宋高僧傳 23.60

23.60

或曰：「夫行然鍊，善人則不疑。其有不善之人，慣甞刲割，謂疼痛為詼諧；堪受凌遲，謂炙炮為戲劇。或斆人而偶作，或誑世而強為。此則栽何善根，自求辛螫耳。」對曰：「雖則頑民喜忍，惡少耐傷。且經念以然燒，或淺誠而餧飼，冥招善報，已種良因。以浮泛心，得浮泛報。昔有女子戲披袈裟，婆羅門醉著法服，其緣會遇，道果終成也。」

Someone might say: 'When good men perform self-burning and searing, no one doubts it. But there are bad men accustomed to slicing and cutting, who treat pain as a jest; capable of enduring dismemberment, they regard scorching and roasting as mere play. Some do it occasionally in imitation of others, or force themselves to do it to deceive the world. What good roots does this plant, other than courting sharp stings?' I reply: Although obstinate people may delight in endurance, and wicked ruffians may withstand injury, if they burn themselves with scripture-recitation, or feed [creatures] even with shallow sincerity, they invisibly elicit good retribution and have already planted a good cause. With a superficial mind, one obtains a superficial retribution. In the past, a woman playfully put on a kāṣāya, and a drunken brahmin donned Dharma robes; when their conditions converged, they ultimately attained the fruit of the Way.'