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instantaneously eliminates all darkness: all our grave defilements are eradicated completely. Other methods of penitence practiced by ordinary beings can only expunge minor karmic obstructions. They are also restricted by time, place and...

has an intrinsic dignity because of which he or she should be respected and served, not exploited. Here too we express penitence both for our neglect and for having sometimes regarded evangelism and social concern as mutually exclusive...

together' which should include, though not be exhausted in, serious dialogue on these differences. It proclaimed penitence for the past, thankfulness for the graces of the present, urgency and resolve for a future in which our common aim...

I feel so ashamed and regretful. I am seized with various thoughts and depressed. All of a sudden, the pain of penitence overwhelms me over having had such a wrong idea of God. I am tormented with remorse.We have been totally ignorant of...