodhisattva-mahāsattvas of the ten directions: as vast as dharmatā and as ultimate as empty space. May we, [so-and-so] and the rest, attain our wishes as vowed and fulfill the bodhi vow, and may the four modes of birth and the six destinies together attain their wishes as vowed.' Once again, let us with redoubled earnestness cast our five limbs to the ground, and take refuge in the worldly Father of Great Compassion and Loving-kindness:

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