現在賢劫千佛名經 1.17

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南無過現未來，十方三世，盡虛空界，一切諸佛，歸命懺悔：「至心懺悔！弟子等，今已總相懺悔一切諸業，今當次第更復一一別相懺悔，若總、若別、若麁、若細、若輕、若重、若說、不說，品類相從，願皆消滅。別相懺者，先懺身三，次懺口四，其餘諸障，次第稽顙。身三業者，第一殺害，如經所明，恕己可為喻，勿殺勿行杖。雖復禽獸之殊，保命畏死，其事是一，若尋此眾生，從無始已來，或是我父母、兄弟六親眷屬，以業因緣輪迴六道，出生入死改形易報，不復相識，而今興害，食噉其肉傷慈之甚，是故佛言：『設得餘食，當如飢世食子肉想，何況食噉此魚肉耶。』又言：『為利殺眾生，以錢納諸肉，二俱是惡業，死墮叫呼地獄。』故知，殺害及以食噉，罪深河海，過重丘岳。然弟子等，無始已來，不遇善友，皆由此業。是故經言：『殺害之罪，能令眾生，墮於地獄、餓鬼受苦。若在畜生，則受虎豹、豺狼、鷹鷂等身，或受毒蛇、蝮蝎等身，常懷惡心，或受麞鹿、熊羆等身，常懷恐怖。若生人中，得二種果報，一者多病、二者短命。』殺生食噉，既有如是，無量種種諸惡果報。是故弟子，今日至誠，歸依諸佛。」

Namo to all Buddhas of the past, present, and future, throughout the ten directions and three periods of time, exhausting the realm of empty space. Taking refuge and confessing: "With utmost sincerity, we confess! We disciples have now collectively confessed all karmic offenses in general terms, and we shall now proceed one by one to confess them individually in specific terms—whether general or specific, coarse or fine, light or heavy, spoken or unspoken, according to their classes and categories, may they all be eliminated. Concerning specific confession: we first confess the three karmas of the body, next confess the four karmas of speech, and for the rest of all obstacles, we bow our heads in sequence. Among the three karmas of the body, the first is killing. As explained in the sūtras, using oneself as an analogy: do not kill, do not use the rod. Although there is a difference between birds and beasts, in treasuring life and fearing death, the matter is one and the same. If we trace these sentient beings back through beginningless time, they may have been our parents, siblings, relatives, and kin, who, due to karmic conditions, transmigrated in the six destinies, being born and dying, changing forms and receiving different retributions, so that we no longer recognize each other. Yet now we harbor thoughts of harming them and eating their flesh, which severely wounds compassion. Therefore the Buddha said: 'Even when obtaining other food, one should view it as eating the flesh of one's own child during a famine, how much more so eating this fish and meat!' He also said: 'Killing living beings for profit, and taking in meats with money—both are evil karmas, and upon death one falls into the Screaming Hell.' Hence we know that killing and eating [meat] produces sins as deep as rivers and seas, and faults as heavy as hills and mountains. Yet we disciples, from beginningless time, did not encounter good friends and all succumbed to this karma. Therefore a sūtra states: 'The sin of killing can cause sentient beings to fall into the hells and hungry ghosts to endure suffering. If born among animals, they receive bodies of tigers, leopards, jackals, wolves, falcons, and hawks, or bodies of venomous snakes, vipers, and scorpions, constantly harboring malice; or they receive bodies of roe deer, red deer, bears, and brown bears, constantly harboring terror. If born among humans, they receive two kinds of karmic retribution: first, frequent illness; second, short lifespan.' Since killing living beings and eating [them] yields such limitless and diverse evil retributions, we disciples today, with utmost sincerity, take refuge in all the Buddhas."