法苑珠林 5.45

5.45

According to the *Sūtra on the Distinctions of Karmic Retribution*, a distinction is made into four propositions: first, there is karma that obtains the retribution of bodily pleasure while the mind is not pleased, as in the case of ordinary persons with merit; second, there is karma that obtains the retribution of mental pleasure while the body is not pleased, as in the case of arhats of meager merit; third, there is karma where both body and mind are pleased, as in the case of arhats with merit; fourth, there is karma where neither body nor mind is pleased, as in the case of ordinary persons of meager merit. All such cases as these are retribution obtained for this suffering and pleasure.