諸經要集 10.9

English (machine translation) 10.9

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10.9

"The world has many foolish, deluded people / who cling to stinginess and do not practice dāna. / Accumulating wealth by thousands, millions, and billions, / they proclaim: 'This belongs to me.' / When their life is about to end, / their eyes behold evil ghosts and spirits. / Knife-like winds dismember their bodies, / and inhalations and exhalations cease. / The greedy consciousness follows good and evil, / receiving retribution that is bitterly painful. / When about to arrive at the place of punishment, / what use is regret and begging for mercy?"

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諸經要集 — Classical Chinese