[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋門自鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083) › 2.25 # 釋門自鏡錄 2.25 釋門自鏡錄 2.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.2.25) 釋法四。戒雖多違犯。每懷崇向。年少時甞與二三間。宵命酌。夜久而散僅出戶。忽有三人。圍遶前後。四問曰。汝是何人。答是閻羅王使。遣追喚尋即挽撮。四極力共諍。曰我有何罪而見擒捉。纔得入房倚倒而絕。闔寺驚愕皆來守視。至曉還穌。因悲泣具陳所見云。往見閻羅王。問造何罪。四曰。少蒙入道。多虧戒行。餘釁尚輕。唯飲酒為頻耳。王即命左右。酌酒與四。左右馳取之。既至以酒一盞與四。大可升許。四受之。入手忽變作沸銅。騰焰數丈。懼而擲之。不能去也。王催令速飲。四哀號乞救。王曰。生作何福。四曰。常誦戒經夜則一遍。言訖所執酒盞忽然離手。王曰。戒為行本。既誦須持。勿復空言徒喪其氣。誦持之力亦微消障累也。放師且還宜思自悔。若欲更飲當念沸銅。遂見一胡僧。引之將出。四後不遵冥悔。重遭追攝。於是改革。遂得無他。 > Shi Fasi: although he committed many infractions against the precepts, he always harbored reverence. In his youth, he once called for drinks in the evening with two or three companions. Deep in the night they dispersed, and as he just stepped out the door, suddenly three persons surrounded him front and back. Fasi asked: 'Who are you?' They replied: 'We are messengers of King Yama, sent to arrest and summon you,' and immediately grabbed him. Fasi contested with all his might, saying: 'What sin do I have that I am captured?' Barely able to enter his room, he leaned over, collapsed, and expired. The entire monastery was shocked and alarmed, all coming to stand guard over him. At dawn he revived. Weeping bitterly, he fully recounted what he had seen, saying: 'I went and saw King Yama, who asked what sins I had committed. I said: "In my youth I was favored to enter the Way, but I was vastly deficient in precept conduct. My other offenses are still light; only drinking wine was frequent." The king immediately ordered his attendants to pour wine for Fasi. The attendants dashed to fetch it, and once they arrived, gave Fasi a cup of wine, about a sheng in size. Fasi received it; once in his hands, it suddenly turned into boiling copper, flames leaping several zhang high. Terrified, he threw it, but could not get rid of it. The king urged him to drink quickly, and Fasi cried out wailing for rescue. The king said: "What merit did you make during your life?" Fasi said: "I constantly chanted the Precept Sūtra, once every night." As he finished speaking, the wine cup he held suddenly left his hand. The king said: "The precepts are the root of practice. Since you chant them, you must uphold them; do not make empty words anymore, vainly wasting your vitality. The power of chanting and upholding them also slightly dispelled your obstructive burdens. We release the Master for now to return; you should reflect and repent. If you wish to drink again, you should think of boiling copper." Thereupon he saw a foreign monk who led him out.' Later, Fasi did not heed the underworld repentance and was again arrested; thereupon he reformed, and so met with no further harm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.2.24) - [Next: 2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.2.26) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083~en-mt.2.25) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.2.25) · Pramāṇa