法苑珠林 70.24

70.24

故地持論云。邪見之罪亦令眾生墮三惡道。若生人中得二種果報。一者生邪見家。二者其心諂曲。何故邪見墮於地獄。緣以邪見唯向邪道及以神俗。謗佛法僧不崇三寶。既不崇信斷人正路。致令遭苦。所以命終入阿鼻獄。何故邪見復為畜生。緣以邪見不識正理。所以出獄受畜生報。何故邪見復為餓鬼。緣此邪見慳心堅著。乖僻不捨。不捨慳著。復為餓鬼。何故邪見生邪見家。緣此邪見僻習纏心。所以為人生邪見家。何故邪見其心諂曲。緣此邪見不中正故。所以為人心常諂曲。當知邪見十大苦也。如是一一微細眾惡罪業無量無邊。皆入地獄備受諸苦。非可算數。而知且略言耳。若能返惡為善即是我師。

Therefore, the Bodhisattvabhūmi-śāstra states: The offense of wrong views also causes sentient beings to fall into the three evil destinies. If born among humans, they receive two kinds of retributive fruits: first, being born into a family with wrong views; second, having a mind that is deceitful and crooked. Why do wrong views cause one to fall into hell? Because due to wrong views, one turns only toward deviant paths and mundane spirits, slandering the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha, and failing to venerate the Three Jewels. Not revering them and severing others from the right path, one causes them to encounter suffering; therefore, at the end of life, one enters Avīci hell. Why do wrong views lead to becoming an animal? Because due to wrong views, one fails to recognize proper principles; therefore, upon leaving hell, one receives the retribution of an animal. Why do wrong views lead to becoming a hungry ghost? Because due to wrong views, the stingy mind becomes rigidly attached, stubbornly perverse, and refuses to let go; refusing to relinquish this stingy attachment, one becomes a hungry ghost. Why do wrong views lead to being born into a family with wrong views? Because the crooked habits of wrong views entangle the mind; therefore, when born as a human, one is born into a family with wrong views. Why do wrong views lead to a deceitful and crooked mind? Because wrong views are not upright; therefore, when born as a human, one's mind is constantly deceitful and crooked. One should know that wrong views constitute the tenth great suffering. In this manner, each and every subtle evil carries boundless and limitless sinful karma, leading all to enter hell and fully undergo manifold torments beyond reckoning. This has been briefly stated. If one can turn evil into good, that is my teacher.