Jan 1, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Attributes of the Pure Land School: Worldly Truths
淨土宗宗風俗諦
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A practitioner who makes mistakes should disclose them and repent for them in an assembly. In this way, the karmic offenses can be cleared. Making use of the power of repentance before an assembly, one will not commit the offense again. The karma has a root that has to be exposed to sunlight. If the root is not exposed to sunlight, and only the branches and leaves are exposed, the tree will continue to grow in the same way. Thus we see that, among genuine Buddhist practitioners, repentance and disclosure of karmic offenses are emphasized.
修行人有了過失，是應在大眾之前表露懺悔的，這樣罪障才能消除，藉由在大 眾之前懺悔的力量才能使自己以後不再犯。因為業力有根，必須將根挖出來攤 在陽光下，如果不從根挖出來曬太陽，只是枝葉曬太陽，日後根還是會再生長。所以一個真正的修行人是重在懺悔、發露自己的業障。
Namo Amituofo!
