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English version: Regarding good deeds and non-good deeds, such as speaking of the faults of the Dharma, discussing the evil deeds committed by the four assemblies (bhikshus, bhikshunis, upasakas, and upasikas), stealing, engaging in sexual misconduct without shame—if one wishes to repent and eradicate these sins, one should diligently read and recite the Vaipulya Sutras and contemplate the First Principle. If kings, ministers, Brahmins, lay practitioners, elders, officials... these people, being insatiably greedy, commit the five rebellious acts (killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an Arhat, disrupting the Sangha, and causing a Buddha to bleed), slander the Vaipulya Sutras, and engage in the ten evil deeds, the retribution for these great evils will cause them to fall into evil realms, and like a torrential rain, they will certainly fall into Avici Hell. If one wishes to eliminate these karmic obstacles, one should generate a sense of shame and repent all sins. What is the method of repentance for a Kshatriya (warrior class) lay practitioner? The method of repentance is that one should rectify one's mind, not slander the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha), not hinder those who have left home, not create obstacles for those practicing Brahmacharya, one should focus on practicing the six recollections (recollection of the Buddha, Dharma, Sangha, precepts, generosity, and heavens), and one should also provide offerings to those who uphold the Mahayana Dharma, without necessarily bowing, one should remember the profound teachings of the sutras and the emptiness of the First Principle. Contemplating this Dharma is called the first repentance practiced by a Kshatriya lay practitioner. The second repentance is to be filial to one's parents and respectful to one's teachers, this is called practicing the second method of repentance. The third repentance is to govern the country with righteous Dharma and not to unjustly wrong the people, this is called practicing the third repentance. The fourth repentance is to command all places within one's territory, to the extent that it is possible, to abstain from killing on the six fast days (the 8th, 14th, 15th, 23rd, 29th, and 30th of each month), practicing this method is called practicing the fourth repentance. The fifth repentance is to deeply believe in cause and effect, believe in the one true path, and know that the Buddha will not pass away, this is called practicing the fifth repentance. The Buddha told Ananda: 'In the future, if there are those who practice such methods of repentance, know that this person has put on the garment of shame, and the Buddhas will protect them, and soon they will attain Anuttara-samyak-sambodhi (unexcelled perfect enlightenment).' When the Buddha spoke these words, ten thousand devas attained the pure Dharma eye (a clear understanding of the Dharma), and Bodhisattva Maitreya... and other great Bodhisattvas, as well as Ananda, hearing what the Buddha had said, joyfully practiced it. The Buddha spoke the 'Method of Contemplating the Practices of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------