諸經要集 10.108

10.108

如成實論云。惡口罵辱小人不堪。如石雨鳥。惡口罵詈大人堪受。如華雨象。行者常觀前人本末因緣。或於過去為我父母。養育我身不避罪福。未曾報恩。何須起瞋。或為兄弟妻子眷屬。或是聖人。昔為善友。凡情不識。何須加毀。

As the Tattvasiddhi-śāstra states: When evil speech insults and reviles, an inferior person cannot endure it, like stones raining upon birds. When evil speech insults and scolds, a great person can endure it, like flowers raining upon an elephant. A practitioner should always contemplate the fundamental causes and conditions of the other person: perhaps in the past they were my parent, who reared my body without shrinking from sin or merit; since I have not yet repaid their kindness, why should I give rise to anger? Or perhaps they were my sibling, wife, child, or relative; or perhaps they are a noble one, who in the past was a good friend—worldly sentiment does not recognize this, so why inflict slander [upon them]?