Lectures on the Sūtra of the Collection of the Father and Son (Pitāputrasamāgamanasūtra) (78)

Original text: 佛言大王。如是如是。愚痴众生。眼见色已。心生爱乐。复起贪着。为彼所牵。造贪业行。身业三种。语业四种。意业三种。最初造作。刹那灭谢。是业不依。东西南北。四维上下。中间而住。于死边际。命根灭时。自分业报。皆悉现前。犹如梦觉。念梦中事。

Explanation: The Buddha said: Great King, so it is, so it is—truly it is so. When sentient beings lacking wisdom see forms with their eyes, their minds give rise to delight and craving, and then they become attached to the object of form. Their minds are drawn along by the object of form, and they create karmic actions of craving. The bodily karmas are three: killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct; the verbal karmas are four: false speech, frivolous speech, divisive speech, and harsh speech; the mental karmas are three: greed, hatred, and delusion.

After bodily, verbal, and mental actions have been carried out, the karmic formations cease as soon as they are created, and in the end the karmic formations all cease and are no longer performed. These karmic formations do not abide depending on east, west, south, or north, the four intermediate directions, above and below, or the middle; they do not go to east, west, south, or north, nor to the four directions and eight points. However, when the time of death arrives and the six faculties are about to perish, the karmic retributions that one has created will all manifest in full—just like when one awakens from a dream and still dwells upon the events of the dream.