Fruits of karma

Fruits of karma

The person who in this world is handsome comes from a patient mind

The ugly comes from amid anger

The needy come from meanness

The height and noble comes from prayer and service

The lowly and base comes from pride

The great and tall person comes from honor and respect

The short-legged person comes on account of contempt

The person who hinders the bright splendor of the Buddha is born black and thin

The one who tastes the food of the fast is born deprived of food

The person who is too sparing of fire and light is born infirm

The one in whose eyes fault always appears is born night-blind

The person who slanders the Law is born dumb

The person who does not want to hear the Law is born deaf

The person who is compassionate is born long-lived

The one who kills living beings is born short-lived

The one who gives gifts is born rich

The one who gives a gift of horse and carriage to the three jewels has many horses and carriages

Then the person who reads and asks about the sutra is born intelligent

The stupid person comes from an animal existence

The person who cannot stay in his place comes from among the apes

The one who binds the hands and feet of living beings is born paralyzed in hand and foot

The person who is of evil passions comes from snakes and scorpions

The one who keeps the precepts (sila) is complete in the six kinds of organ

The person who breaks the precepts is incomplete in the six kinds of organ

The unclean person comes from the existence of pigs

The person who likes song and dance comes from among actors

The one who is greedy comes from dogs

The one who eats alone, their neck is goiterous

The one who castrates living beings has incomplete pudenda

The one who on one side abuses his superior has a short tongue

The one who seduces the spouse of another, after dying falls among the geese

A person who commits incest will fall into the existence of sparrows

Note : Each and everyone’s mind is not alike and equal. Therefore, in consequence, the retribution is of a thousand and a myriad separate and different minds.