开经偈
Verse for Opening a Sutra
无上甚深微妙法，
百千万劫难遭遇；
我今见闻得受持，
愿解如来真实义。
The unsurpassed, deep profound, subtle, wonderful Dharma,
In hundreds of thousands of millions of eons, is difficult to encounter;
I now see and hear it, receive and uphold it,
And I vow to fathom the Tathagata’s true and actual meaning.
在家菩萨戒本
BODHISATTVA PRECEPTS FOR LAYPEOPLE
诵戒仪式
THE RITUAL FOR RECITING THE PRECEPTS
自行诵戒法
Procedure for Reciting the Precepts by Yourself
1)在佛堂里，恭敬合掌跪着，如面对佛，面对法师。
1)Enter a Buddha Hall, be reverent and kneel down with joined palms, as if you were facing the Buddhas and the Dharma Masters.
2)自称法名或姓名。
2)Say your Dharma name or lay name.
3)三皈依。
3)Recite the Three Refuges.
4)忏悔，必须诚心发露忏悔所作之不如法之事，再忏无始以来的恶业。愿多生所积之愆尤，从今殄灭。忏悔偈如下：
4)Sincerely repent and confess all the wrong-doing you have done in this life. Then repent of all the evil karma you have committed throughout countless eons past. Vow that the offenses accumulated from those many lives will now be eradicated. Then chant the following repentance verse:
往昔所造诸恶业，
皆由无始贪瞋痴，
从身语意之所生，
今对佛前求忏悔。（一拜）
一切罪障皆忏悔。（一拜）
一切罪根皆忏悔。（一拜）
For all the evil karma that I have done in the past,
Arising from beginningless greed, hatred, and delusion,
And created by my body, mouth, and mind,
1)I seek to now repent of and reform before the Buddhas. (bow)
2)I seek to now repent of and reform all karmic obstacles. (bow)
3)I seek to now repent of and reform the very roots of karmic offenses. (bow)
5)此时身心清净之后，才可依戒本诵戒。
5)You must be sure to use the above method to purify the body and mind before you recite the Precepts according to the Precept text.
6)回向功德：
6)The transference of merit and virtue
诵戒功德殊胜行，无边胜福皆回向；
普愿沉溺诸有情，速往无量光佛剎。
I dedicate the merit and virtue from the profound act of reciting the Precepts,
Including all the superior, limitless blessings generated,
With the universal vow that all beings sunk in defilement
Will quickly go to the Land of the Buddha of Limitless Light (Amitabha).
若不能日日诵戒，至少每半月诵一次。每半月一次之说戒日，若能亲至寺院则可请法师担任说戒师，诵戒仪式如后。
If you are unable to recite these Precepts every day, you should recite at least once every half month. You may go to a Way place on the bimonthly Precept recitation days and request a qualified Sangha member to act as the Precept Master. The procedure for reciting the Precepts is explained below.