慈悲道場懺法 3.13

3.13

「復有眾生，身體頑痺、眉鬚墮落、舉身洪爛，鳥棲鹿宿人跡斷絕，親族棄捨人不喜見。如是惡報名之癩病。以何因緣故得此罪？」佛言：「以前世時不信三尊、不孝父母，破塔壞寺、剝奪道人，斫射聖賢、傷害師長，甞無反覆、背恩忘義，常行狗犬、玷污所尊，不避親疎，無有慚愧。以是因緣故獲斯罪。」

'Furthermore, there are sentient beings whose bodies are numb and paralyzed, their eyebrows and beards falling out, their whole bodies festering and rotting, who roost where birds nest and deer lodge, cut off from human tracks, abandoned by their kin, and whom people dislike seeing. Such an evil retribution is called leprosy. By what causes and conditions do they incur this retribution?' The Buddha said: 'In their past lives, they did not believe in the Three Honoured Ones, were unfilial to their parents, destroyed stūpas and ruined monasteries, stripped and plundered religious practitioners, attacked and shot at sages and worthies, harmed teachers and elders, were constantly ungrateful, betrayed kindness and forgot righteousness, continually behaved like dogs, defiled what was venerated, made no distinction between close kin and strangers, and had no sense of shame. Due to these causes and conditions, they receive this retribution.'