法苑珠林 71.6

71.6

Good and evil overturn each other; light and darkness are mutually opposed. Transgression and merit face each other in the unseen, as clear as before one's very eyes. Therefore, evil is termed plummeting downward, while good is described as ascending into purity. Merit brings wealth and abundance; calamity brings ruin and destruction. Thus we know that transgressive and evil phenomena must not be left uneradicated, and the achievements of meritorious good should not be left uncultivated. The holy teachings are lucid; the ascending and sinking can be seen clearly.