四分比丘戒本疏 2.35

2.35

From here below is the fifth major division: the ninety simple prāyaścittika rules. The text has three parts, as before. In the second part, listing the designations and characteristics of the offences, the first is false speech: after committing it, the retribution is in the hells, amounting in human years to two billion one hundred and forty thousand years. Even if one is subsequently born as a human, whatever one seeks is entirely empty and without result. This is subsumed under the ten unwholesome actions, and its karmic path is especially grave. Because many people are not cautious about it, they cycle through the evil destinies, not knowing when they will be liberated.