諸經要集 11.43

11.43

又雜寶藏經云。佛在世時波斯匿王。時於眠中聞二內官共諍道理。一人說言。我依王活。一人答言。我自依業。不依王也。王聞可彼依王活者。而欲賞之。即遣直人。語夫人言。我今當使一人往者。重與財物。尋即遣。彼依王活者。持所飲酒送與夫人。此人出戶。鼻中血出不得前進。尋即倩彼依業者送。夫人見已。重賜錢財衣服瓔珞。來到王前。王見深怪。即便喚彼依王活者。而問之言。我使汝去。云何不去。彼即向王具白情事。王聞歎言。佛語真實。自作其業還自受報。不可奪也。由是觀善惡報應自業所引。非天非王之所能與。要須自作自得。起於正見。言業果報。近獲人天。遠招佛果。若違聖教具受前苦。頌曰。

Also the Zabaozang jing says: When the Buddha was in the world, King Prasenajit once heard two palace attendants disputing a principle in their sleep. One said, 'I live by relying on the king.' The other replied, 'I rely on my own karma, not on the king.' Hearing this, the king approved of the one who relied on the king to live, and wished to reward him. He immediately dispatched an officer on duty to say to the queen, 'I shall now send a man to you; give him heavy gifts of wealth.' Soon after, he dispatched the one who lived by relying on the king to take the wine he drank and deliver it to the queen. When this man stepped out of the door, blood gushed from his nose so that he could not advance. He immediately asked the one who relied on karma to deliver it instead. When the queen saw him, she gave him heavy gifts of money, wealth, clothing, and necklaces. When he came before the king, the king saw him and was deeply astonished. He immediately summoned the one who lived by relying on the king and asked him, 'I sent you to go; why did you not go?' He then fully explained the circumstances to the king. Hearing this, the king sighed and said, 'The Buddha's words are true: one creates one's own karma and returns to receive the retribution oneself; it cannot be seized.' From this it is seen that the retribution of good and evil is induced by one's own karma; it is not something that devas or kings can bestow. One must create it oneself and obtain it oneself, giving rise to right view. Speaking of karmic fruition: nearby one obtains human and celestial [rebirth], and afar one induces the fruit of Buddhahood. If one violates the noble teachings, one fully suffers the aforementioned pains. The verse says: