[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 23.14 # 法苑珠林 23.14 法苑珠林 23.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.14) 故知。上來所錄。若道若俗。常須作意正念現前。不得微解少法便起慢心不生慚愧。如四果人等雖不可受總報。別報猶受。故賢愚經云。如鴦崛魔羅。由殺九百九十九人。雖值佛成羅漢。居在房中地獄之火。從毛孔出極患苦痛。何況外凡未起對治。隨造一業決定墮三惡道。但人身難得。遇惡因緣則便易失。以惡多善少。一日之中罪念百千善念無一。 > Therefore we know: from all that has been recorded above, whether monastics or laypeople, one must constantly apply attention and maintain right mindfulness in the present. One must not, upon gaining a minor understanding of a little Dharma, immediately give rise to arrogance and fail to produce shame and modesty. Even persons of the four fruits cannot escape individual retribution, though they do not undergo total collective retribution. Hence the \*Damamūka-nidāna-sūtra\* states: Because Aṅgulimāla killed nine hundred and ninety-nine people, although he encountered the Buddha and became an arhat, while staying in his chamber the fire of hell came forth from his pores, causing him extreme suffering and pain. How much more so for ordinary worldlings who have not generated counteragents! In accordance with any single karma created, they will definitively fall into the three bad destinies. Yet a human body is difficult to obtain, and upon meeting evil causes and conditions it is easily lost. Because evil is abundant and good is scarce, within a single day sinful thoughts number hundreds of thousands, while wholesome thoughts are not even one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.13) - [Next: 23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.15) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.23.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.14) · Pramāṇa