佛說佛名經 30.121

30.121

「已懺煩惱障，已懺悔業障，所除報障今當次第披陳懺悔。經中說言：『業報至時，非空非海中，非入山石間，無有他方所，脫之不受報。』唯有懺悔力，乃能得除滅。何以知然？釋提桓因五衰相見，恐懼切心歸誠三寶，五相即滅得延天年。如是等比經教所明。其人若不值善友獎道則靡惡不造，致使大命將盡臨窮乏際，地獄惡相皆現在前。當爾之時，悔懼交至，不預修善臨窮方悔，後將何及乎？殃禍異處宿預嚴持，當獨趣入遠到地獄，所住得前行入於火鑊，身心損碎精神痛苦，如此之時欲求一禮一懺豈復可得？

"Having confessed the hindrance of defilements and having confessed the karmic hindrances, we should now sequentially disclose and confess the hindrances of retribution that are to be eradicated. As it is said in the sūtras: 'When karmic retribution arrives, neither in the sky nor in the ocean, nor entering among mountain rocks, nor anywhere else is there a place where one may escape without receiving retribution.' Only by the power of kṣamā can it be eradicated. How is this known? When Śakra Devānām Indra saw the five signs of decay, seized with deep terror in his heart, he returned with sincerity to the Triratna; the five signs were immediately eradicated and his heavenly lifespan was extended. Cases such as this are made clear by the scriptural teachings. If a person does not encounter good friends to guide them on the path, there is no evil they will not commit, causing them, when great life is about to end and they approach utter exhaustion, to see all the evil signs of hell manifest before them. At that moment, remorse and dread arrive together; not having previously cultivated goodness and repenting only when exhausted, how will it be in time afterwards? Calamities and disasters await in another realm, prepared from of old; alone one will head toward and reach far into hell, where one will step forward and enter the cauldron of boiling oil, body and mind broken to pieces, the spirit tormented in pain. At such a time, if one wishes to seek a single bow or a single repentance, how could it be obtained again?