懺悔業障簡繁轉換 - 繁體林鈺堂
-----Original Message----- Recently disciple Jing Xing asked me to write short article on two among the ten items that constitute the ten Bodhi activities of Pu Xian, Universal Goodness, Bodhisattva. It is interesting for me to see how I respond to all these items in short articles--that means just an expression of key points of my thoughts on the topics. So I worked on one more today. And it is clear that, after a life time of learning and practicing Dharma, my views are not confined by traditional expositions on them.
Yutang Repenting Karmic HindrancesYutang Lin
Past deeds accumulated through countless lives and time could hardly be fully comprehended. Therefore, when practicing repentance one should not limit the practice to matters that one can think of or remember, but should include all deeds mental, physical or verbal that one had done in all past lives. During repentance practice one should be keenly aware that such temporary efforts could hardly be expected to counter balance karmic debts accumulated as high as mountains and as deep as oceans. And hence one should be most earnest and cling to the Bodhi aspiration to repent for all sentient beings. Only through such great aspiration could one be expected to become channeled with the endless and boundless living spring of Buddha's grace, virtues and merits, and thus receive the wondrous fruit of purification of karmic hindrances. After repentance practice one should constantly remain on guard of relapse, and constantly abide in Bodhi aspiration to practice Dharma diligently for all sentient beings, and thus safeguard the purity of one's mental, physical and verbal activities. Thus it could be counted as sincere and genuine repentance of karmic hindrances, and capable of receiving superior Dharma benefits through graceful blessing from Buddhas.
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