諸經要集 14.73

14.73

“By true speech one attains peace and bliss;
by true speech one attains nirvāṇa.
False speech produces bitter fruit,
which you now come here to receive.
If you do not abandon false speech,
you will receive all sufferings.
True speech does not need to be bought;
it is easy to obtain and not difficult.
Truth does not come from a foreign land;
it is not sought from other people.
Why abandon true speech
and delight in speaking false speech?
Uttering false speech
is the cause and condition for hell.
The causes and conditions have already been made before;
what is the use of wailing now?
False speech is the supreme fire,
which can even burn the great ocean;
how much more will it burn a person of false speech,
just like burning grass and trees!
If a person abandons true speech
and utters false words,
such a foolish and evil person
casts away a gem to take a stone.
If a person does not love oneself
but instead loves hell,
the fire of their own false speech
here burns their own body.
True speech is very easy to obtain
and adorns all people.
Abandoning true speech to speak falsely,
out of folly you have arrived at this place.”