水懺=Buddhist Water-confession ritual; 水懺序=The Preface of Buddhist Water-confession ritual; 以水洗瘡=washing an ulcer with water; 洗心懺悔; 袁盎=Yuan Young; 晁錯=Tsao Tsou; 三昧法水=Samadhi Buddha-truth water
In this paper, the three questions consistently confused between "Buddhist Water-confession Ritual"in the academic and Buddhist sectors have been handled through Tun Huang literature, Buddhist literature and historical/biograghic data. The first one is that, the main content of "Buddhist Water-confession Ritual" had been included in Vol. 20, Tun Huang version(Buddha Name Sutra) in the 6th century rather than as said by "The Preface of Buddhist Water-confession ritual" that is was written by BUddhist leader Wu Ta(CHin Hsuan, 811~833A.D.) during Tang dynasty. The second one is that, the main content of "Buddhist Water-confession ritual"(three-obstacle confession text) was a confession metephor of origin mind therapy-"washing an ulcer with water" in the Mahayana of India, which suggested the fundamental method for the sentient beings to confess should use the origin-related "mind power of mercy", "compassion-joy water of mind" instead of relying on "Samadhi Buddha-truth water of the reverend Cha No Ka in "The Preface of Buddhist Water-confession ritual". The third one is that, in fact "Buddhist Water-confession ritual" and "The Preface of Buddhist Water-confession ritual" are totally different texts of confession independently from each other, not allowed to be combined in one reluctantly. That is to say, "Buddhist Water-confession ritual" in the 6th century is not equal to "Samadhi Water-confession Ritual" after the 15th century. The motif of the ancint master who wrote "Buddhist Water-confession ritual" will be seriously misunderstood if if the two rituals were combined reluctantly.
