法苑珠林 46.27

46.27

Furthermore, the Sūtra on Self-Love states: The Buddha said: "When people live in the world, their minds harbor venomous thoughts, their mouths utter venomous words, and their bodies commit venomous deeds. These three things issue from the mind, body, and mouth, initiating and completing their evils to inflict them on sentient beings. When sentient beings are harmed by this poison, they harbor resentment and vow in their minds to seek revenge. Some obtain it in the present life; or after their bodies end and their spirits ascend to heaven, they come down to take revenge. Among humans, beasts, ghosts, and spirits of Mount Tai, they mutually harm and rob one another; all this is due to past karma and does not arise in vain." The Buddha spoke in verse: