We live in this world no one is completely clean. Buddha often taught: "All that was down to three planes, rolling in six road, not a species that is completely clean, not a sin like any end to end." 

Indeed, this world is called the physical plane, how clean? People often say "in the election is round, in the long tube"; then in the dust doomed to the dust. Dust had covered a long long life itself, to our heads, into the chamber of our lungs liver. It makes us invisible blurred vision right way; it makes us opaque heart, invisible foot care. If we want to live in a dusty landscape, want immersed in sin, they do not say. But when we did want to be in clean disengaged, wants to shed guilt for being gentle heart, try it, then of course we must find methods to eliminate the dust off, eliminating all sin. In Buddhism, the method that removes called repentance. 

B.- Parent Thread 

I.-  Definition:  

The word "Continental", Sanskrit called Samma; Train service was "a little too". Kinh said: "ginseng pre continental shields, post exchange asking price too". That is, repentance Repentance is a previous error, and Exchange is removing bugs leave behind. If you use a word or a word Penance Repentance is not enough sense, so the old Team transplant two letters into the word "Repentance", translated in Vietnamese as "repent leaving error". Thus the word has connotations Penitential repent, regret the mistakes of the past, whether long fast, and now until later, his prayer is not repeated again. If you know the old error is wrong, now I would like to atone, but later still do it again, it is not true Repentance in Buddhism. 

II.-  The way Penance. 

1.- Penitential mistakes.  

Rather Penitential word is proper nouns of Buddhism. When Penitential which called wrong, it is not Penitential anymore. But for ease of expression, we are temporarily using two words to the general ways of sin in this world or in the beyond religion (pagans). 

The world, when there is sin with grandparents, water village, used betel wine, chicken or pork, money for apology, sorry. Sometimes we again form "prevailing sin", but when offenders to court or in the army, for example. The form of atonement take place also good, but not perfect and as crude. It applies only to deal with the outside, but inside the case of the sins happen in our inner, guilt very subtle, very profound, but it is difficult to apply forms say above. 

In pagan, people also use different forms of sin: religion used as animal blood to be baptized with the divine; Extra religion advocates down in the rivers and streams that people give is sacred, then every sin; religion to bring supplies to please 
the Spirit away from me; religion advocates austerity, mortification as beating themselves, starve and thirst, heat and cold, enduring a sin to be freed. The way such sin are wrong before. Sin belongs to psychology, formless. How then can take material such as water, blood, or body supplies to clean the crime is. 

2. True Repentance.  

Buddha taught that sin created by the mind of man, no one has the right to award penalties. Sower bad bad fruit, growers like you are enjoying tasty fruit. Sin came from the mind alone, it would be from the continental center. Speech is clear, even reasonable, with empirical. So we want to end the crime, according to the law of righteousness Penitential Buddhism but actually act. In Buddhism, there are 4 measures following repentance, which belongs to the law, it belongs to legal justice: 

a) the legal effect of penance: France belongs to the penitent, right up above instructions and sometimes pure Increase prove, so called legal work. As to gender colon, I must honestly opine sin a sincere, contrite heart and pray even after not relapse again. A penitential piety such as instructions may be pure, that is all offense. 

b) Prime penitence: this belongs to the French, and difficult than previous methods. This Buddhist institutions, as penance of visualization, for those who cultivate highly qualified, or no increase in engine, or have, but not pure. Want other practice, the practitioner must come before Buddha or Botat, devotional worship, presented the sins committed, and the prayer of repentance leaves off. Doing so from 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, 49 days, and forever until you see the perfect minister: as seen halo, golden lotus, see the Buddha, bodhisattvas to touch the head, etc. .. new severance . 

c) Red list of repentance: penitence France also belongs to the, because he Unshaken Master Song Dynasty Chinese side compiled. He took 53 titles in Beijing Buddha "Three Five Ten Buddha" that is, from Buddha to Buddha Pho Quang Nhut That France Gaya Man United, and draw 35 Buddha in Beijing, "Wang Quan Pharmaceutical, Pharmaceutical Shanghai", with France Buddha body amitābha, later added modern city shelves May, the penitential rite, the total of 108 bows, to refer minus 108 afflictions. This penitential rite, if anyone even a feast, it will eliminate the negativity and guilt have created, in the present life as well as many past lives. Buddha Bhikkhu-She-Thi said: "If these beings hear this Buddha title 53, the memory of thousands of lives do not fall into the three evil paths." Sakyamuni Buddha said: "In ancient times, life Buddhist Quang Dieu, was a monk to degenerate life, thanks to titles 53 hearing this Buddha, and sincere worship, but to avoid the suffering of birth and death road in many lives ". 35 title following Buddha, from Buddha Shakyamuni Buddha until Buu-Lien-Hoa Thien-Head-Ta-La-Shou Wang, the biblical postal-Sri said: "If all beings, or guilty five grave or heinous, to all life can not repent, confess only 35 titles and worship Buddha, then how many obstacles were eliminated sin ". 

