འཕགས་པ་སྤབས་པའ་བླ་གྲས་ཀྱས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 12

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And who ensure that many beings never grow ill,
Will enjoy long life, a fine complexion, great strength, and become foremost in the world.
Their beauty will be vast and special, like a jewel mine or the lord of mountains.

“They venerate the incomparable jewel of delighting in discipline and their parents.
Thus they are born into large and preeminent households and worshipped by innumerable beings.
They are highly capable, their minds free of agitation and their forms noblest of all.
They are appealing to the eyes of the entire world, have great fortune, and are of high caste.

“They are reliable and perfect people, their minds aligned with what is good and virtuous.
Such wise and supreme people are diligent in reciting the Buddha’s words.
Affluent and well born, they are the most beautiful beings.
Formed by virtue, their great bodies are beautified like the ocean.”

Then the Blessed One said, “Pratibhānamati, beings who engage in the following five actions become male and female servants. What are these five? They are (1) being disrespectful toward one’s parents, (2) having an indecent mind, (3) being incorrigible and engaging in evil deeds as one pleases, (4) stealing the wealth of others, and (5) absconding with the loans one has taken and going into hiding. Pratibhānamati, beings who engage in these five actions become male and female servants.”

Then the Blessed One expressed this in verse:

“They take birth in a household whose vast merit and wealth shines like snow.
Yet these fools are full of themselves and conceited, and so they squabble and are disrespectful.
They do not conceive of their parents as being admirable objects of generosity.
Due to these negative actions, later they will have little worldly influence and be roguish.

“They do not venerate the peerless Three Jewels but are excessively vicious and rude.
They squander all the virtues of love and compassion.
They will be powerless and dominated for innumerable lives and know no shame