Summary
s.1While Buddha Śākyamuni is residing in the Sudharmā assembly hall in the Heaven of the Thirty-Three, he explains to the great bodhisattva Maitreya four factors that make it possible to overcome the effects of any negative deeds one has committed. These four are: the action of repentance, which involves feeling remorse; antidotal action, which is to practice virtue as a remedy to non-virtue; the power of restraint, which involves vowing not to repeat a negative act; and the power of support, which means taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha, and never forsaking the mind of awakening. The Buddha concludes by recommending that bodhisattvas regularly recite this sūtra and reflect on its meaning as an antidote to any further wrongdoing.
s.1釋迦牟尼佛住在三十三天的善法堂中，向大菩薩彌勒解釋四種因素，這些因素能夠克服任何人所造作的負面業行的後果。這四種因素是：懺悔業，涉及生起悔恨之心；對治業，即修習美德作為對治非美德的補救；防護力，涉及發誓不重複負面的行為；以及依止力，意指皈依佛陀、法和僧伽，並永不放棄菩提心。佛陀最後建議菩薩們經常誦讀這部經並思惟其含義，作為對治任何進一步不善業的對症方法。