龍舒增廣淨土文 6.70

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身口意謂之三業，藏經所云果報多因口業者，以口易發也。云昔有人，恨其母送飯來遲，乃云：「生於母腹，不如生於鹿腹。」後果託生於鹿腹中。又有人以食與之，若不如意則云：「不如與狗。」後乃生為狗頭。是皆口業果報也。所謂惡口者，直為穢語矣。惡口果報固已不佳，若穢語則地獄畜生之報也。世人多不知此，乃以惡口穢語為常。奉勸世人力以戒此，常念阿彌陀佛，以洗滌口業之穢惡。聞人惡口穢語，亦常念此佛名，以洗滌耳根之穢惡。願以此生念佛之善業，洗滌累世以來之穢惡。如此則善念日熟、惡業日消，又能轉以化人，使更相勸化，則災難可消、福祿可永，身後必於淨土中上品生矣。

Body, speech, and mind are called the three karmas. When the canonical scriptures state that retributions are mostly caused by karmas of speech, it is because speech is so easily uttered. It is said that in the past someone resented his mother for bringing his meal late, and said: "Better to have been born in a deer's belly than in a mother's belly!" Later he was indeed reborn in a deer's belly. There was another who was given food, and if it was not to his liking, he said: "Better to give it to a dog!" Later he was born with a dog's head. These are all retributions for karmas of speech. What is called harsh speech consists simply of foul language. The retribution for harsh speech is already bad enough; foul language brings retribution in hell or as animals. Most people in the world do not know this, and take harsh speech and foul language as commonplace. I urge worldly people to make every effort to abstain from this and constantly recite Amitābha Buddha's name, so as to cleanse the filth and evil of their speech karma. When hearing other people's harsh speech and foul language, also constantly recite this Buddha's name, so as to cleanse the filth and evil of the ear faculty. May the wholesome karma of reciting the Buddha's name in this life cleanse the defilements and evils accumulated over successive lifetimes. In this way, wholesome thoughts will mature daily, evil karmas will dissipate daily, and if one can furthermore pass this on to transform others, causing them to exhort and transform one another, then calamities can be dispelled, blessings and emoluments can be made enduring, and after this life one will surely attain birth in the highest grade of the Pure Land.