法苑珠林 82.58

82.58

蓋聞。忍之為德最是尊上。持戒苦行所不能及。是以羼提比丘。被刑殘而不恨。忍辱仙主。受割截而無瞋。且慈悲之道。救拔為先。菩薩之懷。愍惻為用。常應遍游地獄代其受苦。廣度眾生施以安樂。豈容微復觸惱大生瞋恨。乃至惡眼出聲慘顏厲色。遂相捶打便以杖加。或父子兄弟自相損害。朋友眷屬反更侵傷。惡逆甚於鴟梟。含毒逾於蜂蠆。所以歷劫怨讎生生不絕也。

It is heard that the virtue of forbearance is supreme and exalted; upholding precepts and ascetic practices cannot match it. Therefore, the monk Kṣānti was dismembered without resentment, and the master of forbearance, the ṛṣi, suffered mutilation without anger. Moreover, in the path of compassion, saving and delivering comes first; in the intention of a bodhisattva, pity and concern are the function. One should constantly travel throughout the hells to endure suffering on their behalf, broadly deliver sentient beings, and bestow peace and happiness upon them. How could one allow slight provocations to give rise to great hatred—even to looking with hostile eyes, raising one's voice, adopting a fierce expression and severe tone, and subsequently beating each other and laying sticks upon them? Or fathers and sons, brothers, mutually harming one another, and friends and kin turning instead to injure each other! Their evil rebellion is worse than owls, and their venom exceeds that of bees and scorpions. That is why across kalpas, animosity and enmity never cease from lifetime to lifetime.