諸經要集 18.61

18.61

"Nineteenth, there are sentient beings who are orphaned and destitute from youth, having neither parents nor siblings, serving others in hard labor to sustain their lives. When they grow into adulthood, they are struck by disaster, bound by officials and locked in prison, with no one to send them provisions, starving in destitute misery with nowhere to turn. What sin brought this about?" The Buddha said: "In their past lives, it was due to enjoying catching eagles, vultures, falcons, sparrowhawks, bears, brown bears, tigers, and leopards, keeping them bound in cages and chains, orphaning these creatures so that their parents and siblings were constantly grieving, crying out in anguish and rending human hearts, yet they could not provide for them, leaving them constantly tortured by starvation, skin clinging to bone, seeking death but unable to die. Therefore they incurred this sinful retribution."