(Buddha Spoken Infinite Life Sutra - 50)
People of the world, being weak in virtue, engage in strife over matters which are not urgent. In the midst of abject wickedness and extreme afflictions they painstakingly toil for their living. Whether noble or corrupt, rich or poor, young or old, male or female, all people worry about wealth and property. In this there is no difference between the rich and the poor; both have their anxieties. Groaning in dejection and sorrow, they pile up thoughts of anguish or, driven by inner urges, they run wildly in all directions and they have no time for peace and rest. For example, if they own fields, they are concerned about them. If they have houses, they worry about them. They are also anxious about their six kinds of domestic animals, such as cows and horses, about their male and female servants, money, wealth, clothes, food and furnishings. With deepening troubles they sigh repeatedly, and anxiety increasingly torments and terrifies them. Sudden misfortune may befall them: all their possessions may be destroyed by fire, swept away by floods, plundered by robbers, or seized by adversaries or creditors. Then gnawing grief afflicts them and incessantly troubles their hearts. Anger seizes their minds, keeps them in constant agitation, increasingly tightens its grip, hardens their hearts and never leaves them. When their lives end in such agonizing conditions, they must leave everybody and everything behind. Even nobles and men of wealth have these worries. With much anxiety and fear, they endure such tribulations. Breaking out in cold sweats or fevers, they suffer unremitting pain. The poor and the underprivileged are constantly destitute. If, for example, they have no fields, they are unhappy and want them. If they have no houses, they are unhappy and want them. If they have none of the six kinds of domestic animals, such as cows and horses, or if they have no male and female servants, or lack money, wealth, clothes, food, or furnishings, they are unhappy and want those as well. If they possess some of them, others may be lacking. If they have this, they do not have that, and so they wish to possess all. But, even if by some chance they come to possess everything, it will soon be destroyed or lost. Then, dejected and sorrowful, they strive to obtain such things again, but it may be impossible. Brooding over this is to no avail. Exhausted in mind and body, they become restless in all their doings, and anxieties follow on their heels. Such are the troubles they must endure. Breaking out in cold sweats or fevers, they suffer unremitting pain. Such conditions may result in the sudden end of their lives or an early death. Since they have not done any good in particular, nor followed the Way, nor acted virtuously, when they die, they will depart alone to an inferior world. Although they are destined to different states of existence, none of them understands the law of karma that sends them there.
(佛說無量壽經 - 50)
然世人薄俗，共諍不急之事，於此劇惡極苦之中，勤身營務，以自給濟。無尊無卑，無貧無富，少長男女，共憂錢財，有無同然，憂思適等。屏營愁苦，累念積慮。為心走使，無有安時；有田憂田，有宅憂宅；牛馬、六畜、奴婢、錢財、衣食什物，復共憂之。重思累息，憂念愁怖，橫為非常水火、盜賊、怨家、債主，焚漂劫奪，消散磨滅，憂毒忪忪，無有解時。結憤心中，不離憂惱。心堅意固，適無縱捨。或坐摧碎，身亡命終，棄捐之去，莫誰隨者，尊貴豪富，亦有斯患，憂懼萬端，勤苦若此，結眾寒熱，與痛共居。貧窮下劣，困乏常無。無田亦憂欲有田，無宅亦憂欲有宅，無牛、馬、六畜、奴婢、錢財、衣食什物，亦憂欲有之。適有一，復少一，有是少是，思有齊等。適欲具有，便復糜散。如是憂苦，當復求索，不能時得，思想無益。身心俱勞，坐起不安，憂念相隨，勤苦若此，亦結眾寒熱，與痛共居，或時坐之，終身夭命，不肯為善，行道進德。壽終身死，當獨遠去，有所趣向，善惡之道，莫能知者。
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