法苑珠林 5.18

5.18

又涅槃經云。雖復得梵天之身乃至非想非非想天。命終之時還墮三惡道中。雖為四天王乃至他化自在天身。命終生於畜生道中。或為師子虎兕豺狼象馬牛驢等。故知天報盡時其身大苦。既有斯難即須披誠疏條此業懺令伏滅。若人造罪受報盡已。後時修善設生天上。由昔餘殃天中微受。故正法念經云。若於先世有偷盜業。爾時自見諸天女等。奪其所著莊嚴之具。奉餘天子。若於先世有妄語業。諸天女等聞其所說生顛倒解。謂其惡罵。若於先世以酒施於持戒之人。或破禁戒而自飲酒。或作麴釀。臨命終時。其心悶亂。失於正念。墮於地獄。若於先世有殺生業。壽命短促速疾命終。若於先世有邪婬業。見諸天女皆悉捨已。共餘天子互相娛樂。是則名曰五衰相也。以其持戒五種缺故。業網所縛受此業報。又天帝釋復觀業果於殿中。叫喚大地獄十八隔處。殺生偷盜邪婬妄語業。墮此地獄具受眾苦。從地獄出生餓鬼中。壽命長遠。從餓鬼中死生畜生中。互相殘害。從畜生中死。若生人中。身色憔悴無有威德。若有餘業得生天中。身量形貌皆悉減劣。一切眾寶莊嚴之具光明微少。不為天女之所愛敬。天女背叛。捨至餘天。智慧薄少心不正直。為餘天子之所輕笑。若諸天眾與阿修羅鬪戰之時。為他所殺。以餘業故。

Furthermore, the *Nirvāṇa-sūtra* says: Although one may attain the body of a Brahmā heaven up to the heaven of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, at the end of life one falls back into the three bad destinies. Although one may have the body of the Four Heavenly Kings up to the Paranirmitavaśavartin heaven, at the end of life one is born into the destiny of animals, becoming lions, tigers, rhinoceroses, jackals, wolves, elephants, horses, cattle, donkeys, and the like. Therefore we know that when heavenly retribution is exhausted, the body undergoes great suffering. Since there is such peril, one must open one's sincerity, list these karmas, and repent so as to suppress and extinguish them. If a person commits sins and finishes receiving their retribution, and later cultivates goodness so that they are born in heaven, due to the remaining misfortunes of the past they still subtly experience them in heaven. Thus the *Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna-sūtra* says: If in a previous life one had the karma of stealing, at that time one will see the heavenly maidens take the adornments one wears and offer them to other devaputras. If in a previous life one had the karma of false speech, when the heavenly maidens hear one speak, they will generate inverted understanding, thinking it is abusive speech. If in a previous life one gave liquor to a person observing the precepts, or broke the prohibitions and drank liquor oneself, or made yeast and fermented alcohol, at the end of life one's mind will be muddled and confused, losing right mindfulness and falling into hell. If in a previous life one had the karma of killing, one's lifespan will be short and life will end quickly. If in a previous life one had the karma of sexual misconduct, one will see all the heavenly maidens abandon oneself to enjoy one another's company with other devaputras. These are called the five signs of decay. Because of these five kinds of flaws in keeping the precepts, bound by the net of karma, one receives this karmic retribution. Furthermore, Śakra, Lord of the Devas, also observed the fruits of karma in his palace: in the eighteen compartments of the Great Screaming Hell, the karmas of killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, and false speech cause one to fall into this hell and fully undergo all sufferings. Emerging from hell, one is born among the hungry ghosts, where the lifespan is long. Dying among the hungry ghosts, one is born among animals, mutually harming one another. Dying among animals, if born among humans, one's bodily complexion will be haggard and devoid of majestic power. If there is remaining karma allowing birth in heaven, one's bodily size and appearance will all be diminished and inferior; the radiance of all one's precious adornments will be faint and meager; one will not be loved or respected by heavenly maidens; the heavenly maidens will be unfaithful and abandon one for other heavens; one's wisdom will be slight and the mind will not be upright; one will be ridiculed by other devaputras; and when the heavenly hosts fight with the asuras, one will be killed by others—all on account of remaining karma.