法苑珠林 76.5

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76.5

In ordinary people, poison blazes and the fire of wrath constantly burns. Encountering conditions, obstructions arise; contacting objects, anger is born. Thus when speech is uttered in a burst of fury, it charges forth from the mouth and burns the heart, injuring the other person with a pain worse than the slashing of a knife. It goes against the benevolent mind of a bodhisattva and defies the compassionate teachings of the Tathāgata. Therefore, a verse in the Scripture on the Differences in Karmic Retributions says:

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法苑珠林 — 道世, Classical Chinese