諸經要集 2.71

2.71

又涅槃經云。若有不信是經典者。現世當為無量病苦之所惱害。多為眾生所見罵辱。命終之後人所輕賤。顏貌醜陋資生艱難。常不供足。雖復少得麁澁弊惡。常處貧窮下賤誹謗正法邪見之家。若臨終時。或值荒亂刀兵競起。帝王暴虐。怨家讎郄之所侵逼。雖有善友而不遭遇。資生所須求不能得。雖少得利常為飢渴。唯為凡下之所顧識。國王大臣悉不齒錄。設復聞其有所宣說。正使是理終不信受。如是之人。如折翼鳥不能飛行。是人亦爾。於未來世。不能得至人天善處。若復有人。能信如是大乘經典。本所受形雖復麁陋。以經功德即便端正。威顏色力日更增多。常為人天之所樂見。恭敬愛戀情無捨離。國王大臣及家親屬。聞其所說悉皆敬信。若我聲聞弟子之中。欲行第一希有事者。當為世間廣宣如是大乘經典。善男子。譬如霧露勢雖欲住不過日出。日既出已。消滅無餘。善男子。是諸眾生所有惡業。亦復如是。住世勢力。不過得見大涅槃日。是日既出。悉能除滅一切惡業。又法華經云。若佛在世若滅度後。其有誹謗如斯經典。見有讀誦書持經者。輕賤憎嫉而懷結恨。此人罪報汝今復聽。其人命終入阿鼻獄。具足一劫劫盡更生。如是展轉至無數劫。從地獄出當墮畜生。於無數劫如恒河沙。生輒聾啞諸根不具。告舍利弗。謗斯經者。若說其罪窮劫不盡頌曰。

Furthermore, the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: If there are those who do not believe in this scripture, in their present life they will be afflicted and harmed by immeasurable illnesses and sufferings, often reviled and humiliated by sentient beings, and after death despised by people. Their facial features will be ugly, their livelihood difficult, and they will constantly lack sufficient provisions. Even if they occasionally obtain a little, it will be coarse, astringent, ruined, and vile. They will constantly live in poor, base families that slander the true Dharma and hold false views. When approaching death, they may encounter wild turmoil with weapons clashing, tyrannies of kings, or the incursions and oppressions of enemies and adversaries. Though there may be good friends, they will not meet them. What they need for livelihood, though sought, cannot be obtained. Though obtaining little gain, they will constantly suffer hunger and thirst. They will be acknowledged only by the vulgar and lowly, while kings and great ministers will entirely disregard them. Even if they hear what such a person preaches, even if it is reasonable, in the end they will not believe and accept it. Such a person is like a bird with broken wings that cannot fly; this person is also like that. In future lives, he cannot reach the good destinies of humans and gods. If, on the other hand, there is a person who can believe in such a Mahāyāna scripture, though the form he originally received was coarse and ugly, through the merit of the scripture he immediately becomes handsome; his majestic countenance and physical strength increase more day by day. He is constantly a joy for humans and gods to behold, who revere and cherish him without any desire to leave. Kings, great ministers, and family relatives, upon hearing what he speaks, all revere and believe it. If among my śrāvaka disciples there are those who wish to practice the foremost and rare deed, they should broadly proclaim such Mahāyāna scriptures for the world. Good sons, it is like fog and dew: though their power seeks to abide, it does not outlast the rising of the sun. Once the sun has risen, they are extinguished without remainder. Good sons, all the evil karma of these sentient beings is also like this: the power with which it abides in the world does not outlast encountering the sun of the Mahāparinirvāṇa. Once this sun has risen, it can entirely eliminate all evil karma. Furthermore, the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra says: Whether while the Buddha is in the world or after his parinirvāṇa, if someone slanders such a scripture, or seeing someone reading, reciting, copying, or upholding this scripture, looks down on, resents, envies, and bears enmity toward him—now listen again to the karmic retribution of this person: When this person's life ends, he enters the Avīci hell for a full kalpa, and when the kalpa ends he is born again [there], thus revolving for countless kalpas. Emerging from the hell, he will fall into the animal realm for countless kalpas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, continually born deaf, mute, and with incomplete faculties. He told Śāriputra: For one who slanders this scripture, if one were to speak of his offenses, they could not be exhausted in a whole kalpa. The verse says: