大般涅槃經集解 60.70

60.70

Sengliang states: This explains the gate of indeterminacy. That there are only the foolish and the wise explains that the reason it is indeterminate depends on the person. That heavy evil is experienced lightly does not mean it is not experienced at all. Sengzong states: This directly explains the meaning of transformation. It says that when a foolish person creates karma, he ought to receive only light suffering, but because he does not know shame or the way to cultivate good, his sinful obstacles increase day and night, turning this light retribution into a heavy experience in hell. If it is a wise person who previously created evil and planted the power of this karma, which would incur both the three evil paths and light suffering: because he has the conditions of cultivating the body, precepts, mind, and wisdom, he ultimately does not experience the retribution of heavy suffering, but only suffers such pain as headaches; hence its meaning is proclaimed as 'transformation.' Baoliang states: This is the second, identifying the two persons, the foolish and the wise.