諸經要集 10.43

10.43

又智度論云。若人鞭打拷掠閉繫法。得財而作布施。生象馬牛中。雖受畜生形。負重鞭策羇靽乘騎。而得好屋好食。為人所重。以人供給。又如惡人。多懷瞋恚心曲不端。而行布施。當墮龍中。得七寶宮殿妙食好色。又如憍人多慢。瞋心布施。墮金翅鳥中常得自在。有如意寶珠以為瓔珞。種種所須皆得自恣。無不如意。變化萬端無事不辦。又如宰官之人。抂濫人民不順治法。而取財物以用布施。墮鬼神中作鳩槃荼鬼。能種種變化五塵自娛。又如多瞋佷戾嗜好酒肉之人。而行布施。墮地夜叉鬼中。常得種種歡樂音樂飲食。又如有人剛懮強梁。而能布施車馬代步。墮虛空夜叉中。而有大力所至如風又如有人妬心好諍。而能以好房舍臥具衣服飲食布施故。生宮觀飛行夜叉中。有種種娛樂便身之物。若惱前人。強求人物而營福者。反招其罪。不如靜心修治內心得利轉勝。

Furthermore, the *Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa* states: If a person uses whipping, torturing, and lawful imprisonment to obtain wealth and then gives it away in dāna, they will be reborn among elephants, horses, and cattle. Although they receive the bodies of beasts—bearing heavy loads, whipped and spurred, tethered and ridden—they obtain fine shelters and fine food, are valued by people, and are provided for by them. Again, like an evil person who harbors much anger and has a crooked, unupright mind, yet practices dāna, they will fall among dragons, obtaining palaces of the seven treasures, wonderful food, and fine appearances. Again, like an arrogant person full of pride who gives with an angry mind, they fall among the garuḍas, always attaining self-mastery, possessing a cintāmaṇi jewel as a necklace, freely indulging in whatever they require, with nothing failing to accord with their wishes, endlessly transforming and leaving nothing undone. Again, like officials and ministers who falsely oppress the people, acting contrary to the laws of governance, and seize wealth to use for dāna, they fall among ghosts and spirits to become kumbhāṇḍa ghosts, capable of various transformations and amusing themselves with the five sensory objects. Again, like a person of great wrath, stubborn contrariness, and an addiction to meat and wine, who nevertheless practices dāna, they fall among earth-dwelling yakṣas, constantly obtaining all kinds of merriment, music, food, and drink. Again, like a person who is stiff, violent, and overbearing, but is able to give away carriages and horses for travel, they fall among sky-dwelling yakṣas, possessing great strength and moving as swiftly as the wind. Again, like a person who has a jealous mind and loves contention, but through having given fine dwellings, bedding, clothing, and food, is born among palace-dwelling, flying yakṣas, possessing all kinds of amusements and comforts for the body. If one vexes the other party and forcibly extorts people's property to manage works of merit, they instead incur sin. It is not as good as calming the mind and cultivating the inner mind, through which one gains far superior benefit.