諸經要集 13.50

13.50

故地持經云。劫盜之罪。亦令眾生墮三惡道。若生人中。得二種果報。一者貧窮。二者共財不得自在。劫盜何故墮於地獄。以其劫盜剝奪偷竊人財。苦眾生故。身死即入寒氷地獄。備受諸苦。劫盜何故出為畜生。以其不行人道故。受畜生報。身常負重。以肉供人償其宿債。何故復墮餓鬼。緣以慳貪便行劫盜。是以畜生罪畢。復為餓鬼。何故為人貧窮。緣其劫奪使物空乏。所以貧窮。何故共財不得自在。緣其劫盜偷奪沒官。若有財錢。則為五家所共。不得自在。當知劫盜二大苦也。

Therefore, the Bodhisattvabhūmi-sūtra states: "The sin of robbery also causes sentient beings to fall into the three evil destinies. If born among humans, they receive two kinds of retributions: first, poverty; second, common property over which they have no control. Why does robbery lead to falling into the hells? Because robbery strips away and steals other people's wealth, tormenting sentient beings; hence, when the body dies, one immediately enters the Cold Ice Hell, undergoing all kinds of suffering. Why does robbery lead to emerging as an animal? Because one did not practice the human path; hence one receives the retribution of an animal, one's body constantly bearing heavy burdens, repaying one's past debts by offering one's flesh to humans. Why does one further fall among hungry ghosts? Because robbery is committed out of stinginess and greed; therefore, when the animal retribution is exhausted, one further becomes a hungry ghost. Why is one poor as a human? Because one's robbery depleted others' possessions; therefore one is poor. Why does one lack control over common property? Because by robbery, one stole, seized, and caused goods to be confiscated by officials; if one has wealth and coins, it is shared with the five enemies and one has no control over it. One should know that robbery is the second great suffering."