贪心的果报|The Consequences of Greed
The Consequences of Greed
When our moral qualities decline and our greed, hatred, and ignorance flourish, the environment of our retribution is impacted by these changes.
贪心的果报
佛教讲：我们人最早期的时候是不需要种地的，稻子可以不停地采，它不停地长，叫自生稻，所有食物都是天然生的。农耕文明，是人类的文明已经退步了，人类没福报了，这个天然的食物开始减少了。我们的人贪心重了之后，你家也采，他家也采，然后每个人就想我多采一点。好了，那就过度采伐。过度采伐，这个大自然就会干什么？就报复我们嘛。
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In Buddhism, it is said that in the earliest times, people did not need to farm. Rice could be harvested continuously, and it kept growing by itself—this was known as self-growing rice. All food naturally came into being. The advent of agricultural civilization marked a decline in human civilization, when humans no longer had the same level of blessings, and natural food sources began to diminish. As human greed intensified, everyone started to harvest more than they needed, leading to over-exploitation. What would Mother Nature do in the face of such over-exploitation? Retaliating against us.
THE CONSEQUENCES
OF GREED
our own greed that destroys our environment
其实，这不是它要报复我们，是我们的贪心，自己把自己的环境摧毁了。所以自生稻才变得什么呢？就不会无穷无尽地可以长出稻子来给你。而变得什么呢？我们的贪心把这个稻子的基因都改变了。
In reality, it is not nature that seeks to retaliate against us, but our own greed that destroys our environment. Consequently, what happened to the self-growing rice? It stopped growing infinitely for us. Our greed altered the genes of the rice.
我们是正报嘛，那我们的环境是我们的依报嘛。我们的品德下降的时候，我们的“贪、嗔、痴，”炽盛的时候，我们的依报就开始受我们的影响。不仅我们可以改变自己的基因，我们的贪、嗔、痴会注入我们的基因，并且会传承给我们的后代。
We are the direct recipients of our retribution (正报), while our environment is that of our retribution (依报). When our moral qualities decline and our greed, hatred, and ignorance flourish, the environment of our retribution is impacted by these changes. Not only can we alter our own genes, but our greed, hatred, and ignorance are also imprinted in our genes which will be passed down to future generations.
THE CONSEQUENCES
OF GREED
this is the stark reality of the fruits of our greed
这个“贪、嗔、痴”也会让我们的
依报都改变
THE CONSEQUENCES
OF GREED
我们的这个“贪、嗔、痴”也会让我们的依报都改变，那个自生稻的基因都被我们改变了，它就变种了。本来是无穷无尽地出稻谷的，然后后来就慢慢、慢慢就变得有限度了。所以开始比如说每年产五十次啊，三十次啊，二十次啊，十次啊，然后就十生稻，九生稻，八生稻，七生稻，就长七次它就不再结果了。然后我们再往下，六、五、四、三、二、一，我们现在就一生稻了，你一割了那个稻茬，它就第二年不会再发的。我们福报小了，它就变。我们的贪心竟然就看到自己的果报，你的贪心的果报就这么严重！
Our greed, hatred, and ignorance can also change the environment of our retribution, thereby altering the genetics of self-growing rice. Originally, the rice could yield endlessly, but over time it became limited. Initially, it might produce fifty times a year, then thirty, twenty, and ten times, then became ten-times growing rice to that of nine-times to that of eight-times to that of seven-times and it stop producing rice after seven times. Let us then move it down to six, five, four, three, two, one, we are now at one time. When we harvest the rice now, it does not grow back the next year. Our reduced blessings lead to these changes. Thus, our greed finally witnesses the severe consequences, and this is the stark reality of the fruits of our greed!
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