請觀世音菩薩消伏毒害陀羅尼三昧儀 1.61

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呪竟，當自憶念先罪，起大怖畏，未有惡業不招苦報。《禪門》云：「行者思惟，若戒不清淨，決須懺悔。是故經云：『佛法之中，有二健兒：一、性不作惡；二、作已能悔。』今造過知悔，名健人也。夫懺名，懺謝三寶及一切眾生；悔名慚愧，改過求哀。我今此罪，若得滅者，於將來時，寧失身命，終不更犯。如比丘白佛：『我寧抱是熾然大火，終不敢毀犯淨戒。』」（此下語出《法華三昧》）「復憶無始所造，乃至今生，業性雖空，果報不失，顛倒因緣，起諸重罪，流淚悲泣，口宣懺悔。」（應心念言：「我及眾生，無始常為三業、六根重罪所障，不見諸佛，不知出要，低順生死，不知妙理；我今雖知，猶與眾生同為一切重罪所障。今對觀音、十方佛前，普與眾生歸命懺悔，唯願加護，令障消滅。」念已，唱云：）

When the dhāraṇī is finished, one should recall one's previous transgressions and give rise to great dread, for no evil karma fails to incur a painful retribution. The Chanmen says: "The practitioner reflects that if their precepts are not pure, they must definitely repent. Therefore, a sūtra says: 'Within the Buddha-dharma there are two kinds of strong people: first, those whose nature does not commit evil; second, those who, having committed [it], are able to repent.' Now, knowing to repent after committing faults is to be called a strong person. Repentance (chan) means to confess and apologize to the Three Jewels and all sentient beings; contrition (hui) means to feel shame and remorse, to correct one's faults and beseech mercy. If these sins of mine can be extinguished, in the future I would rather lose bodily life and never violate them again. As a monk said to the Buddha: "I would rather embrace this blazing fire and never dare to violate the pure precepts."'" (The words below are from the Lotus Samādhi:) "Again, recall what has been committed from the beginningless [past] down to the present life. Although the nature of karma is empty, the karmic retribution is never lost. Due to inverted causes and conditions, all kinds of grave sins have been generated; shed tears and weep bitterly, and proclaim repentance orally." (Mentally, one should reflect: "I and all sentient beings have from the beginningless [past] constantly been obstructed by the grave sins of the three karmas and six sense faculties, not seeing the Buddhas, not knowing the essentials for deliverance, humbly complying with saṃsāra, not knowing the wondrous principle. Though I now know this, I am still, together with sentient beings, equally obstructed by all grave sins. Now, before Avalokiteśvara and the Buddhas of the ten directions, I take refuge and repent universally together with sentient beings. We pray only for your protection, that our obstacles may be eliminated." Having so reflected, chant:)