折疑論 3.107

3.107

The Tathāgata dissected their subtle intricacies, clearly revealing cause and effect and detailing retribution—planting good to exalt blessings, sowing evil to reap calamities—guiding all under heaven to return to good (The Tathāgata's teaching can dissect and reveal the reality of cause and effect, explaining them in complete detail. When good causes are planted deep within subtle intricacies, they exalt the response of blessed retribution; when evil causes are planted, they naturally incur the response of misfortune and calamity. Through this, dividing the affairs under heaven, there are none that do not return to the good Way. The Book of Documents says: 'Upon the one who does good, a hundred blessings descend; upon the one who does evil, a hundred calamities descend.' The Book of Changes says: 'A family that accumulates good will surely have an excess of blessings; a family that accumulates evil will surely have an excess of calamities.' This explanation of retribution for good and evil is exceedingly clear).