Read, reflect, pray
Taishang Ganying Pian 23: Beginning again after a wrong
English rendering of the Japanese reader’s section 23. The 24 divisions are this site’s editorial divisions, not original chapters.
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English rendering
Even someone who once did evil, if afterward they repent and change, refrain from evil and practice good, will in time receive blessings. This is called turning misfortune into good fortune.
Reading note from this site
The passage leaves room for change rather than fixing a person forever in past actions. Its promise belongs to the original’s faith; one can reflect on small repairs, apologies and restitution today.
Chinese source passage
其有曾行惡事，後自改悔，諸惡莫作，眾善奉行，久久必獲吉慶；所謂轉禍為福也。
Based on the classical text and this site’s independently prepared Japanese rendering. Classical source edition