經律異相 50.18

50.18

刺林地獄者。八千由旬滿中鐵刺。一一刺端有十二劍。樹上復有大熱鐵鉤。以惡口兩舌綺語不義語。調戲無節誑說是非。說經典過毀論議師。如此罪報命欲終時咽燥舌乾。即作此念。得一利刺刺頸出血。令眾脈間流注眾水不亦快乎。獄卒羅剎化作父母手執明珠。珠頭生刺持用擬口如水欲渧。罪人歡喜氣絕命終。如雷電頃生刺林間。獄卒羅剎手執鐵鉤拔舌令出。八千鐵牛有大鐵犁耕破其舌。一日一夜六百生死。過是已後得生人中。肩狹面皺語言𡅶吃。如此罪人體生諸瘡。膿血盈流經五百世人所惡見。過是已後雖有言說人不信受。遇善知識發菩提心。

As for the Hell of the Thorn Forest: It spans eight thousand yojanas and is filled with iron thorns. At the tip of each thorn there are twelve swords. Upon the trees there are also large, red-hot iron hooks. Because of harsh speech, divisive speech, frivolous speech, and unrighteous speech, joking without restraint, speaking falsely of right and wrong, speaking of the faults in the sūtras, and slandering masters of treatise and debate, when the retribution for such sins arrives and his life is about to end, his throat is parched and his tongue is dry. He then forms this thought: 'If I could obtain a sharp thorn to pierce my neck and draw blood, causing manifold streams of water to flow through my veins, would that not be pleasant?' The warden rākṣasas transform into his parents, holding a bright pearl in their hands; from the tip of the pearl thorns sprout, and they hold it toward his mouth as if water were about to drip. The sinner rejoices; his breath ceases and his life ends. In the time of a flash of lightning, he is born amid the thorn forest. The warden rākṣasas hold iron hooks in their hands and pull out his tongue. Eight thousand iron oxen with large iron plows plow and tear his tongue apart. In a single day and night, there are six hundred deaths and births. After this has passed, he manages to be born among humans with narrow shoulders, a wrinkled face, and a stutter in his speech. Such a sinner's body develops various sores, with pus and blood overflowing, and for five hundred lifetimes he is loathed by people. After this has passed, although he speaks, people do not believe or accept it. Meeting a good spiritual friend, he gives rise to the bodhicitta.