慈悲道場懺法 3.29

3.29

「復有眾生，常在刀山劍樹之上，若有所捉即便割傷支節斷壞，痛毒辛酸不可堪忍。何罪所致？」佛言：「以前世時屠殺為業，烹害眾生屠割剝裂，骨肉分離頭脚星散，懸於高格稱量而賣，或復生懸痛不可忍。以是惡業故獲斯罪。」

"There are sentient beings constantly upon mountains of knives and trees of swords; whatever they grasp immediately cuts them, severing and breaking their limbs and joints, with agonizing, bitter pain that is unbearable. What sin has caused this?" The Buddha said: "In former lives, slaughtering was their trade: boiling and slaughtering sentient beings, butchering, carving, flaying, and tearing them apart, separating bones from flesh, scattering heads and feet, hanging them on high racks to weigh and sell, or hanging them up alive in unbearable pain. Due to this evil karma, they receive this retribution of sin."