龍舒增廣淨土文 6.36

6.36

多屯蹇者，勿怨天、勿責人，皆己之業緣所致。若見人歡喜者，得歡喜報；惱害人者，得惱害報；行方便者，得如意報；阻難人者，得齟齬報。種種皆本於前世之所為，如影隨形、如響應聲。是今生所以多屯蹇者，乃前世不為善事、不作福業。已往者既不可悔，自此以後當勤懺悔，常念阿彌陀佛，非徒可以消除宿障，又可增長善緣，後世生極樂世界，無復有此屯蹇矣。莫言後世遠，閉眼即是。若轉以化人，使更相勸化，現世獲福，身後必中上品生。

Those beset by many hardships should not blame Heaven nor reproach others; it is all brought about by one's own karmic conditions. If one is joyful upon seeing others, one obtains the retribution of joy; if one vexes and harms others, one obtains the retribution of vexation and harm; if one facilitates things for others, one obtains the retribution of having things go as one wishes; if one obstructs others, one obtains the retribution of discord and frustration. Every kind is rooted in what was done in past lives, just as a shadow follows the form and an echo responds to a sound. Thus, the reason one is beset by many hardships in this life is that in past lives one did not perform wholesome deeds nor cultivate karmic blessings. Since what is past cannot be undone, from this time forward one should diligently repent and constantly recollect Amitābha Buddha. Not only can one eliminate past obstacles, but one can also increase wholesome conditions, so that in future lives one will be born in Sukhāvatī and never again have these hardships. Do not say that the future life is far off; as soon as one's eyes close, it is right here. If one turns around to transform others, causing them to exhort and transform one another in turn, one will obtain blessings in this present life, and after death will certainly be born in the middle and highest grades.