慈悲道場懺法 4.11

4.11

又見大魚一身百頭，頭頭各異墮他網中。世尊見已，入慈三昧乃喚此魚，魚即時應。世尊問言：「汝母何在？」答言：「母在廁中作虫。」佛語諸比丘：「此大魚者，迦葉佛時作三藏比丘，以惡口故受多頭報。其母爾時受其利養，以是因緣作廁中虫。」佛言：「得此報者，皆由眾生惡口麁強，宣傳彼此鬪亂兩家。死入地獄，獄卒燒熱鐵鎞，表裏洞赤以烙其舌，復燒鐵鉤，鉤有三刃，利如鋒鋩以斷其舌，復以牛犁耕破其舌，復燒鐵杵刺其咽中。數千萬劫罪畢，乃出生鳥獸中。」佛言：「若有眾生論說君主父母師長，其罪過是。」

He also saw a great fish with one body and a hundred heads, each head different, trapped in another's net. After the Bhagavat saw it, he entered the samādhi of loving-kindness and called out to the fish; the fish immediately responded. The Bhagavat asked: "Where is your mother?" It replied: "My mother is in the latrine as a worm." The Buddha said to the monks: "This great fish, at the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, was a Tripiṭaka monk who, due to harsh speech, received the retribution of having many heads. His mother at that time enjoyed his offerings and benefits; through these causes and conditions, she became a worm in the latrine." The Buddha said: "Those who receive such retributions do so entirely because of sentient beings' harsh and aggressive speech, carrying tales between parties and stirring up strife between two households. Upon death they enter hell; the hell wardens heat iron spatulas until they are red-hot inside and out to sear their tongues; they also heat iron hooks, each having three blades as sharp as sword-points, to sever their tongues; they also use oxen and plows to furrow their tongues; and they heat iron pestles to pierce their throats. Only after hundreds of millions of kalpas, when their sins are exhausted, are they reborn among birds and beasts." The Buddha said: "If there are sentient beings who slander sovereigns, parents, teachers, and elders, their sins exceed even this."