佛說佛名經 2.17

2.17

「夫論懺悔者，本是改往修來滅惡興善。人生居世，誰能無過？學人失念尚起煩惱，羅漢結習動身口業，豈況凡夫而當無過？但智者先覺便能改悔，愚者覆藏遂使滋蔓，所以積習長夜曉悟無期。若能慚愧發露懺悔者，豈唯正是滅罪而已，亦復增長無量功德，樹立如來涅槃妙果。

"Now, when discussing repentance: fundamentally it is reforming past deeds and cultivating the future, extinguishing evil and giving rise to good. When one is born and abides in the world, who can be without fault? Those still in training, when losing mindfulness, even give rise to defilements; arhats, through residual habitual latencies, set in motion karmas of body and speech—how much more so ordinary beings: how could they be without fault? Yet the wise awaken beforehand and are able to reform and repent, whereas the foolish conceal them and thus allow them to proliferate; hence habits accumulate through the long night of saṃsāra, with no time of awakening. If one can feel shame, disclose [faults], and repent, how could it be merely the eradication of sins? It also increases immeasurable merits and establishes the sublime fruit of the Tathāgata's nirvāṇa."