(Buddha Spoken Infinite Life Sutra - 51)
People of the world, parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, and other family members and kinsmen, should respect and love each other, refraining from hatred and envy. They should share things with others, and not be greedy and miserly, always speak friendly words with a pleasing smile, and not hurt each other. If one disagrees with others and grows angry, however small one's grudge and enmity may be in this life, these will increase in the life to come until they grow into a mass of hostility. For, if people are engaged in tormenting and harming each other in this life, such conflict may not immediately end in mutual destruction. But persistent bitterness and raging fury are impressed upon the mind, and thus naturally leave indelible marks on consciousness, so that those involved will be reborn about the same time to take revenge on each other. Further, in the midst of worldly desires and attachments one comes and goes alone, is born alone and dies alone. After death, one goes to a painful or to a pleasant state of existence. Each receives his karmic consequences and nobody else can take his place. In accordance with different acts of good and evil, people are destined to realms of bliss or suffering. Unalterably bound by their karma, they depart for those realms all alone. Having reached the other world, they cannot see each other. The law of good and evil naturally pursues them, and wherever they may be reborn, distance and darkness always separate them. Since their paths of karma are different, it is impossible to tell the time of their reunion, and so difficult to meet again. Can they ever see each other once more? Why do they not abandon all worldly involvements and strive, while they are strong and healthy, to pursue the good and diligently seek deliverance from Samsara? If they do, they will be able to attain infinite life. Why do they not seek the Way? What is there in this world that should be longed for? What pleasure is there that ought to be sought after? Thus people of the world do not believe in pursuing good and receiving reward or in practicing the Way and attaining Enlightenment; neither do they believe in transmigration and retribution for evil acts or reward for good ones, such as obtaining merit by helping others. Believing that these do not exist, they totally reject such a view. Further, by so doing, they cling to their own views more tenaciously. Later generations learn from previous ones to act likewise. Fathers, perpetuating their wrong views, pass them on to their children. Since parents and grandparents from the beginning did not do good deeds, were ignorant of the Way, committed foolish acts, and were benighted, insensitive and callous, their descendants are now unable to realize the truth of birth-and-death and the law of karma. There is no one to tell them about this. Nobody seeks to know the cause of fortune and misfortune, happiness and misery, although these states result from such acts. The reality of birth-and-death is such that the sorrow of parting is mutually felt by all generations. A father cries over the death of his children; children cry over the death of their father. Brothers, sisters, husbands and wives mourn each other's death. According to the basic law of impermanence, whether death will occur in order of seniority or in the reverse is unpredictable. All things must pass. Nothing stays forever. Few believe this, even if someone teaches and exhorts them. And so the stream of birth-and-death continues everlastingly. Because they are stupid and callous, such people do not accept the teachings of the Buddha; they lack forethought, and only wish to satisfy their own desires. They are deluded by their passionate attachments, unaware of the Way, misguided and trapped by anger and enmity, and intent on gaining wealth and gratifying their carnal desires like wolves. And so, unable to follow the Way, they are again subject to suffering in evil realms in an endless cycle of birth-and-death. How miserable and pitiable this is!
(佛說無量壽經 - 51)
世間人民，父子兄弟，夫婦家室，中外親屬，當相敬愛，無相憎嫉。有無相通，無得貪惜，言色常和，莫相違戾。或時心諍，有所恚怒，今世恨意，微相憎嫉，後世轉劇，至成大怨。所以者何？世間之事，更相患害，雖不即時，應急相破。然含毒畜怒，結憤精神，自然剋識，不得相離，皆當對生，更相報復。人在世間，愛欲之中，獨生獨死，獨去獨來，當行至趣苦樂之地，身自當之，無有代者。善惡變化，殃福異處，宿豫嚴待，當獨趣入，遠到他所，莫能見者。善惡自然，追行所生，窈窈冥冥，別離久長，道路不同，會見無期。甚難甚難，今得相值。何不棄眾事，各遇強健時，努力勤修善，精進願度世，可得極長生。如何不求道，安所須待，欲何樂乎？如是世人，不信作善得善，為道得道；不信人死更生，惠施得福。善惡之事，都不信之，謂之不然，終無有是。但坐此故，且自見之，更相瞻視，先後同然。轉相承受，父餘教令，先人祖父，素不為善，不識道德，身愚神闇，心塞意閉。死生之趣，善惡之道，自不能見，無有語者。吉凶禍福，競各作之，無一怪也。生死常道，轉相嗣立，或父哭子，或子哭父，兄弟夫婦，更相哭泣。顛倒上下，無常根本，皆當過去，不可常保。教語開導，信之者少，是以生死流轉，無有休止。如此之人，蒙冥抵突，不信經法，心無遠慮，各欲快意，癡惑愛欲，不達於道德，迷沒於瞋怒，貪狼於財色。坐之不得道，當更惡趣苦，生死無窮已，哀哉甚可傷！
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