The Long Āgama Sūtra 7.71

7.71

婆羅門言：「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。』我勅左右：『將此人以稱稱之。』侍者受命，即以稱稱。又告侍者：『汝將此人安徐殺之，勿損皮肉。』即受我教，殺之無損。我復勅左右：『更重稱之。』乃重於本。迦葉！生稱彼人，識神猶在，顏色悅豫，猶能言語，其身乃輕；死已重稱，識神已滅，無有顏色，不能語言，其身更重，我以此緣，知無他世。」

The priest said, “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 ordered my men, ‘Take this man and weigh him on a scale.’ My servants accepted this order and weighed him with a scale.

“I then told my servants, ‘Take this man and kill him in a non-violent way that won’t damage his skin or flesh.’ They accepted my instruction and killed him in a non-violent way.

“Again, I ordered my servants, ‘Weigh him again.’ They then weighed his body.

“Kāśyapa, when they initially weighed that man, his spirit was still present. He looked relaxed, he could still talk, and his body was lighter. After he was dead, he was weighed again when his spirit had passed away. He had no expression, he couldn’t talk, and his body was heavier. I know there isn’t another world for this reason.”