法集要頌經業品第九
Chapter 9: Karma
應遠離一法， 所謂妄語人，
無惡不經歷， 不免後世苦。
寧吞熱鐵丸， 渴飲洋銅汁，
不以無戒身， 食人信施物。
犯戒放逸人， 國中如肉團，
無慚不畏罪， 後受地獄殃。
若人畏苦報， 亦不樂行苦，
勿造諸惡行， 念尋生變悔。
至誠為諸惡， 自作教他作，
不免於苦報， 欲避有何益？
非空非海中， 非入山石間，
莫能於此處， 避免宿惡殃。
眾生有苦惱， 不免於老死，
唯有仁智者， 能免纏縛罪。
One thing you must avoid above all: the liar's tongue. There is no evil they will not commit, and future suffering they cannot escape.
Better to swallow red-hot iron balls, better to drink molten copper when thirsty, than to accept offerings from the faithful while living without virtue.
A person who is undisciplined and heedless is like a piece of raw meat in the world — shameless and unafraid of wrongdoing, they will later endure the torments of hell.
If you fear painful consequences, and do not wish to experience suffering, then do not commit evil deeds — for regret will surely follow.
If you deliberately do wrong, or make others do wrong, you cannot escape the bitter results. What use is trying to run away?
Not in the sky, not in the middle of the ocean, not hiding in a mountain cave — nowhere in the world can you escape the consequences of your past misdeeds.
Living beings suffer from sorrow and pain, and cannot escape old age and death. Only the wise and compassionate can be freed from the bonds of guilt and punishment.
妄語求賄賂， 自所行不正，
怨譖良善人， 以枉治善士，
罪纏斯等人， 沒溺深險坑。
夫士為行者， 好之與暴惡，
各自為己身， 終以不敗亡。
動轉屈身形， 唯影恒親附，
或起或往來， 不離其形影。
不但影隨形， 形亦自隨影，
猶行善惡行， 終不離自身。
遂貪食毒味， 不從吾往言，
為毒之所害， 後乃自覺悟。
愚心不開悟， 習惡不從吾，
受地獄苦痛， 後方悟其教。
戲笑為其惡， 已作身自受，
號泣受罪報， 隨行而罪至。
惡不即時受， 如𤛓牛湩汁，
罪在於陰伺， 譬如灰覆火。
惡不即時受， 如彼鋒利劍，
不慮於後世， 當受其苦報。
惡為惡所縛， 為惡不自覺，
至惡知惡至， 受惡惡根源。
如鐵生翳垢， 反食其自身，
惡生於自心， 還當壞其體。
Those who speak falsely for bribes, Who walk themselves in crooked ways, Who slander good and virtuous people, Who wrongly oppress the righteous— Such people are entangled by their evils, And drown in deep and dangerous pits.
Every person, in what they do, Whether they incline toward good or cruel deeds, Acts for their own sake alone, And in the end, does not escape their fate.
When a body twists and turns, Only its shadow follows closely; Whether rising or moving about, The shadow never leaves its form.
But not only does the shadow follow the body— The body also follows its own shadow. Likewise, the good or evil deeds one does Never leave the person who performs them.
If someone eagerly eats poisoned food, Refusing to heed my warning, They are harmed by the poison, And only later come to realize it.
A foolish mind, not yet awakened, Practices evil, ignoring my advice, Then suffers the pains of hell, And only later understands the teaching.
Those who do evil as if in jest Must bear the results themselves; Weeping and wailing, they suffer their punishment, As their deeds catch up and bring misfortune.
Evil does not strike instantly, Like milk from a cow that curdles slowly; The harm lies hidden, waiting in ambush, Like embers covered by ashes.
Evil does not strike instantly, Like a sharp and deadly sword, But without concern for the future, One will still face its painful consequences.
Evil binds the one who does evil; The evildoer does not realize their state. When the worst evil arrives, they know it is evil, And suffering evil, they see its root.
Just as rust forms on iron, Then consumes the iron itself, So evil arises from one's own mind, And in turn destroys the one who harbors it.