The Metamorphosis of a Snake Eater

It has been a common practice in China that people eat almost any kinds of animals. If you truly believe in the law of karma, I think you won't eat meat. Some people think that it's nothing about eating meat. Some people just believe that eating meat can affect your health. There are quite lots of documentation whether in text, audio or even videos about meat eating and its effects according to science and also Buddhism.

Law of Karma is the most basic law in Buddhism. In Mahayana Buddhism, vegetarian concepts have spread wide all over the world which started in China long ago where Emperor Liang ruled China. He widely encouraged all the people in his country to become vegetarians.

In the past recent years, there's a report on a man who is a snake eater. He has eaten quite lots of snake during his life. And this has become his daily habits in killing snakes and taking their meat for foods. The following real life story of this snake eater is in Chinese language, but by watching the video, I think you can understand a bit. There are some kind souls who helped him by teaching him to repent and recite Ksitigarbha Sutra for his sake. They did "merit transference" to this snake eater man after the recitation of Ksitigarbha Sutra. And what happened in the end? Please sit well and watch attentively.

I also wish that everyone can have a chance to recite Ksitigarbha Sutra and become a vegetarian. May all beings be well and happy.

Eighty-eight Buddhas Repentance Text (88 佛懺悔文)

88 Buddhas Repentance Text (Ba Shi Ba Fo Chan Hui Wen) is actually the combination of 35 Buddhas and 53 Buddhas. This is also a part of daily practice for most Mahayana Buddhism followers. Repentance holds an important role in Buddhism practice. Without repentance, the practice of Buddhism won't be perfect.

When you keep on increasing doing good deeds, but you never repent for your evil deeds, you'll just keep on doing evil. In such condition, the fruits of your evil deeds will arise because you never thought about repentance.

Perhaps, those who want to practise 88 Buddhas Repentance may have been searching for video or text about it. Here, I provide you the video and text of the repentance. Hopefully, it may help you and everyone who wants to practise 88 Buddhas Repentance in daily life.



Click here to download 88 Buddhas Repentance Text in PDF format.

Song of Repentance (懺悔歌) - Pureland Music

Song of Repentance (懺悔歌) is a Buddhist song made in Singapore by Pureland Music. The song is for free distribution. Because it has no copyrights, many Buddhists fellow created the video version of this song which originally audio only. This song is quite popular in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.

Repentance is a very important thing in learning Buddhism. We create bad karma every day from thought, speech and action. We may not be able to recognize that we have done them, but since we came to this world, we have already brought the karma of our past lives. And that's why repentance is so important in Buddhist daily practice. 

Usually Buddhists do repentance by reciting repentance verse and bow to the Buddha and Bodhisattva. Actually, in Buddhism don't seek for forgiveness from Buddha or Bodhisattva only, they do seek repentance and vow to repent, and thus asking the Buddhas or Bodhisattvas to become witness of repentance. And since it's so important, this repentance practice in Buddhism should be done daily and continuously up till the moment of our death. Bad karma arises from our greed, hatred and ignorance. So, we vow not to repeat again and again.

Now, let's listen to this song of Repentance:

The importance of Repentance in Buddhism

In Buddhism, repentance is one of the most important in daily practice. We have created lots evil thought, speech and deed since past lives till this life. And we are still creating it every day. The only way to eradicate those evil thought, speech and deed is by practising Repentance.