經律異相 16.38

16.38

願足阿羅漢。恒訓化餓鬼。見一餓鬼形狀醜陋。見者毛竪莫不畏懼。身出熾炎如大火聚。口出蛆蟲膿血流溢。臭氣遠徹不可親近。或口吐炎火長數十丈。或耳鼻眼身體支節。放諸火炎長數十丈。脣口垂倒像如野猪。身體縱廣一由旬。手自抓摑舉聲㘁哭馳走東西。是時願足問餓鬼曰。汝宿何罪今受此苦。餓鬼報曰。吾曩昔時行作沙門。戀著房舍慳貪不捨。身持威儀出言臭惡。若見持戒精進比丘。輒復罵辱偏眼惡視。自賴豪族謂為不死。造諸無量不善之本。寧以利刀自截其舌。如是從劫離劫甘心受苦。不以一日之中誹謗精進比丘。若還閻浮利地者。以我形狀可戒勅諸比丘。善護口過勿妄出言。設見梵行持戒比丘者。念宣其德。自受餓鬼形已來。經數千百萬歲。受此苦惱。我後命終當入地獄。是時餓鬼說此語已。舉聲㘁哭自投于地。如泰山崩天翻地覆。斯由口過故使然矣。能守護口過者受福無窮。又迦葉如來出現於世。敷說法教教化已周。於無餘泥洹界而般泥洹。泥洹後時有三藏比丘。名曰黃顏。眾僧告勅。一切雜使不令卿涉。但與諸後學者說諸妙法。時三藏比丘內心輕蔑不免僧命。便與後學敷顯經義。喚受義曰。速前象頭。次喚第二者。復曰馬頭。復次駱駝頭。次驢頭。復次猪頭。次喚羊頭。羯羝頭。次喚師子頭。次喚虎頭。次喚禽頭。次喚羆頭。如是喚眾獸眾獸之類。不可稱數。三藏黃顏。口出如此無量惡言。雖授經義不免其罪。身壞命終入地獄中。經歷數千萬劫受苦無量。餘罪未畢從地獄出。生大海中受水性形。一身百頭形體極大。異類見之皆悉馳走（出護口經）。

The arhat Paripūrṇāśaya constantly instructed and converted hungry ghosts. He saw a hungry ghost whose appearance was hideous; anyone who saw him would have their hair stand on end and be struck with terror. From his body issued blazing flames like a great mass of fire. From his mouth came forth maggots, and pus and blood overflowed; the foul stench carried far, so that none could draw near. From his mouth he spewed flames tens of zhang in length, and from his ears, nose, eyes, body, and joints he emitted various flames tens of zhang long. His lips hung downward like those of a wild boar. His body was one yojana in length and breadth. He clawed at himself with his hands, wailed aloud, and ran back and forth. At that time, Paripūrṇāśaya asked the hungry ghost, 'What past sin did you commit to suffer such torment now?' The hungry ghost answered, 'In the past I was a śramaṇa. I was attached to my quarters, stingy, and greedy without letting go. My body maintained the deportment, but foul and evil speech came from my mouth. Whenever I saw monks who upheld the precepts and practiced vigorously, I would insult them and look upon them with hostile, sidelong glances. Relying on my noble clan, I thought I would never die, and created countless roots of unwholesomeness. Better to cut out one's own tongue with a sharp knife and willingly suffer pain from kalpa to kalpa in this manner, than to slander a vigorous monk for even a single day! If you return to the land of Jambudvīpa, you can use my appearance to admonish all the monks: guard well against faults of speech and do not utter words recklessly; if you see monks of pure conduct who uphold the precepts, resolve to proclaim their virtues. Since receiving the form of a hungry ghost, I have passed through hundreds of thousands of myriads of years suffering this torment; when this life ends, I shall enter hell.' Having said these words, the hungry ghost wailed aloud and cast himself to the ground, like Mount Tai collapsing or heaven and earth overturning. This was brought about entirely by faults of speech! Those who can guard against faults of speech receive boundless blessings. Furthermore, when Kāśyapa Tathāgata appeared in the world, he expounded the Dharma teachings; when his converting work was complete, he entered parinirvāṇa in the realm of parinirvāṇa without remainder. Sometime after his nirvāṇa, there was a Tripiṭaka monk named Yellow Face. The Sangha instructed him: 'Do not get involved in any of the miscellaneous tasks; only expound the wondrous Dharma for the junior students.' At that time, though harborling inward contempt, the Tripiṭaka monk could not refuse the Sangha's order, so he explained the sūtras' meanings for the junior students. When calling on them to receive the teachings, he would say: 'Come forward quickly, Elephant Head!' To the second he would say: 'Horse Head!' Next, 'Camel Head!' Next, 'Donkey Head!' Next, 'Pig Head!' Next he called: 'Sheep Head!' 'He-goat Head!' Next, 'Lion Head!' Next, 'Tiger Head!' Next, 'Bird Head!' Next, 'Brown Bear Head!' In this manner he called them by names of various beasts, beyond count. Tripiṭaka Yellow Face uttered such countless evil words; though he taught the meanings of the sūtras, he could not escape his sin. When his body broke up and his life ended, he fell into hell, undergoing immeasurable suffering through tens of millions of kalpas. When his remaining retribution was not yet exhausted, he emerged from hell and was born in the great ocean taking an aquatic form, having one body with a hundred heads of immense size. When creatures of other kinds saw him, they all fled (From the Sūtra on Guarding the Mouth).