法苑珠林 26.12

26.12

they have no suffering of constriction, and therefore they attain this cognition. Or others say: if sentient beings give others various large amounts of exquisite food and drink, by the power of that karma it can induce this cognition. If sentient beings do not create karma that torments or harms others, but constantly perform matters that benefit others, by this karma, while in the mother's womb they are not oppressed by wind, heat, phlegm, cold, and other diseases; when they later emerge from the womb, they have no suffering of constriction. Therefore they are able to remember past life events. Hence it is said: if sentient beings dwelling in the mother's womb and emerging from the womb do not experience the sufferings of numerous diseases and constriction, they should all be able to remember past life events; it is only because of the mother's diseases and the suffering of constriction that they forget them all.'