法苑珠林 17.73

17.73

又涅槃經云。若有不信是經典者。現世當為無量病苦之所惱害。多為眾生所見罵辱。命終之後人所輕賤。顏貌醜陋。資生艱難。常不供足。雖復少得麁澁弊惡。常處貧窮下賤誹謗正法邪見之家。若臨終時或值荒亂。刀兵競起帝王暴虐。怨家讎隙之所侵逼。雖有善友而不遭遇。資生所須求不能得。雖少得利常為飢渴。唯為凡下之所顧識。國王大臣悉不齒錄。設復聞其有所宣說。正使是理終不信受。如是之人如折翼鳥不能飛行。是人亦爾。於未來世不能得至人天善處。若復有人能信如是大乘經典。本所受形雖復麁陋。以經功德即便端正。威顏色力日更增多。常為人天之所樂見。恭敬愛戀情無捨離。國王大臣及家親屬。聞其所說悉皆敬信。若我聲聞弟子之中。欲行第一希有事者。當為世間廣宣如是大乘經典。善男子。譬如霧露勢雖欲住不過日出。日既出已消滅無餘。善男子。是諸眾生所有惡業亦復如是。住世勢力不過得見大涅槃日。是日既出悉能除滅一切惡業。

Furthermore, the Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: "If anyone does not believe in this scripture, in the present life they will be afflicted and harmed by immeasurable suffering from illness, and will mostly be reviled and insulted by sentient beings. After their life ends, they will be held in contempt by people, their facial features ugly, their livelihood difficult, and they will constantly lack sufficient provisions. Even if they obtain a little, it will be coarse, astringent, inferior, and wretched. They will constantly abide in poverty-stricken, lowly households of evil views that slander the saddharma. When nearing the end of life, they may encounter times of famine and chaos, where weapons contend, monarchs are tyrannical, and they are pressed and harassed by adversaries and enemies. Even if there are good spiritual friends, they will not meet them. What they need for livelihood, they seek but cannot obtain. Even if they obtain small gain, they will constantly suffer hunger and thirst. They will be acknowledged only by the vulgar and lowly; kings and ministers will entirely refuse to count them. Even if they hear what such a person expounds, even if it is reasonable, they will ultimately not believe and accept it. Such a person is like a bird with broken wings unable to fly; this person is likewise so, unable to reach the good destinies of humans and devas in future ages. If, on the other hand, there is someone who can believe in such Mahāyāna scriptures, though the bodily form they originally received was coarse and ugly, through the virtue of the scripture it will immediately become upright and handsome; their dignified countenance and vitality will increase day by day. They will constantly be joyfully beheld by humans and devas, revered and cherished with affection, without separation. Kings, ministers, and family kin will all respectfully believe what they say. If among my śrāvaka disciples there are those who wish to perform the foremost, extraordinary deeds, they should broadly proclaim such Mahāyāna scriptures for the world. Good man, for example, although mist and dew tend to linger, they do not outlast the rising of the sun; once the sun has risen, they vanish without remainder. Good man, all the evil karma of these sentient beings is also like this; its power to remain in the world does not outlast the sighting of the sun of the Mahāparinirvāṇa. Once this sun has risen, it can entirely eliminate all evil karma."