慈悲道場懺法 8.2

8.2

Today, members of the assembly sharing this karmic endeavor! Once again with utmost sincerity, make a prostration with the five limbs touching the ground, on behalf of all asura kings, all asuras, and each of their retinues throughout the ten directions, exhausting the reaches of space; and also on behalf of all spirit kings and spirit generals of the eight classes throughout the ten directions, exhausting the reaches of space, who are intelligent, upright, of heaven, earth, and empty space, who oversee good and punish evil, and who protect and uphold dhāraṇīs; and further, whether within or without, near or far, in the east, west, south, north, the four intermediate directions, above, or below, throughout the Dharma realm of space, who possess great supernormal powers and great majestic virtue—on behalf of all such spirit kings and spirit generals of the eight classes in the ten directions and each of their retinues, take refuge in and pay homage to the great, compassionate father of all worlds: