འཕགས་པ་ལགས་ཉས་ཀྱ་རྒྱ་དང་འབྲས་བ་བསྟན་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 5

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As a human, an unsightly forehead⁴⁷ comes from not having bowed upon seeing the thus-gone ones, instead banging one’s hands together at the forehead.⁴⁸ As a human, having a short neck comes from having hid one’s face and run away when one saw the gurus.⁴⁹ As a human, always having heart diseases comes from having hacked, cut, and sliced up the limbs of beings.⁵⁰ As a human, having leprosy comes from having taken wealth away from the innocent.⁵¹ As a human, being short of breath comes from having served cold food to others during the depths of winter.⁵² As a human, lacking sons or daughters comes from having killed many baby birds. As a human, having many children comes from having taken joy in caring for beings. As a human, having a long life comes from having had a loving heart. As a human, having a short life comes from having killed many creatures.⁵³ As a human, being wealthy comes from having practiced generosity. As a human, owning horses and chariots comes from having offered horses and chariots to the Three Jewels. As a human, having brilliant faculties comes from having inquired into and recited the sūtras. As a human, having dull faculties comes from having been an animal. As a human, working as another person’s servant boy or girl comes from having amassed debt. As a human, being unstable and flighty comes from having previously been a monkey. As a human, contracting leprosy comes from having destroyed images of the Three Jewels. As a human, having disabled limbs