大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 58.45

58.45

Regarding the Commentary's statement: 'Due to envying another's body...' and so forth: this explains the sūtra's 'constantly creating causes and conditions for rebirth in the various destinies.' However, the sūtra text of the Śāstra does not have 'stinginess,' but says 'constantly harboring jealousy and envy, thereby acting as the causes and conditions for the place of rebirth in a future body.' The Śāstra's commentary explains: 'Envy is giving rise to wrong conduct toward the body; jealousy is being jealous of wealth and property, etc. Therefore, wherever one is born from life to life, one falls into lowliness and base conditions, with an ugly appearance and insufficient means of living.' Explanation: Now we merely match stinginess with jealousy, and jealousy with envy, making the distribution clear. However, jealousy and envy have general and specific meanings. As the Yupian says: 'Envy of virtue is called jī; envy of physical beauty is called dù.' Envy of physical beauty is indeed a fault concerning the body. Here, jealousy regarding wealth touches upon the meaning of stinginess, so it is explained according to the sūtra. However, according to the Śāstra's commentary, these two incur specific retribution, which is why the sūtra says 'causes and conditions for the place of rebirth in a future body.' Now, saying 'causes and conditions for rebirth in the various destinies' implicitly contains total retribution.