《百喻经》
[The] Sūtra [Of A] Hundred Parables
（六八）共相怨害喻
[68] Parable [Of] Together Resentfully Harming Each Other
昔有一人，共他相嗔，愁忧不乐。
[In the] past, [there] was a person, together [with] another [person], angry [at] each other, worried, anxious [and] unhappy.
有人问言：「汝今何故愁悴如是？」
[There] was [a] person [who] asked, saying, ‘You [are] now [for] what reason distressed [and] haggard thus?’
即答之言：「有人毁我力不能报，不知何方可得报之，是以愁耳。」
Then replying him, saying, ‘[There] is [a] person [who] slandered me. [With my] power, [I am] not able [to] retaliate. Not knowing [with] what method can [I] get revenge [for] this, [I am] with this anxious only.’
有人语言：「唯有毗陀罗呪可以害彼，但有一患，未及害彼返自害己。」
[There] was [a] person [who] said, ‘[There] is only [the] Vetāla Mantra [that] can [be used to] harm that [person. There] is only one danger. Yet [to] have time [to] harm that [person, it] instead harms oneself [first].’
[Note 1: This so-called mantra is supposed to be able to reanimate a corpse with a ghost to kill people, but often kills the one chanting the mantra first. Those who use it thus might not even get to harm others later.]
其人闻已便大欢喜：「愿但教我，虽当自害要望伤彼。」
That person, [having] heard [this] already, then [had] great joy, ‘[I] wish, however, [that you will] teach [it to] me. Although [I] will personally [be] harmed, [I] hope [to] hurt that [person].’
世间之人亦复如是，为瞋恚故欲求毗陀罗呪，用恼于彼竟未害他，先为瞋恚反自恼害，堕于地狱畜生饿鬼，如彼愚人等无差别。
People of [the] world [are] likewise thus, because of anger thus, desiring seeking [of the] Vetāla Mantra, [to] use [it with] hatred on others, in the end yet [to] harm others, first because of anger, instead personally [by] hatred harmed, falling to [be] hell[-beings], animals [and] hungry ghosts, [they are] like those foolish person, equally without differences.
[Note 2: With or without the so-called mantra, with or without harming others, those nursing hatred in the moment are already harming themselves, depriving themselves from peace of mind. If they die while harbouring hatred, and especially if they did harm others gravely too, they will karmically fall into the lower realms in their future lives. If there is hatred and/or retaliation from the one harmed, the above principles also apply to that person.]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
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