法苑珠林 69.63

69.63

如十住毘婆沙論云。善知不定法者。諸法未生。未可分別。如佛分別業經中說。佛告阿難。有人身行善業。口行善業。意行善業。是人命終而墮地獄。有人身行惡業。口行惡業。意行惡業。是人命終而生天上。阿難白佛言。何故如是。佛言。是人先世罪福因緣已熟。今世罪福因緣未熟。或臨命終。正見邪見。善惡心起。垂終之心。其力大故。

As stated in the Daśabhūmika-vibhāṣā-śāstra: Those who understand indeterminate phenomena well [know that] when phenomena have not yet arisen, they cannot yet be differentiated. As spoken by the Buddha in the Vibhaṅga-karma-sūtra, the Buddha told Ānanda: 'There are persons who perform good bodily karma, good verbal karma, and good mental karma, yet when these persons die, they fall into hell. There are persons who perform evil bodily karma, evil verbal karma, and evil mental karma, yet when these persons die, they are born into heaven.' Ānanda addressed the Buddha, saying: 'For what reason is it so?' The Buddha said: 'The karmic causes and conditions of merit or demerit from previous lifetimes of these persons have already ripened, whereas the karmic causes and conditions of merit or demerit from their present lifetime have not yet ripened. Or, when approaching the end of life, right view or wrong view, a good or evil thought arises; and the thought at the verge of death possesses great power.'