(the highlight is from me)
However, the debts paid for akusala (unwholesome) deeds are immense! They can be extremely
severe, punishing, drastic, intolerable and deadly. If we study the earlier lives of the Bodhisattva we
will see that, due to his immaturity during those existences, He harboured the defilements of greed,
hatred, delusion, stinginess, jealousy and conceit which put Him into debt. It was even up until when
He had already attained Enlightenment and, even up to The Buddha's final parinibbàna that debts
had to be paid in full! There was simply no way of getting out of it. The Buddha's afflictions of
backache, of headache, of diarrhea were such repayments.
In one of his past lives, the Bodhisattva was a well-known wrestler. Although he had already retired
due to age, his arrogance and conceit in thinking he was the only one still capable of retaining the
country's honour, he went into the ring and broke his opponent's back. Thus, even in His last existence
as the Enlightened One He suffered severe backache as a means of repaying His akusala kammic
debt.
In yet another one of the past lives, our Bodhisattva was a resident of a fishing village. During one
session he happened to take great delight in watching his relatives and fellow villagers beating in the
head to kill the fish that had been caught and hauled ashore. That debt of evil delight borne of lobha
was repaid by having to suffer headaches during the life as The Buddha. The Bodhisattva had merely
been enjoying the sight of the fish being killed. He had not taken part in the slaughtering itself. This
goes to show that even silent approval of akusala deeds will surely put you into kammic debt. Just
imagine the intensity of akusala being developed by the spectators at a boxing match or a bullfight!
They shout, they applaud, and they cheer the contestants to fight, to hurt, to beat and, sometimes even
to kill each other. They want one side to win; they wish the other side to lose. How appalling! How
horribly frightening! They are accumulating akusala and kammic debts. Do you wish to be a participant
in such activities? As long as you have those defilements, which are the disciple within, you will
be encountering evil all the way. You will not be able to escape it. So, beware.