法苑珠林 77.5

77.5

夫群生惑病著我為端。凡品邪迷慳貪為本。所以善輕毫髮惡重丘山。福少春氷貧多秋雨。六情之網未易能超。三毒之津無由可度。身重常沒。譬等河裏之魚。鼓翅欲飛。難同天上之鳥。致使貧貧相次競加侵逼。苦苦連綿爭來損害。似飛蛾拂焰自取燒然。如蠶作繭非他纏縛。良由慳惜貪障受罪飢寒。施是富因常招豐樂也。

Now, the delusional afflictions of sentient beings have attachment to self as their origin, and the erroneous delusions of the common sort have greed and stinginess as their foundation. Therefore, good is as light as a fine hair, while evil is as heavy as hills and mountains; blessings are as scanty as spring ice, while poverty is as abundant as autumn rain. The net of the six emotions is not easily transcended; the ford of the three poisons offers no way across. With heavy bodies continually sinking, they are like fish in a river; wishing to beat their wings and fly, they find it difficult to be like birds in the sky. Consequently, poverty follows upon poverty, vying to oppress them; suffering succeeds suffering, contending to bring them harm. They are like flying moths brushing against flames, courting their own burning; like silkworms spinning cocoons, not bound by others. Truly, it is due to stinginess and the obstruction of greed that they endure punishment, hunger, and cold; giving is the cause of wealth, perpetually inviting abundance and joy.