Date: 3/15/2026–3/22/2026， 8:30am-4:30pm
梁皇懺緣起
梁皇懺法（即慈悲道場懺法）。為寶誌禪師與高僧十人所 集。肇始於梁武帝。故俗稱梁皇懺。 武帝姓蕭。名衍。字叔達。蘭陵人。仕齊封梁王。受齊禪。 國號梁。在位四十六年。壽八十有六。 武帝之原配郗夫人。妒忌側室。動心發口。有如毒蛇。 三十歲時。忽爾夭亡。生前心懷瞋毒。致死後墮落蟒中。 靈性不昧。知其業因。至帝登極之次年。現形宮中。訴 其苦狀。及所作諸惡業。求帝救拔。脫離此苦。帝遂請 寶誌禪師等。依經律懺罪要義。製懺文十卷。為夫人懺 悔。眾僧建壇行道。 禮拜方畢。忽見一人。峨冠赤服。對帝謝曰。我蒙佛力。 得脫蟒身。將生天上。故來禮謝。言訖不見。懺悔功德。 不可思議。此懺法遂流布天下。至今遵行。
The origin
This Emperor of Liang Jeweled Repentance（Repentance Dharma of Kindness and Compassion in the Bodhimanda ）was compiled by ten eminent monks led by Chan Master Baozhi. It has been commonly known as the Emperor of Liang Repentance, because it was compiled at the request of Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty. Emperor Wu (464 C.E. – 549 C.E.), whose surname was Xiao, given name Yan, and courtesy name Shuda, was born in Lanling, (Jiangsu Province). He served as a government official in the Qi Dynasty, and was appointed as Duke of Liang. Later, he forced the abdication of Emperor Qi and ascended the throne. He named his dynasty “Liang.” He reigned for 46 years until his death at the age of 86. His wife, Empress Chi, died a premature death at the young age of thirty. Because of her intense jealousy and hatred for the consorts and concubines, her words and thoughts were as vicious as that of a poisonous snake. Having harbored so much hatred and anger while alive, she was consequently reborn as a python. As a python, her spiritual nature was not entirely clouded, and she knew of her karmic causes. In the second year of Emperor Wu’s reign, she appeared in the palace in the form of a python and told the emperor of her suffering as well as of her evil karma. She beseeched the emperor to rescue her from her misery. Accordingly the emperor requested the assistance of Chan Master Baozhi and other monks who then compiled this Repentance. This text consists of ten rolls and is based on the essentials of bowing repentances taught in the sutras and vinaya texts. With this text, an assembly of monks set up the Bodhimanda and conducted the Repentance on her behalf. At the conclusion of the repentance, a person attired in red robes and wearing a high hat suddenly appeared and expressed profound gratitude to the Emperor, “By the power of the Buddhas, I have been liberated from the body of a python. I am about to be reborn in the heavens. Before going, I have come to express my gratitude.” After that, the person disappeared. From this we can conclude the merit and virtue accrued from this repentance is inconceivable. Since then, the Emperor of Liang Jeweled Repentance has spread throughout the world and is still practiced today.
