[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) › 50.7 # 經律異相 50.7 經律異相 50.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [50.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.50.7) 十八寒地獄者。八方氷山。山十八隔。復有十八諸小氷山。寒氷山間如瓦蓮華。高十八由旬。上有氷輪。縱廣正等十二由旬。如天雨雹從空而下。劫奪抄盜剝脫凍殺眾生。此人罪報欲命終時。一切刀風化為熱火。罪人作念我今云何不臥氷上。作是念時。獄卒羅剎手執氷輪躡虛而至。罪人見已心便愛念。氣絕命終生氷山上。既生之後。十八氷山如以扇扇。一切寒氷從毛孔入。十八隔中遍滿一隔。剖裂擗拆如赤蓮華。氷輪上下遍覆其身。八方氷山一時俱合。更無餘辭但言阿羅。爾時罪人即彼作是念。我於何時當免寒氷生熱火中。爾時空中有鐵嘴鳥。吐火破氷啄腦。罪人即死。獄卒復以鐵叉打地㖑言活活。應聲即蘇。身火猛熾願得前氷以滅此火。獄卒復以氷輪迎接置與獄中。如是十八隔中無不經歷。此寒地獄壽命歲數。如四天王天日月八千萬歲。罪畢下生賤貧鄙陋。五十世中為人奴婢。衣不蔽形食不充口。此罪畢已。遇善知識發菩提心。 > Regarding the Eighteen Cold Hells: there are ice mountains in the eight directions, with eighteen compartments per mountain. There are also eighteen small ice mountains. Between the cold ice mountains it is like earthen lotus flowers, eighteen yojanas high. Above are ice wheels, exactly twelve yojanas in length and breadth, falling from the sky like falling hail. \[Those who\] robbed, plundered, stripped, and froze sentient beings to death—when the karmic retribution of such persons brings them near death, all knife-winds turn into searing fire. The sinner thinks, 'Why do I not now lie upon the ice?' When they form this thought, the hell-warden rākṣasas, holding ice wheels in their hands, tread upon the void and arrive. Having seen them, the sinner feels affection and longing for them. Their breath ceases, their life ends, and they are born upon the ice mountains. Once born, the eighteen ice mountains seem as if fanned with fans; all the cold ice enters through their pores. Among the eighteen compartments, they fill one compartment completely. They split, tear, and burst open like red lotus flowers. The ice wheels, above and below, completely cover their body. The ice mountains of the eight directions collapse together all at once. Without any other words, \[the sinner\] can only say, 'A-la!' At that time, the sinner there thinks: 'When shall I be free of cold ice and be born into searing fire?' At that time, there are iron-beaked birds in the sky that vomit fire to break the ice and peck at their brain. The sinner then dies. The hell-wardens again strike the ground with iron tridents, shouting, 'Live, live!' At the sound, \[the sinner\] immediately revives. The fire on their body rages fiercely, and they wish to obtain the previous ice to extinguish this fire. The hell-wardens again welcome them with ice wheels and place them into the hell. In this way, there is none of the eighteen compartments they do not pass through. The lifespan and years of this cold hell are equal to eighty million years by the sun and moon of the Cāturmahārājakāyika heaven. When the punishment is completed, they are reborn below into poverty, baseness, and ugliness. For fifty lifetimes they are slaves to others; their clothes do not cover their forms, and their food does not fill their mouths. When this punishment is completed, they meet a good friend and arouse the bodhicitta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 50.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.50.6) - [Next: 50.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.50.8) - [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.50.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛說觀佛三昧海經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.5.14) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.50.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.50.7) · Pramāṇa