慈悲道場懺法 3.16

3.16

'Today, assembly sharing this karmic endeavor in the bodhimaṇḍa! As the sūtra states, it is greatly to be feared. We too may have already committed these sins, but covered by ignorance, we do not remember or know it ourselves. Sins such as these are immeasurable and boundless, and only in future lives will we undergo their painful retributions. Today, with utmost sincerity and equal, piercing grief, casting our five limbs to the ground, knocking our heads on the earth to plead for mercy, feeling shame and reforming our faults, may the sins already committed be eliminated through repentance, and may we be purified from now on regarding sins not yet committed. We reverently pray that all the Buddhas of the ten directions—'