法苑珠林 73.5

73.5

悲夫迷徒障重。棄三車而弗御。漂淪苦海。任焦爛而不疲。若螥蠅之樂臭屍。似飛蛾之投火聚。良由迷沈多劫備歷艱辛。具受眾苦迄今燒煮。故如來大悲不忍永棄。示其苦樂令其欣厭。故於此篇略明十惡罪福二行也。

How lamentable that the deluded multitude has heavy obstructions: they discard the three carts and do not drive them, drift and sink in the ocean of suffering, and submit to scorching and burning without wearying! They are like bluebottle flies delighting in a rotting corpse, or moths throwing themselves into a mass of fire. Truly, because they have been submerged in delusion for many kalpas, they have undergone hardship and tribulation in full, enduring manifold sufferings down to the burning and boiling of today. Therefore the Tathāgata, in his great compassion, could not bear to abandon them forever; he revealed suffering and bliss to make them feel aversion and delight. Therefore, in this chapter the two courses of offenses and blessings among the ten unwholesome deeds are briefly clarified.