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無邊苦海。岸在回頭。積劫幽宮。明存一炬。淨土之不遺惡人無惑也。雖然悟遷善之有門。而痛自怨艾可也。恃帶業之猶生。而安心造惡。僥倖於萬一不可也。古之惡人。以此為藥。今之惡人。執此成病。是故古之惡人。惡人之善人也。今之惡人。惡人之惡人也。悲夫。

In the boundless ocean of suffering, the shore is found in turning back; in the dark palace of accumulated eons, illumination lies in a single torch. That the Pure Land does not abandon evil persons leaves no room for doubt. Even so, while it is right to realize that there is a gate to turn toward good and deeply regret one's faults, it is unacceptable to rely on the idea that one may still be reborn while bearing karma, to commit evil with a complacent mind, and to gamble on a one-in-ten-thousand chance. The evil people of antiquity used this as medicine; the evil people of today cling to this and make it an illness. Therefore, the evil people of antiquity were the good among evil people; the evil people of today are the evil among evil people. How lamentable!