諸經要集 13.59

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故地持論云。惡口之罪。亦令眾生墮三惡道。若生人中。得二種果報。一者常聞惡音。二者所可言說。恒有諍訟。何故惡口墮於地獄。以其惡口皆欲害人。人聞為苦。所以命終受地獄苦。何故惡口出為畜生。以其惡口罵人以為畜生。所以出獄即為畜生。何故惡口復為餓鬼。緣其慳悋。干觸惡罵。所以畜生苦畢復為餓鬼。何故惡口為人常聞惡音。以其發言麁鄙。所聞常惡。何故惡口所可言說。恒有諍訟。以其惡口違逆眾德聽有所說言。常致諍訟。當知惡口六大苦也。

Therefore the Bodhisattvabhūmi says: The sin of harsh speech also causes sentient beings to fall into the three evil destinies. If born among humans, they receive two kinds of retribution: first, they constantly hear harsh sounds; second, whatever they say is always disputed and contested. Why does harsh speech lead to falling into hell? Because their harsh speech always seeks to harm others, and others suffer upon hearing it; therefore, at the end of life they suffer the pains of hell. Why does one emerge from hell through harsh speech to become an animal? Because with harsh speech they cursed people as beasts; therefore, upon emerging from hell they become animals. Why does harsh speech further lead to becoming a hungry ghost? Because due to stinginess they provoked others with foul cursing; therefore, when their suffering as animals is finished, they become hungry ghosts. Why does harsh speech cause one who becomes a human to constantly hear harsh sounds? Because their speech was coarse and vulgar, what they hear is constantly harsh. Why is whatever is said through harsh speech constantly disputed and contested? Because their harsh speech opposes all virtues, whenever they say something, it constantly leads to disputes. One should know that harsh speech brings about the sixth great suffering.