ལས་རྣམ་པར་འབྱད་པ 28

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A person who dies as a hell being and is reborn as an animal, a person who dies as an animal and is reborn in the realm of ghosts,²⁶² a person who dies as a ghost and is reborn as an asura, a person who dies as an asura and is reborn as a human being,²⁶³ and a person who dies as a human being and is reborn as a god—this kind of person has exhausted both their actions and their lifespan.²⁶⁴

²⁶⁵“What kind of person has exhausted neither their lifespan nor their actions but has exhausted the kleśas? A stream enterer, a once-returner, a non-returner, and an arhat²⁶⁶—this kind of person has exhausted neither their lifespan nor their actions but has exhausted the kleśas.

“What kind of person is well²⁶⁷ in body but unhappy in mind? A worldly, ordinary person who has acquired merit is well in body but not in his mind—for example, the brahmin, the householder, the king Māndhātar,²⁶⁸ and so forth in the country of Magadha.²⁶⁹ This kind of person is well in body but unhappy in his mind.

“What kind of person is happy in mind but unwell in body? For example, the arhat Karmaśa,²⁷⁰ who was happy in mind but unwell in body. Or, in the same manner, the noble Śoṇottara,²⁷¹ who, in a former life, gave a ball made of cow dung mixed with cowhage²⁷² to a pratyekabuddha for his bath. Through the complete ripening of this action, he suffered from leprosy spreading all over his body. The following verse is said to illustrate this:

“Acts are more powerful
When their objects are precious.²⁷³
When under their sway,
I will experience suffering.²⁷⁴

“Or consider, for instance, Jaṅghākāśyapa:²⁷⁵ When a certain pratyekabuddha came to Benares, Jaṅghākāśyapa thought, ‘I will offer him a meal.’ Then, after a long time, he offered food after the appropriate mealtime had passed. Through this action, in a future time, when he had become a noble person himself, while going on his morning alms round, he arrived too late to obtain any food. A person like this is happy in mind but unwell in body.

“What kind of person is well in both body and mind?