過去莊嚴劫千佛名經 1.34

1.34

「已懺地獄報竟，今當復次懺悔三惡道報。經中佛說：『多欲之人，多求利故，苦惱亦多。知足之人，雖臥地上，猶以為樂；不知足者，雖處天堂，猶不稱意。』但世間人，忽有急難，便能捨財，不計多少；而不知此身，臨於三塗深坑之上，一息不還便應墮落。忽有知識營功福德，令修未來善法資糧，執此慳心無肯作理。夫如此者，極為愚惑。何以故爾？經中佛說：『生時不賷一文而來，死亦不持一文而去，苦身積聚為之憂惱，於己無益，徒為他有。無善可恃，無德可怙，致使命終，墮諸惡道。』是故弟子等，今日稽顙，懇到歸依於佛。

"Having completed the repentance for the retributions of the hells, we should now next repent of the retributions of the three evil paths. In the sūtras the Buddha said: 'Because those of many desires seek much profit, their suffering and affliction are also great. Those who know contentment, though lying on the bare ground, still consider it joyful; those who do not know contentment, though abiding in heavenly palaces, are still not pleased.' Yet worldly people, when sudden danger strikes, can abandon their wealth without counting how much; and yet they do not realize that their very bodies are poised over the deep abyss of the three evil destinies, and that once a single breath does not return, they must immediately fall. When a good friend suddenly attends to merited virtue and bids them cultivate the provisions of future wholesome dharmas, they hold tightly to their stingy minds and find no reason to do so. Those who are like this are utterly foolish and deluded. Why is this? In the sūtras the Buddha said: 'At birth, one brings not a single coin; in death, one also takes not a single coin away. Accumulating [wealth] with a weary body brings only worry and affliction: to oneself it brings no benefit, and it merely passes to others. Having no wholesome deed to rely on, and no virtue to depend upon, it brings about that when life ends, one falls into the evil destinies.' Therefore, we disciples bow our heads today and sincerely take refuge in the Buddha.