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# 法苑珠林 23.15

法苑珠林 23.15

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.15)

又淨度三昧經云。罪福相累重數分明。後當受罪福之報。一一不失。一念受一身。善念受天上人中身。惡念受三惡道身。百念受百身。千念受千身。一日一夜種生死根。後當受八億五千萬雜類之身。百年之中種後世栽甚為難數。魂神逐種受形遍三千大千剎土。體骨皮毛遍大千剎土地間無空處。又菩薩處胎經偈云。

> Furthermore, the \*Jingdu sanmei jing\* states: Sins and merits accumulate and multiply, their counts being distinct and clear; later one must receive the retribution of sin and merit, not a single one being missed. In a single thought-moment one receives a single body: a wholesome thought receives a body among devas or humans; an evil thought receives a body in the three bad destinies. A hundred thoughts receive a hundred bodies; a thousand thoughts receive a thousand bodies. In one day and one night, planting the roots of birth and death, one will subsequently receive eight hundred and fifty million bodies of various kinds. In a hundred years, the plantings for future lives are exceedingly difficult to count. The spirit, following each kind, takes bodily form throughout the trichiliocosm; its bones, skin, and hair pervade the ground of the trichiliocosm without leaving any empty space. Furthermore, verses in the \*Bodhisattva Garbhastha Sūtra\* state:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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