宗鏡錄 96.3

96.3

十善業道經云。爾時世尊告龍王言。一切眾生心想異故。造業亦異。由是故有諸趣輪轉。龍王。汝見此會。及大海中。形色種類各別不耶。如是一切。靡不由心造。乃至又觀此諸大菩薩。妙色嚴淨。一切皆由修集善業福德而生。又諸天龍八部眾等。大威勢者。亦因善業福德所生。今大海中。所有眾生。形色麁鄙。或大或小。皆由自心種種想念。作身語意諸不善業。是故隨業。各自受報。

The Sūtra on the Ten Wholesome Ways of Action says: 'At that time, the World-Honoured One addressed the dragon king, saying: Because sentient beings' mental conceptions differ, their karmic actions also differ; it is because of this that there is the transmigration through the various destinies. Dragon king, do you see the varieties of forms and types in this assembly and within the great ocean, or not? All of these, without exception, are created by citta. Furthermore, observe these great bodhisattvas: their wondrous forms are adorned and pure, all born of the cultivation and accumulation of wholesome karma and merit. Moreover, the devas, dragons, and the rest of the eight classes of beings, who possess great authority and power, are also born due to wholesome karma and merit. Now, all sentient beings within the great ocean have coarse and base forms, some large and some small; all of these are due to the various thoughts of their own cittas performing unwholesome actions of body, speech, and mind. Therefore, in accordance with their karma, each receives their own retribution.'