The Long Āgama Sūtra 7.50

7.50

答曰：「迦葉！我所封村人有作賊者，伺察所得，將詣我所，語我言：『此人為賊，唯願治之。』我答言：『收縛此人，著大釜中，韋葢厚泥，使其牢密，勿令有泄，遣人圍遶，以火煮之。』我時欲觀知其精神所出之處，將諸侍從，遶釜而觀，都不見其神去來處，又發釜看，亦不見神有往來之處。以此緣故，知無他世。」

He answered, “Kāśyapa, there was a thief in the town that I was given. He was hunted down, and an officer brought him to me. He said, ‘This man is a thief. Please judge him.’

“I answered, ‘Tie him up and put him in a large cauldron. Cover it in leather and thick mud to seal him inside. Don’t let him escape. Have people surround the cauldron and heat it with a fire.’

“At the time, I wanted to watch his spirit escape from that container. I directed my servants to surround the cauldron and watch it. None of them saw his spirit leave that place. Also, when we opened the cauldron and looked in, we didn’t see his spirit being reborn anywhere. For this reason, I know there isn’t another world.”