法華三昧懺儀 1.87

1.87

（行者既禮佛竟，即於法座前正身威儀，燒香散華，存想三寶畟塞虛空，普賢菩薩乘六牙白象，無量莊嚴眷屬圍遶，如對目前，一心一意，為一切眾生行懺悔法，生重慚愧發露無量劫來及至此生，與一切眾生，六根所造，一切惡業斷相續心，從於今時乃至盡未來際，終不更造一切惡業。所以者何？業性雖空，果報不失，知空之人尚不作善，況復作罪。若造惡不止，悉是顛倒因緣，則受妄果。是故行者以知空故生大慚愧，燒香散華發露懺悔。下所說懺悔章句，多用普賢觀經意，若欲廣知懺悔方法，讀經自見；若不能廣尋，今取意略說以成行法。）

(After the practitioner has finished paying homage to the Buddhas, they should adjust their posture and deportment in front of the Dharma seat, burn incense and scatter flowers, and visualize the Three Jewels filling the void. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, riding a six-tusked white elephant and surrounded by immeasurably adorned retinue, appears as if directly before their eyes. With single-minded devotion, the practitioner performs the method of repentance on behalf of all sentient beings, giving rise to profound remorse, disclosing all the evil karma generated by the six sense faculties together with all sentient beings from immeasurable kalpas down to this present life, severing the mind of continuous [defilement], so that from this present moment until the very end of future time, they will never again create any evil karma. Why is this? Although the nature of karma is empty, the retribution of fruition is never lost. One who understands emptiness does not even perform good deeds, much less commit transgressions. If one does not cease creating evil, these are all inverted causes and conditions, and one will consequently experience illusory retributions. Therefore, because the practitioner understands emptiness, they give rise to great remorse, burn incense, scatter flowers, disclose, and repent. The verses and phrases of repentance explained below mostly adopt the meaning of the Sūtra on the Contemplation of Samantabhadra. If one wishes to understand the repentance method extensively, read the sūtra and it will be seen naturally; if one cannot study it extensively, the meaning is now briefly extracted here to constitute the practice method.)