四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 2.28

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Second, citing textual proof for the actual retribution. As the Sūtra of Maudgalyāyana Inquiring About the Retribution for Offenses states: 'If a bhikṣu or bhikṣuṇī, lacking a sense of shame and conscience and treating the Buddha's words with contempt, commits a duṣkṛta offense of the saṃbahulāḥ śikṣā-karaṇīyāḥ, they fall into Avīci for [a span equivalent to] a lifespan of five hundred years in the heaven of the Four Heavenly Kings, which counts in human reckoning as nine hundred thousand years. For the second, prātideśanīya, [the span is] like a lifespan of one thousand years in the Heaven of the Thirty-Three, counting in human reckoning as 3,600,000 years falling into hell. For the third, pāyattika, it is like a lifespan of two thousand years in the Yāma Heaven, counting in human reckoning as 21,400,000 years. For the fourth, sthūlātyaya, it is like a lifespan of four thousand years in the Tuṣita Heaven, counting in human reckoning as 50,600,000 years. For the fifth, a saṃghāvaśeṣa offense, it is like a lifespan of eight thousand years in the Nirmāṇarati Heaven, counting in human reckoning as 230,400,000 years. For the sixth, committing a pārājika offense, they fall into Avīci for [a span] like a lifespan of sixteen thousand years in the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven, counting in human reckoning as 921,600,000 years.' In the Nirvāṇa [Sūtra]: 'Committing a duṣkṛta offense entails falling into hell for eight million years according to the count of days, months, and years in the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven.' As for its divergence from the preceding sūtra text, this is because counting systems have larger and smaller scales, that is, taking ten thousand ten-thousands (100,000,000) as one koṭi.