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Essential Explanation of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra
(III) The Continuity of Karmic Results （三）业果相续 *

Writings of Master Yuanyin | 2018-06-10 | Download | AI assisted translation

【富楼那！想爱同结，爱不能离，则诸世间，父母子孙，相 生不断。是等则以欲贪为本。】 [Pūrṇa! When thoughts of love become mutually entangled and love cannot be separated, then throughout the worlds, parents, children, and grandchildren continue to be born without end. Such beings take craving for desire as their root.]
【贪爱同滋，贪不能止，则诸世间，卵、化、湿、胎，随力强弱， 递相吞食，是等则以，杀贪为本。】 [When greed and love nourish one another and greed cannot be stopped, then throughout the worlds, beings born from eggs, transformation, moisture, and wombs devour one another according to the relative strength of their powers. Such beings take greed for killing as their root.]
【以人食羊，羊死为人，人死为羊，如是乃至十生之类，死 死生生，互来相啖，恶业俱生，穷未来际。是等则以，盗贪为本。】 [When humans eat sheep, sheep die and become humans; when humans die, they become sheep. Thus, even among the ten kinds of beings, they die and are reborn again and again, coming to devour one another. Evil karma arises together with them and continues to the end of future time. Such beings take greed for stealing as their root.]
【汝负我命，我还汝债，以是因缘，经百千劫，常在生死。】 [You owe me a life; I repay you a debt. Because of these causes and conditions, we remain in birth and death throughout hundreds of thousands of eons.]
【汝爱我心，我怜汝色，以是因缘，经百千劫，常在缠缚。】 [You love my mind; I cherish your form. Because of these causes and conditions, we remain in bondage throughout hundreds of thousands of eons.]
【唯杀、盗、淫三为根本，以是因缘，业果相续。】 [Only killing, stealing, and sexual desire are the three fundamental roots. Because of these causes and conditions, karmic results continue without interruption.]
【富楼那！如是三种颠倒相续，皆是觉明明了知性，因了发相， 从妄见生，山河大地，诸有为相，次第迁流。因此虚妄，终而复始。】 [Pūrṇa! These three kinds of inverted continuity all arise because the nature of awakened awareness is made into an object of knowing. Because knowing gives rise to appearances, false views arise. Mountains, rivers, the great earth, and all conditioned appearances successively change and flow. Because of this falsity, they come to an end and begin again.]
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