諸經要集 20.20

20.20

"What is meant by the suffering of meeting with what is hated? People in the world are shallow and vulgar; living together amidst desires, they quarrel over matters of no urgency and go on to kill and harm one another, ultimately becoming great enemies. Each evades the other, having nowhere to hide; each grinds knives, fits arrows, draws bows, and grasps staves, terrified of meeting. When by chance they meet face-to-face on a narrow road, they draw bows, loose showers of arrows, and face each other blade to blade, neither knowing who will triumph or fail. At such a time, the terror is boundless. Is this suffering or not?" One replies: "Truly, it is great suffering."