You should know that the more blessings you enjoy, the greater the evil karma you are likely to create, making it difficult to avoid the path of hells, hungry ghosts and animality in the third lifetime. (p.115)
Footnote: In the first lifetime, the practitioner engages in mundane good deeds which bring ephemeral worldly blessings (wealth, power, authority, etc.) in the second lifetime. Since power tends to corrupt, he is likely to create evil karma, resulting in retribution in the third lifetime. Thus, good deeds in the first lifetime are potential "enemies" of the third lifetime. (p. 119)
Master Yin Kuang, "Pure-Land Zen Zen Pure-Land
Footnote: In the first lifetime, the practitioner engages in mundane good deeds which bring ephemeral worldly blessings (wealth, power, authority, etc.) in the second lifetime. Since power tends to corrupt, he is likely to create evil karma, resulting in retribution in the third lifetime. Thus, good deeds in the first lifetime are potential "enemies" of the third lifetime. (p. 119)
Master Yin Kuang, "Pure-Land Zen Zen Pure-Land