Red list of Buddhas have merit inconceivable that, should he Unshaken new Sorcerer designed to make penitential rite. France red list repent now, most chuadeu practice. Later he From Van Sorcerer for the weak or unfamiliar much bowing, should have composed a penitential rite, very clear, easy and full of meaning, also known as the primary method of penance, to give Buddhists constant day may repent of his sins. 

d) Non-delivery of penance: France belong reasonable penance, very high and difficult, frustrating rooftop units can practice 

- HAVING WON concern: That is observing his own mind is not born out of money. As in Kim-Cang said: "Mind the past can not be, currently there is interest, nor the future mind." Shop three times had no heart, not from where the wandering thoughts which, if wandering is not, nor sins. Kinh said: "Poor from the center but also from a mental being killed. If the mind is not born again, he had no more sin, it is a new generation of repentance". 

- HAVING WON FRENCH RESTAURANT: That is very general observations (feet nature) bythe unborn. The "true minister" means the minister was not born not kill, not frivolous; from past to present it so often, no time change, or spatial displacement, throughout this lens old, so-called truth Minister (Gen. true). It also called the feet like or feet get really interested ... As minister then, these are no longer fiction. At that time the sin (fictional) other, no longer relying on the jig where that exists. in sutra Samantabhadra is written: "To repent, to contemplate the true form of the measures, the new offense is annihilated. 

III .-  Development Hanh invited Protestants to eliminate Sins Old 

Doing penance ceremony finished, to develop healthy behavior for many, to eradicate the old sins. 

1.- Discussion about time past sins. The old toiloi our lot, we can say is myriad. The continuation of our living contact with each other from generation to generation, like an endless rosary. And just in every life, from birth to death, from death to birth, we just create more crime forever. From the start through the bad currency other, and from the small errors go to the big sin, a momentum every incremental forever forming a power called karma, the road led us into anguish, confusion, ie the birth and death that we are feeling it. In the Flower Adornment Germany Samantrabhadra Botat have said: "If the sins beings have form, then all is not nowhere to store." Indeed, sinful beings from every thousand births pile, and descends over time, by heredity, customs, habits quenv.v ... Such as greed, we recently had a baby, yet anyone Where to teach us, so that we know! And no one told us to anger, so that having something unwanted, we scowl, buzzing shouting row. The bad qualities he had once with relatives and very deep, difficult to control your. In Beijing they call it "the birth negativity" or "organic seed obligation", ie the seeds have long. But this bad seed also grace born of other sins, but biblical argument called "distinguished negativity" or "whispering initiate seed", meaning new seeds infected by the age influences, habits and customs control. "Discrimination is negativity can enjoy exclusive, but" the negativity being "very difficult unless. We like grass owl, the roots penetrate very far; if gardeners despise it is not easy to clean grass tillage. 

So we should not take practice penance, taking with it! We must work to: 

a) The other bad qualities weaken gradually, by the power of sincerity and firm determination; 

b) Then the great end to our bad qualities not reborn. 

Want great stop them, but if no appropriate method, it's like taking ice to get it: it lay a temporary, but when the stone moved away, it will grow stronger than before. Appropriate method of repentance is: To develop healthy behavior, to eliminate the old sins. 

2. Develop well-healed. In each of us not all contain the ignominy. If bad character had for ages, the good nature was there from without beginning. We each have the Buddha nature is the germ of all the good virtues, the germ that 
had been buried under many layers of desire, delusion. Now want to eliminate desire, we must create conditions for the seed of Buddhahood bear leaves to flowers, fruit Bodhi. Conditions make Bode development sprouts are healthy as well: Tubi, Hyxa, Giving, Trigioi, Patience, etc .. If our tinhtan develop good qualities was, of course, the bad qualities without land to grow up anymore. 

C.- Conclusion:  

As we have seen in the paragraph above, the earth or the religion are ways to prevent errors both repent. However, only legal currency SAM1 new Buddhism stopped except sin, by taking the place of evil, do good essential spare. In four of Buddhism repentance law, with the law of that approach in principle, there are legal high, low approach. So depending on the base and to the circumstances of each person applying. The upper house, the law bars the unborn penance. The scene did not see a convenient, no instructions above, not having high increase, the prime minister's use repentance law. Person convenient scene with pure male gender, have high Venerable Increase the use of laws of repentance law. Also feel guilty karma heavy, and difficult to see in practice is legal, then every night, or in vegetarian meals and day care expectations, arbitrary to the temple or in the media center penance bows Red List, or Primary penance good also. 

In the law of repentance of Buddhism, despite bowing, kneeling there with worship, but not to pray next to where begging the forgiveness of sins. In the bow, so he knelt, containing countless meaningful and beneficial. Still bowing and kneeling know, and especially in Hong list repentance law, it is wear a little tired for sure, but in the tired body, have a happy spirit, in that the minister outside the meaningful content within. Indeed, although there is much bowing, long thought, but still not out of the following purposes: 

1.- Find practical ways to make human character was pure, all the faults in the present life, but also eliminate the crimes in past lives. 

2. Find ways to develop these great virtues, follow the wise example of the sages. 

In summary, the method of Buddhism repent, if practiced correctly, will bring valuable results below: 

- To develop honesty. 

- Cultivate the qualities determined in the elimination of bad qualities. 

- Dut was guilty, being blessed. 

- Mau wins happily towards liberation. 

Through repentance law of Buddhism, people can convert their heart better. Through repentance law, people can make individual life is happiness, and social life is peace, peace. 

So who wants all sin; who want to escape rebirth; who loved the truth, let's study and practice of Buddhism legal penance for thorough, to advance is to improve the lives of individuals, then the life of sentient beings be less painful, and more happily.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGTHMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.18/9/2015.