慈悲道場懺法 3.28

3.28

「復有眾生常在雪山，寒風所吹皮肉剝裂，求死不得、求生不得，苦毒萬端不可堪忍。何罪所致？」佛言：「以前世時橫道作賊，剝奪人衣以自資養，冬月隆寒裸他凍死，皮剝牛羊苦痛難忍。以是因緣故獲斯罪。」

"There are sentient beings constantly in the snowy mountains, where cold winds blow and their skin and flesh crack and split; seeking death they cannot die, seeking life they cannot live, enduring myriad kinds of bitter torment that are unbearable. What sin has caused this?" The Buddha said: "In former lives, they acted as highway robbers, stripping people of their clothes to sustain themselves, stripping others naked in the dead of winter to freeze to death, and flaying cattle and sheep, causing unbearable agony. Due to these causes and conditions, they receive this retribution of sin."