慈悲道場懺法 2.41

2.41

May the present Emperor (formerly referred to as Emperor of the Great Liang), His Highness the Crown Prince, and the imperial family and kin, from this day forth until reaching the bodhimaṇḍa, lay down their lives for the Dharma like Sadāprarudita, eradicate offenses through great compassion like Ākāśagarbha, be able to hear the Dharma from afar like Vaiḍūryaprabha, and skillfully comprehend difficult teachings like Vimalagarbha. We also vow that our own birth parents and relatives through successive kalpas, from this day forth until reaching the bodhimaṇḍa, may disperse their forms throughout empty space like Anantakāya, be endowed with the ten virtues like King of Lofty and Noble Virtues, rejoice upon hearing the Dharma like Abhaya, and possess bold and fierce spiritual power like Mahāsthāmaprāpta. We also vow that our preceptors, ācāryas, fellow students and their kin, and all our spiritual friends—senior, intermediate, and junior—from this day forth until reaching the bodhimaṇḍa, may each attain fearlessness like a lion king, mirror and assist in the great conversion like Ratnarāśi, hear cries and rescue the afflicted like Avalokiteśvara, and be skilled in inquiring like Mahākāśyapa. We also vow that our monastic and lay faithful donors, spiritual friends whether good or bad, each together with their kin, from this day forth until reaching the bodhimaṇḍa, may untie perilous distress like Mokṣadarśana, have dignified and majestic appearances like Mañjuśrī, be able to renounce karmic obstacles like casting aside the hindrances of the aggregates, and prepare the final offering equal to that of Cunda. We also vow that the devas, immortals, the Four World-Protecting Kings, the clever and upright [spirits] of heaven, earth, and empty space, the dragon kings of the five directions who reward good, punish evil, protect, and uphold dhāraṇī, the eight classes of nāgas and spirits, and all ethereal and evident spiritual beings, each together with their kin, from this day forth until reaching the bodhimaṇḍa, may extend great compassion universally like Ajita, vigorously protect the Dharma like Anikṣiptadhura, bear witness from afar to recitation like Samantabhadra, and burn their bodies for the Dharma like Bhaiṣajyarāja. We also vow that all beings of the ten directions—whether enemies, kin, or neither—in the four modes of birth and six destinies, each together with their kin, from this day forth until reaching the bodhimaṇḍa, may have minds free of loving attachment like the maiden Nirupadhi, give subtle and skillful expositions like Queen Śrīmālā, practice energetic diligence like Śākyamuni, have all wholesome vows equal to those of Amitāyus, have awe-inspiring spiritual power like all deva kings, be inconceivable like Vimalakīrti, have every virtue perfected, and have immeasurable buddha-fields completely adorned. We look up and pray that the immeasurable and boundless great bodhisattvas and all holy and worthy ones throughout empty space to its ends in the ten directions, with their compassionate minds, together gather us in, rescue, deliver, and receive us, so that our vows are fulfilled, our faith becomes resolute, our virtuous deeds reach far day by day, we compassionately nurture the four modes of birth as if they were an only child, and cause all beings to attain the four immeasurables, attain the six pāramitās, cultivate dhyāna through the ten acceptances, spread the three vows far and wide, see the Buddha upon a thought like Śrīmālā, completely fulfill all practices and vows, and together with the Tathāgatas ascend to samyaksambodhi! (Bows)