忏悔就是改过自新
To Repent and Reform Means to Change Our Faults and Turn Over a New Leaf
如果能真正生出忏悔心，也未尝没有商量之处。
If one is truly repentant, it can certainly be worked out.
佛之「法力」极大，而众生的「业力」却与之相等，所以说凡夫是「业重情迷」，而佛却是「业尽情空」，所以圣、凡之分，在于「业」是不是已经尽了，「情」是不是已经空了。又说：
觉者，佛也；
迷者，众生。
The Dharma-power of the Buddhas is tremendous, and yet the karma of living beings is equal to it. Thus living beings are said to be “weighed down by karma and confused by emotions,” whereas the Buddhas “have ended their karma and emptied their emotions.” So the difference between a sage and a commoner lies in whether one can end karma and empty out emotions. Another saying goes,
Enlightened, one is a Buddha.
Confused, one is a living being.
就好像上午所说的，众生因为背觉合尘，被一切尘劳五欲所转，所以业障愈来愈深，而佛能超脱一切五欲尘劳，不再造业。众生因为业重的缘故，所以凡是想成佛了道的，必须先要忏悔自己的罪业，如果不生忏悔心就想成佛，这就犹如「煮沙成饭」，虽然煮到恒河沙那么多的劫，也不可能成功的。
As we mentioned earlier, since living beings turn their backs on enlightenment and unite with defilement, being turned by the wearisome defilement of the five desires, their karmic obstacles become deeper and deeper. On the other hand, the Buddhas can transcend the sordid defilements of the five desires and avoid creating additional karma. Because living beings have such heavy karma, one who wishes to become a Buddha and realize the Way must first repent of his karmic offenses. If one hopes to become a Buddha without being repentant, it”s like cooking sand and hoping to get rice. You can cook for as many eons as there are sands in the Ganges River, but you”ll never succeed.
所谓「忏」，是忏其前愆；对以往所犯的罪业生大惭愧心。「悔」，是悔其后过；立定主意，改过自新，永远不再犯错，正如袁了凡居士所说：
以前种种，譬如昨日死；
以后种种，譬如今日生。
“Repentance” means repenting of past errors, feeling a great sense of shame and remorse for the transgressions we made in the past. “Reform” means turning away from future errors, resolving to turn over a new leaf, and never making those mistakes again. This is just what the layman Yuan Liaofan said,
Regard everything in the past as
if you died yesterday.
Regard everything in the future as
if you were born today.
如果我们不勤忏悔，那么，我们所造的罪业，就会使我们堕落，不知「伊于胡底，莫知所止」了。凡是佛教徒都会记得，在皈依时，把自己的姓名报上后，便忏悔说：
从于无始。以至今生。
毁坏三宝。作一阐提。
谤大乘经。断学般若。
弒害父母。出佛身血。
污僧伽蓝。破他梵行。
焚毁塔寺。盗用僧物。
起诸邪见。拨无因果。
狎近恶友。违背良师。
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If we don”t repent with diligence, then the karma from the offenses we committed will make us fall, and who knows when and where we will stop. All Buddhists should remember that when they first took refuge, they stated their full name and then repented by saying the following:
From time without beginning until the present life,
I have slandered the Triple Jewel, been an icchantika,
Slandered the Great Vehicle Sutras,
Cut off the study of Prajna,
Killed my father and mother,
shed the Buddha”s blood,
Defiled the Sangharama,
Ruined the pure conduct of others,
Burned and wrecked stupas and temples,
Stolen the property of the Sangha,
Held deviant views, denied cause and effect,
Been intimate with evil friends,
Turned away from good teachers...
现在，为了重新唤回大家的记忆，我且把这段〈忏悔文〉，很简单地向大家解释一下：
Now, to refresh everyone”s memory, I will very briefly explain this passage of repentance for everyone.
我们从无始劫以来，直至现在，所做的罪业，真是不可胜数。第一，是毁谤佛、法、僧三宝，其中又以毁谤「僧宝」的罪为最大，因为僧人是代表佛陀来传扬佛法的，所以，谤僧的罪是「不通忏悔」的。什么叫「阐提」？这是梵语，翻译成中文是「信不具」或「无善根」；譬如你对这种人说法，他不欢喜听，甚至于干脆就说：「我不信！」你说，这是不是把自己的善根都给断送了呢？
From eons without beginning, up to today, the karma from the offenses we have committed cannot be reckoned. First of all, we have slandered the Triple Jewel: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. Among these, the offense of slandering the Sangha is the gravest, because the members of the Sangha represent the Buddha in propagating and transmitting the Buddhadharma. Therefore, one is not allowed to eradicate the offense of slandering the Sangha through repentance. What is an “icchantika”
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