諸經要集 13.25

13.25

As the *Mahāvibhāṣā* says: There was a butcher who for seven lifetimes had consistently engaged in butchery without falling into the three bad destinations, but rather transmigrated back and forth between the human and heavenly realms. This was because, prior to those seven lifetimes, he had once made an offering of a single meal to a pratyekabuddha; by the power of that merit, he was prevented from falling into the evil paths for seven lifetimes. However, the sinful karma of butchery that this person committed over these seven lifetimes was experienced in succession after the seven lifetimes had passed, with no possibility of escape. Good and evil are both like this. (This is subsequent retribution.)