Fó shuō jìng yèzhàng jīng 佛說淨業障經
The Sūtra on Purifying Karmic Obstructions (translator unknown)
About the work
A one-fascicle anonymous Mahāyāna sūtra on the purification of karmic obstructions (淨業障 jìng yèzhàng) through Vinaya practice and confession.
Prefaces
No translator-attribution survives.
Abstract
The text presents the Mahāyāna doctrine that bodhisattva-precept observance, combined with proper confession (deśanā-pāpa), purifies the practitioner’s karmic obstructions to bodhi. The doctrine is foundational for the East Asian Mahāyāna confessional tradition and shaped the practical liturgies of repentance (懺法 chànfǎ) developed in Tiāntái and Pure Land contexts.