四十二章經 1.8

1.8

佛言：「人有眾過，而不自悔，頓止其心，罪來歸身，猶水歸海，自成深廣矣；有惡知非，改過得善，罪日消滅，後會得道也。」

The Buddha said: "When people have many faults but do not repent them themselves, instantly halting their minds, their guilt comes and returns to their person, like water returning to the sea, naturally becoming deep and vast. If one has done evil and knows it is wrong, reforming faults and acquiring goodness, the guilt will day by day be extinguished, and eventually one will attain the Way."