梁皇寶懺 Repentance in Liang Huang Bao Cheng

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112 新世紀宗教研究 第七卷第三期

The Imports and Significances of the Dharma-gate
of Repentance in Liang Huang Bao Cheng
Shih, Fa Yuan
A Candidate for Doctor’s Degree of the Eastern Humanities Thought Research
Institute H.F.U.
Abstract
The long and widely circulated Liang Huang Bao Cheng, which is also known as
“the Greatest Text of Repentance,” provides a systematic significance and influence on
Buddhist psychiatry program and Buddhist wisdom education program.

In view of this, this paper focuses on the discussion of the doctrine of repentance of this dharma,
and explains the imports and significances of its dharma-gate of repentance.

In addition, few works in the academic world give an analysis to the entire structure and
content of this dharma of repentance.

So this paper is based on the structure of the ten volumes of Liang Huang Bao Cheng,
starting from venerating the Three Treasures of Buddhism, ending
doubts and giving full trust to Buddha, repentance, the arousal of the earnest intention
to attain enlightenment, the arousal of the vow to save all sentient beings, returning
one’s merits to the Buddha-nature, showing the fruits of karma, hells transcending,
grudges dissolving and self-gratifying, arousal of intention to attain enlightenment and
vow to save all sentient beings, receiving and transmitting advices from Buddha.

The result of the analysis is that the dharma-gate of repentance in this text includes three
imports:

 1) Buddha worshipping, repentance, and the arousal of earnest intention to attain
enlightenment;

2) guilt confessing and grudges dissolving;
3) complete trust in the fruit of repentance, the arousal of the vow to save all sentient beings, and returning one’s merits to the Buddha-nature.

Based on the three imports in this theme, a second theme will be
brought up, which can also be summarized into four points:

1) Liang Huang Bao Cheng
is an integral set of Buddhist psychiatry and Buddhist wisdom cultivating education
program;

2) it emphasizes that the repentance by Buddha worshipping is more important
than the repentance by observing the true form of reality;

3) start from the dharma-gate of
repentance, it urges people to follow the practices of cultivation of the Great Vehicle, such
as the six perfections;

4) it also stresses on the arousal, maintenance, and the completion
of the intention to realize enlightenment, according to the dharma-gate of repentance. This
paper will provide a comprehensive analysis on the three imports and the four points of
significance in order to explain that this text of repentance is an integral set of Buddhist
repentance education program, which can help one to fulfill the ultimate aim of becoming
a Buddha.

Finally, it is hoped that the key points and significances of the dharma-gate of
repentance explained by this paper can show the necessity and the substantial meaning of
studying this topic, so as to provide an outstanding introduction to the Liang Huang Bao
Cheng for reference.

The Rite of Practicing Mercy of Buddhist Mass, Liang Huang Bao Cheng,
Repentance, Repentance by observing the true form of reality, Repentance by
Buddha worshipping, Guilt repentance.
《梁皇寶懺》懺悔法門的重點與意義 113
《梁皇寶懺》懺悔法門的重點與意義
釋法緣
華梵大學東方人文思想研究所博士生
摘要
本論文鑑於流通久遠號稱「懺王」的《梁皇寶懺》，在佛教心靈醫療
學程與慧命教育學程上，提供了一整套的重要性與影響力，特著重於討論
此懺法內在的懺悔義理，而予論述其懺悔法門的重點與意義；且經查學界
少有對此懺法之整體架構與義涵作論析。因鑑於此，即以《梁皇寶懺》十
卷，結構大概始於皈依三寶、斷疑生信、懺悔、發菩提心、發願、迴向、
顯果報、出地獄、解怨自慶、發願迴向，終至囑累為論述依據，而析理出
其懺悔法門之重點分別為三：1.禮佛、懺悔、發菩提心；2.懺罪與釋結；
3.堅信懺罪功德、發願及迴向；透過奠基於第一個主題所論述的三個重點
進而提出第二個主題，亦歸結四點述說其意義：1.是一整套佛教心靈醫療
與慧命成長教育之學程；2.強調禮佛懺悔重於實相懺悔；3.從懺悔法門中
勸修六波羅蜜多等大乘修學功課；4.由懺悔法門講求實現菩提心的生起、
相續乃至完成。論文總析此懺悔法門有三重點與四個意義來說明此懺法是
一整套的佛教懺悔教育學程，可提供趣向終極成佛之大目標。最後，祈能
因本文所論述的懺悔法門之重點與意義，顯出研究的必要性與實質意義，
進而可為讀誦《梁皇寶懺》提供一個極佳的導讀功效之參考價值。
關鍵詞： 慈悲道場懺法、《粱皇寶懺》、懺悔、實相懺悔、禮佛懺悔、
懺罪