諸經要集 13.47

13.47

夫有形則影現。有聲則響應。未見形存而影亡。聲續而響乖。善惡相報。理路然矣。幸願深信。不猜來肖。輕重苦報。具依下述。如身行殺生。或剝切臠截。炮熬蚶蠣。飛鷹走狗。射獵眾生者。則墮屠裂釿割地獄中。蒸煮燒炙眾生者。則墮鑊湯鑪炭地獄中。以此殺生故。於地獄中。窮年極劫。具受劇苦。受苦既畢。復墮畜生。作諸牛馬猪羊。驢騾駱駝。雞狗魚鳥。車熬蛤蟍。為人所殺。螺蜆之類。不得壽終。還以身肉供充餚葅。在山禽獸。無量生死。若無微善永無免期。脫有片福劣復人身。或於胞胎墮落。出生喪亡。或十二十未有所知。從冥入冥。人所矜念。當知短命皆緣殺生也。

Now, where there is a form, a shadow appears; where there is a sound, an echo responds. One has never seen a form remain while the shadow vanishes, or a sound continue while the echo departs. The mutual retribution of good and evil is an evident principle. It is my earnest wish that you have deep faith and do not doubt what will follow. The light and heavy retributions of suffering are detailed below. If with the body one commits the killing of living beings, or skins, cuts, minces, and slices them, roasts and boils clams and oysters, flies falcons and runs hounds to hunt living beings, one will fall into the hell of butchering, tearing, chopping, and cutting. If one steams, boils, roasts, or scorches living beings, one will fall into the hell of the cauldron of boiling water and burning coals. Because of such killing of living beings, in hell one fully undergoes extreme suffering for exhaustive years and endless eons. When this suffering has ended, one falls again into the animal realm, becoming cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, donkeys, mules, camels, chickens, dogs, fish, birds, clams, and crabs, to be killed by humans. Species such as snails and clams do not complete their lifespans, but have their flesh used to provide dishes and preserves. Among beasts and birds in the mountains, they undergo measureless births and deaths; without some minute good, there will never be a time of release. If by chance they possess a fragment of merit and weakly regain human form, they may miscarry in the womb, die at birth, or die at ten or twenty years of age before acquiring understanding. Going from darkness into darkness, they are objects of pity. One should know that short lifespans are all caused by killing living beings.