從《梁皇寶懺》本事因緣論「臨終一念」、「瞋心對治」及「懺悔滅罪」=Using past events, causes, and conditions in The Jeweled Repentance of Emperor Liang to consider "one thought before death," "correction of antipathy," and "repentance to extinguish sins"
梁皇寶懺=The Jeweled Repentance of Emperor Liang; 四大分離=Four Great Separations; 一心不亂=One Pure Heart; 中有=state of intermediate existence; 瞋心=antipathy; 懺悔=repentance
The Jeweled Repentance of Emperor Liang is in ten volumes, and it was reported to be the Merciful Daoist Confessional written by Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty (464-549) to bring salvation to Empress Xi; it is also referred to as Confessional of Liang Emperor and Liang Wu Confessional. It has had broad ritual influence, beautiful language, deep merit, and is widely liked by Buddhists; it is one of the confessionals that have circulated for the longest time in China. The prequel to The Jeweled Repentance of Emperor Liang, Merciful Daoist Confessional, records that Empress Xi sought repentance from Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty (464-549). To give salvation to Empress Xi, Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty made the Merciful Daoist Confessional so that she can turn into a heavenly person from the body of a python, and reborn into heaven. Domestic scholars have conducted evidentiary studies on the past events, causes, and conditions of this confessional and found precise results. The primary goal of this notion is to evince the “ability for one to be reborn in a higher realm” of confessionals. Scholars compared the content and the form of The Jeweled Repentance of Emperor Liang with the Jingzhuzi jingxing famen written by King Wenshuan, Xiao Zi-liang in the reign of Chiwu Emperor in the South Dynasty (483-493); it was found to be similar to other confessionals in the South Dynasty. According to Song Tsan-ning’s (919-1002) Biographies of Eminent Song Monks, The Jeweled Repentance of Emperor Liang has been in wide circulation in Huainan since the mid-Tang period. Li Yan-shou’s South History does record that Empress Xi fell into the animal realm after she died. This shows that the Tang people have myths on Empress Xi’s strong hatred and jealousy, her transmutation into a dragon, the dreams that she placed into the Emperor, as well as the hundreds of food dishes that he offered to Empress Xi in rituals, explaining the results caused by antipathy leading to the animal realm. At the end of Yuan and beginning of Ming, Jue-an’s An Outline of Historical Researches into the ?ākya Family Lineage further stated that it was The Jeweled Repentance of Emperor Liang that allowed Empress Xi