佛說佛名經 11.12

11.12

"Furthermore, once the messengers of the five heavenly signs have come and the sudden ghost of impermanence has swiftly arrived, none in their prime years and robust complexion can escape. At that very moment, what do splendid halls and secluded mansions matter to human concerns? How could high carriages and grand horses accompany oneself? Wives, children, and kin are no longer one's intimates; the seven treasures and precious adornments become playthings for others. Spoken in this way, worldly retributions are all like illusions and apparitions; though the heavens above are joyful, they inevitably turn to destruction, and when life ends, the soul falls into the three evil paths. Therefore, the Buddha said to Subhadra: 'Your teacher Udraka Rāmaputra had sharp faculties and cleverness, able to subdue the kleśas; yet upon dying in the sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, he returned to take the body of a flying fox in the animal destiny, so how much more so for others?' Thus we know that before realizing the noble fruits, all must wander and experience the evil destinies in full; if one is not cautious, should one suddenly incur this in a single morning, it will be too late for regrets. It is like now when someone incurs guilt and is taken before the magistrate: this is already a minor suffering, yet the mind and spirit are alarmed and terrified, the family is frightened, and they seek rescue in a hundred ways; the manifold sufferings of hell, compared to this, cannot be matched by a hundred thousand myriad times. The sins that all of us together have accumulated over kalpas are like Mount Sumeru. How could one, hearing of this, remain tranquil and untroubled, neither startled nor afraid? To cause this spirit to incur such suffering again is truly lamentable. Therefore, disciples! Marshalling this sincere devotion, with utmost heart take refuge in the Buddha: