[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋禪波羅蜜次第法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916) › 2.37 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.37 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.37) 第一、云何名運懺悔之心？若人性自不作惡，則無罪可悔。行人既不能決定持戒，或於中間值遇惡緣，即便破毀，若輕若重，以戒破故，則尸羅不淨，三昧不生，譬如衣有垢膩，不受染色，是故宜須懺悔。以懺悔故，則戒品清淨，三昧可生，如衣垢污，若浣清潔，染之可著。行者如是思惟，若戒不清淨，決須懺悔。是故經云：「佛法之中有二種健兒：一、性不作惡；二、作已能悔。」今造過知悔，名健人也。 > First, what is meant by setting in motion the mind of repentance? If by nature a person did not commit evils, there would be no guilt to repent of. Since practitioners cannot maintain the precepts decisively, or along the way encounter bad conditions and thereupon violate them, whether minor or grave, because the precepts are broken, their śīla is impure and samādhi does not arise. It is like a garment soiled with grease: it cannot take dye. Therefore, one must repent. Through repentance, the categories of precepts become pure and samādhi can arise, just as when a soiled garment is washed clean, dye can adhere to it. The practitioner reflects in this way: 'If my precepts are not pure, I must certainly repent.' Therefore, a sūtra states: 'Within the Buddha's Dharma there are two kinds of strong people: first, those whose nature is not to commit evil; second, those who, having committed \[it\], are able to repent.' Now, one who commits a fault and knows to repent is called a strong person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.36) - [Next: 2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.38) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916~en-mt.2.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.37) · Pramāṇa