法苑珠林 26.30

26.30

善惡宿熏習　感報各殊方
曾為鬼害怨　或作狼讐殃
屠兒憶殺業　須蜜戲猴鄉
宿祐除患者　在處游天堂
觸類興清遘　目擊洞兼忘
凡聖欽嘉會　賢愚慶流芳
四生行善業　六趣感神光
苦樂雖殊別　同知命短長

"Good and evil, perfumed from past lives,
bring retributions that vary in each realm.
One was once a ghost harmed by an enemy,
or became a wolf seeking vengeance with disaster.
The butcher remembers his slaughtering karma;
Sumati played in the home of monkeys.
Those whose past blessings dispel distress
roam in heavenly halls wherever they are.
Meeting different categories, pure occasions arise;
gazing upon them, both are completely forgotten.
Mortals and sages revere the fine assembly;
worthy and foolish rejoice in enduring fragrance.
The four modes of birth practice good karma;
the six destinies are moved by divine light.
Although suffering and pleasure are different,
all alike know the brevity or length of life."