諸經要集 18.72

18.72

爾時閻摩王。第二訶之告。言。諸人豈不見第二天使世間出耶。答言。大天。我實不見。王復告言。汝豈不見。昔在世間作人身時。若婦女身。若丈夫身。四大和合。忽爾乖違病苦所侵。纏綿困篤。或臥小大床上。糞尿污穢。宛轉其中不得自在。眠臥起坐仰人扶侍。洗拭抱持。與飲與食。一切須人。汝見之不。彼人答言。大天。我實見之。王復告言。癡人汝見如是。云何不思。我今亦有如是之法。未離患法。可作善業。令我當來長夜得大利益大安樂事。彼人答言。不也。我實不作如是思惟。以懈怠心行放逸故。王告。癡人。汝既嬾墮不作善業。受此惡報。非他人造。還自受報。

“Then King Yama reproached him a second time, saying, ‘Did you people not see the second divine messenger appear in the world?’ He answers, ‘Great Deva, truly I did not see him.’ The king tells him again, ‘Did you not see, formerly when in the world with a human body, whether a woman’s body or a man’s body, the harmony of the four great elements suddenly disrupted and invaded by the suffering of illness, chronically bedridden and critically ill, or lying on a bed small or large, stained with feces and urine, tossing and turning in it unable to help oneself, lying down, sleeping, rising, and sitting all depending on people to support and attend, washing, wiping, holding, and carrying, giving drink and giving food, all requiring other people? Did you see this or not?’ That person answers, ‘Great Deva, truly I saw it.’ The king tells him again, ‘Foolish person, seeing such, why did you not reflect: “I now also have such a nature, not yet freed from the nature of afflicted conditions; I ought to perform wholesome karma so that in the future, throughout the long night, I may attain great benefit, great peace, and happiness”? That person answers, ‘No, truly I did not reflect thus, because with a lazy mind I acted with heedlessness.’ The king says, ‘Foolish person, since you were lazy and indolent and did not perform wholesome karma, you receive this evil retribution. It was not created by another; you yourself return to receive the retribution.’”