諸經要集 14.82

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14.82

In ordinary people poison blazes and the fire of wrath is constantly burning. Meeting with conditions, obstacles arise; coming in contact with objects, anger is born. Therefore, when words are spoken in a single moment of rage, they burst from the mouth and burn the heart, harming the other person more painfully than the cut of a knife. This goes against the bodhisattva's good mind and violates the Tathāgata's compassionate instructions. Thus a verse in the Karmavibhāga-sūtra says:

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