釋門自鏡錄 2.67

2.67

僧覺未詳其氏姓。早歲出家住空慧寺。寺中生途豐渥福物盈贍。覺志好闚窬。極多侵盜。至年次當知事。擅用眾錢。曾無愧悔。後忽脫衣。赤體手如反縛。號叫大呼。悲泣流淚。于時寺僧僧泰等怪往問之。覺曰。我今現身生入地獄。有人於空中執鑿。鑿吾額上腦後及以背上。皆作大孔。空中有錢。或編或貫。或千或百。從口中入背上孔中出。背上孔中入口中而出。或從額入腦出。腦入額出。錢迴之時。痛不可言。欲有懺悔求謝。輒即迷悶。宛轉數日。於是命終。

The monk Sengjue's clan name is not known. In his early years, he left home and dwelt at Konghui Monastery. The monastery's means of livelihood were plentiful and its merit-generating goods abundant. Sengjue had a penchant for illicit peering and committed a great deal of embezzlement and theft. When his turn came by seniority to serve as administrator, he arbitrarily misappropriated the community's funds, never showing any shame or regret. Later, he suddenly stripped off his clothes, standing naked with his hands held as if bound behind his back, crying out loudly and weeping bitterly with streaming tears. At that time, the monastery monk Sengtai and others found it strange and went to question him. Sengjue said, "In this very body, while still alive, I have entered hell! Someone in midair is holding a chisel, chiselling my forehead, the back of my head, and my back, making huge holes in all of them. In midair there are copper coins, some woven into strings, some strung together, by the thousands or hundreds, which enter through my mouth and come out through the hole in my back, or enter through the hole in my back and come out through my mouth; or they enter from my forehead and exit through the back of my head, or enter from the back of my head and exit through my forehead! When the coins pass through and turn around, the pain is beyond words! Whenever I wish to repent and beg for forgiveness, I immediately fall into a swoon." After writhing in agony for several days, he thereupon died.