仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 3.654

3.654

Exposition: 'Evil ghosts and evil dragons': evil ghosts [cause] pestilence, and evil dragons [cause] droughts, floods, and unseasonable wind and rain. 'Calamities and anomalies will succeed one another' means that myriad hardships vie to arise. As for 'far and wide' (zongheng), north and south constitute zong, and east and west constitute heng, explaining that there will be calamities and hardships in the four quarters. From here, the second [part] explains the retribution experienced in the next life.