法苑珠林 23.7

23.7

如涅槃經云。有二白法能救眾生。一慚二愧。慚者自不作惡。愧者不教他造。慚者內自羞恥。愧者發露向人。慚者羞人。愧者羞天。是名慚愧。有慚愧故則能恭敬父母師長一切道俗人及非人。便能敬重三寶滅諸惡業。

As the Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: "There are two pure dharmas that can rescue sentient beings: the first is shame (hrī), and the second is remorse (apatrāpya). Shame means not committing evil oneself; remorse means not instructing others to commit it. Shame means feeling inwardly ashamed; remorse means disclosing it to others. Shame means being ashamed before humans; remorse means being ashamed before the heavens. These are called shame and remorse. Because one has shame and remorse, one is able to revere parents, teachers, elders, and all clerics, laypeople, humans, and non-humans; one is then able to venerate the Three Jewels and eliminate all evil karma."