少室六門 1.83

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問。云何輕重分之為六。答。眾生不了正因。迷心修善。未免三界。生三輕趣。云何三輕趣。所謂迷修十善。妄求快樂。未免貪界。生於天趣。迷持五戒。妄起愛憎。未免嗔界。生於人趣。迷執有為。信邪求福。未免癡界。生阿修羅趣。如是三類。名三輕趣。云何三重趣。所謂縱三毒心。唯造惡業。墮三重趣。若貪業重者。墮餓鬼趣。嗔業重者。墮地獄趣。癡業重者。墮畜生趣。如是三重。通前三輕。遂成六趣。故知一切苦業由自心生。但能攝心。離諸邪惡。三界六趣輪迴之苦。自然消滅。即得解脫。

Question: How do the heavy and light divide into six? Answer: Sentient beings do not understand the correct cause and cultivate goodness with confused minds, not escaping the traidhātuka and being born into the three lighter destinies. What are the three lighter destinies? Namely, confusedly cultivating the ten good deeds and falsely seeking pleasure, one does not escape the realm of greed and is born into the destiny of the devas; confusedly maintaining the five precepts and falsely giving rise to love and hatred, one does not escape the realm of hatred and is born into the destiny of humans; confusedly clinging to the conditioned and believing in heterodoxy to seek blessings, one does not escape the realm of delusion and is born into the destiny of asuras. These three kinds are called the three lighter destinies. What are the three heavier destinies? Namely, giving rein to the mind of the three poisons and creating only evil deeds, one falls into the three heavier destinies. If greed-karma is heavy, one falls into the destiny of hungry ghosts; if hatred-karma is heavy, one falls into the destiny of hell; if delusion-karma is heavy, one falls into the destiny of animals. These three heavier together with the former three lighter make up the six destinies. Therefore know that all painful karma is produced from one's own mind; only if one can collect the mind and depart from all evils will the suffering of transmigration in the traidhātuka and six destinies naturally be extinguished, and one will attain vimokṣa.