釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 3.115

3.115

答曰：此人身、口行善，雖似佛法，而解心邪僻，若不覺知，障發三乘無漏，雖不會真，於顛倒心中，或時亦能興顯三寶，勸物修善。是人命終未必墮於地獄、畜生、餓鬼之中，而隨所與鬼神相應之法，共彼鬼神同生一處，還為彼眷屬。或時得生人天之中，故《九十六種道經》中說，上有六十餘道，邪倒罪障重故，悉須說呪治之；下有二十餘道，邪惑罪障小輕，直覺知而已。

Answer: This person's bodily and verbal actions are good, and although resembling the Buddhadharma, their understanding mind is corrupt and deviant. If they do not recognize it, it will hinder the arising of the undefiledness of the three vehicles; although they do not accord with truth, within their inverted mind they can also sometimes promote the Three Jewels and encourage beings to cultivate good. When this person's life ends, they will not necessarily fall into hell, the animal realm, or the hungry ghost realm; rather, in accordance with the method of the spirit-deity with which they corresponded, they will be born in the same place as that spirit-deity, becoming part of its retinue. Sometimes they may attain rebirth among humans or gods. Hence the Scripture of the Ninety-Six Paths says that above there are more than sixty paths where, because the offenses and hindrances of corrupt inversions are severe, all require the recitation of spells to cure them; below there are more than twenty paths where the offenses and hindrances of corrupt delusions are slight and light, requiring only that one recognize them directly.