諸經要集 12.44

12.44

Practicing goodness induces joy, leading in the short term to [rebirth among] humans and gods, and in the long term to the attainment of the fruit of buddhahood. Doing evil brings about suffering, incurring in the short term [rebirth in] the three wretched paths, and in the long term straying from the noble path. Foolish people do not believe this, but the wise can know it. Therefore there are bodily distinctions among the four modes of birth, and physical differentiations across the six destinies. Light and darkness follow different paths; rising and falling take different ways. The principle of karmic conditions is crystal clear; the retribution of cause and effect is an unchanging rule.