[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) › [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121) › 50.12 # 經律異相 50.12 經律異相 50.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [50.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.50.12) 火車地獄者。一一銅鑊。縱廣正等四十由旬。滿中火。下有十二輪。上有九千四火輪。自有眾生為佛弟子。及事梵天九十六種。及在家者誑惑邪命諂曲作惡。如此罪人欲命終時。風大先動身冷如氷。即作是念。何時當得大猛火聚。入中坐者永除冷病。作是念已。獄卒羅剎化作火車如金蓮華。獄卒在上如童男像。手執白拂鼓舞而至。罪人愛著。若坐此上快不可言。氣絕命終載火車上。支節火然身體燋散。獄卒唱活應聲還活。火車轢身凡十八反碎身如塵。天雨沸銅遍灑身體即便還活。如是往反上至湯際下墮鑊中。火車所轢一日一夜九十億死九十億生。此人罪畢生貧賤家為人所使。繫屬於他不得自在。償利養畢久乃得脫。由前出家善心功德。遇善知識為其說法。心開意解成阿羅漢。 > Regarding the Fire-Cart Hell: each copper cauldron is exactly forty yojanas in length and breadth, filled with fire. Below are twelve wheels, and above are nine thousand four fire-wheels. There are sentient beings who, having become disciples of the Buddha, or serving Brahmā and the ninety-six heterodox ways, or being householders, deceitfully misled others, practiced wrong livelihood, and acted with flattery and deceit. When such a sinner is about to die, the wind element stirs first, and their body becomes cold as ice. They then think: 'When shall I obtain a great blaze of fierce fire? Sitting inside it would forever dispel this cold illness.' Having thought this, the hell-warden rākṣasa transforms into a fire-cart resembling a golden lotus flower. The hell-warden sits atop it in the image of a young boy, holding a white whisk, dancing and beating a drum as he arrives. The sinner develops attachment \[and thinks\]: 'If I sit atop this, the joy will be unspeakable.' Their breath ceases, their life ends, and they are carried upon the fire-cart. Their limbs and joints catch fire, and their body is scorched and falls apart. The hell-warden cries out, 'Live!' and at the sound they revive. The fire-cart runs over their body eighteen times, crushing their body like dust. From the sky rains boiling copper, sprinkling all over their body, and they immediately revive. Going back and forth like this, they go up to the edge of the boiling broth and fall down into the cauldron. Run over by the fire-cart, in one day and one night they die ninety billion times and are born ninety billion times. When this person's punishment is completed, they are born into a poor and base family, driven by others, bonded to others, and without autonomy. Only after paying off their gain and support for a long time do they attain release. Due to the merit of their former wholesome aspiration upon going forth, they meet a good friend who preaches the Dharma to them; their mind opens and understands, and they become an arhat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 50.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.50.11) - [Next: 50.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.50.13) - [Up: 50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.50) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.50.12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛說觀佛三昧海經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.5.21) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.50.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.50.12) · Pramāṇa