法苑珠林 62.20

62.20

汝今自說言　不種無果實
先身無施因　云何今獲果
汝今雖辛苦　斷食供養我
徒自作勤苦　又復擾惱我
何由能使汝　現有饒益事
若欲得財寶　妻子及眷屬
應當淨身口　而作布施業
不種獲福利　日月及星宿
不應照世界　以照世間故
當知由業故　天上諸天中
亦各有差別　福力威德盛
福少尠威德　是故知世間
一切皆由業　布施得財富
持戒生天上　若無布施緣
威德劫損滅　定慧得解脫
此三所獲報　十力之所說
此種皆是因　不應擾亂我
是故應修業　以求將來果

"You yourself now say,
'Without planting seed, there is no fruit.'
Having no causes of giving from past lives,
How could you obtain fruit now?
Although you now endure hardship,
Fasting and making offerings to me,
You vainly undergo weariness and toil,
And furthermore disturb and trouble me.
By what means could I cause you
To have present benefit in actual affairs?
If you wish to obtain wealth and treasures,
Wives, children, and family retinues,
You should purify your body and speech
And perform the karma of giving (dāna).
[If] one could obtain blessed benefit without planting,
The sun, the moon, and the constellations
Should not shine upon the world;
Because they illuminate the world,
You should know that it is due to karma.
Among all the devas in the heavens
There are likewise respective differences:
Those with abundant power of merit have flourishing majesty and virtue,
While those with little merit have scant majesty and virtue.
Therefore, know that in the world
All things are caused by karma.
By giving, one attains wealth;
By keeping precepts, one is born in the heavens.
If one lacks the conditions of giving,
Majesty and virtue will be destroyed over kalpas.
Through concentration and wisdom, one attains liberation.
The retributions obtained by these three
Were spoken by the Ten-Powered One.
All these seeds are causes;
You should not disturb me.
Therefore, you should cultivate karma
To seek future fruits."