法苑珠林 67.42

67.42

第二十復有眾生。其形甚醜。身黑如漆。兩目復青。鞠頰俱堆。皰面平鼻。兩眼黃赤。牙齒疏缺。口氣腥臭。矬短擁腫。大腹凸髖。脚復繚戾。僂脊匡肋。費衣健食。惡瘡膿血。水腫乾痟。疥癩癰疽。種種諸惡。集在其身。雖親附人人不在意。若他作罪橫羅其殃。永不見佛。永不聞法。永不識僧。何罪所致。佛言以前世時坐為子不孝父母。為臣不忠其君。為君不敬其下。朋友不賞其信。鄉黨不以其齒。朝廷不以其爵。妄為趨詐。心意顛倒無有其度。不信三尊。弑君害師。伐國掠民。攻城破塢。偷㽳過盜惡業非一。美己惡人。侵凌孤老。誣謗賢聖輕慢尊長。欺誑下賤。一切罪業。悉具犯之。眾惡集報。故獲斯罪。

Twentieth, there are also sentient beings whose appearance is exceedingly ugly: their bodies are black as lacquer, their eyes are bluish-green, their cheeks are sunken and lumpy, their faces are pimpled with flat noses, their eyes are yellow and red, their teeth are sparse and gap-toothed, their breath is fishy and foul, they are short, stunted, and swollen, with big bellies and protruding hips, their legs are crooked and twisted, their backs hunchbacked, and their ribs flared; they ruin clothes and eat voraciously; foul sores, pus and blood, dropsy, wasting, scabies, leprosy, carbuncles, and ulcers—all kinds of evils gather on their bodies. Even if they draw close to others, people pay them no mind; if others commit crimes, they wrongfully suffer the misfortune; they never see the Buddha, never hear the Dharma, and never recognize the Saṅgha. What transgression caused this? The Buddha said: In their past lives, as children they were unfilial to parents; as ministers they were disloyal to their lords; as lords they did not respect their subordinates; friends did not honour their trust; the village community did not respect their elders; the imperial court did not employ their ranks; they falsely engaged in deceit; their minds were perverse without restraint; they did not believe in the Three Honoured Ones; they assassinated lords and harmed teachers; they attacked states and plundered people; they besieged cities and destroyed forts; their evil karmas of stealing, burglary, and illicit taking were not just one; they praised themselves and disparaged others; they oppressed the orphaned and the elderly; they slandered the worthy and holy, and despised their elders; they cheated the lowly; they committed all kinds of sinful karmas in full. The retribution of accumulated evils gathered upon them; therefore, they incurred this retribution.