經律異相 48.59

48.59

直見不墮地獄。如斯之類壽終已後皆生龍中。佛告龍王。拘樓秦佛時。九十八億居家出家。違其禁戒皆生龍中。拘那含牟尼佛時。八十億居家出家。毀戒恣心。壽終之後皆生龍中。迦葉佛時。六十四億居家出家。犯戒皆生龍中。於我世中。九百九十億居家。鬪諍誹謗經戒死生龍中。今已有生者。以是之故。在大海中諸龍妻子眷屬不可稱計。我泥洹後多有惡優婆塞。違失禁戒當生龍中。或墮地獄（出海龍王經第二卷）。

Through their right view they do not fall into hell; beings such as these, after their lifespans end, are all reborn among the nāgas. The Buddha told the nāga king: 'In the time of Krakucchanda Buddha, ninety-eight hundred million householders and renouncers transgressed their prohibitions and precepts; all were reborn among the nāgas. In the time of Kanakamuni Buddha, eighty hundred million householders and renouncers broke the precepts and indulged their minds; after their lifespans ended, all were reborn among the nāgas. In the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, sixty-four hundred million householders and renouncers violated the precepts; all were reborn among the nāgas. In my world, nine hundred and ninety hundred million householders have quarreled, disputed, and slandered the sūtras and precepts, dying to be reborn among the nāgas—some have already been born. For this reason, the wives, children, and retinues of the nāgas in the great ocean are beyond count. After my nirvāṇa, many evil upāsakas who violate and lose the prohibitions and precepts shall be reborn among the nāgas, or fall into hell.' (Extracted from the Sūtra of the Sāgara Nāga King, Fascicle 2).