廣弘明集 27.130

27.130

Added to this are arrogance, heedlessness, self-importance, resentment, litigation, wrong livelihood, and deceitfully displaying extraordinary marks; seeking gain through gain, and vilely seeking much; having no reverence and not complying with instruction; views of individuality, eternalist views, and nihilist views. Never have they examined themselves and retired to restrain themselves with propriety. What great suffering! They fear only that they are not superior to others, and that others might equal them. A sūtra says: 'Giving rise to arrogance, this karma blazes fiercely, burning and destroying the wholesome roots planted in past lives.' It also says: 'Though the evil committed is small, the subsequent suffering is boundless; like poison in the body, it ultimately becomes a grave affliction.' All worldly people only wish to manage their living, without knowing to look toward death. Yet life cannot be preserved, and death will surely arrive abruptly. If we examine this precarious life, if it does not end in the morning, then in the evening; in an instant, calamities and changes occur impermanently. As the Buddha spoke in verse for the foolish rich elder: