【Cultivating Ethical Behaviour】- what are you confessing? (Part 1)

Actually, if you compare the content to the thirty-five Buddhas [ritual] used in our morning & night recitations, they are mainly the same. There is only a small part [that differs] which is the examination of the actions. But actually the part on examination of the actions is predominantly the most important aspect of the confession. I just said this earlier, normally we would say, "I confess, I confess." It is only said with your mouth. But what are you confessing? You don't know. After doing so for a while, the scenario will be much like the jest said earlier. You will have pulled out all the vegetables and left all the grass there. Now that you understand the meaning, when you do it, you will be right. All the grass will be pulled out and all the vegetables will be left. I just wanted to mention this.

SOURCE 来源 :

63A 08’20” Vol 8 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P224 L2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P252

日常师父法语📡63A 08’20”手抄稿第8册P224 L2

业果 : 从哪里忏起？-1

其实这个内容，跟我们现在的早晚课诵上面所用的那个三十五佛，内容大致相同，只有一点点，就是那个观行的方法。实际上观行的方法，主要的就是忏悔的最重要的地方。刚才说的，平常我们说忏悔、忏悔，那嘴巴上面讲，从哪里忏呀？不知道。结果弄了半天，像那个笑话当中一样，把菜拔掉了，草留在那里；它现在你了解了这样子的内容去做的话，你做对了，草都拔掉了，菜留下来了，这是我顺便一提。