經律異相 50.6

50.6

The Avīci Hell has eighteen small hells. Each of the small hells has eighteen cold hells, eighteen darkness hells, eighteen small heat hells, eighteen knife-wheel hells, eighteen sword-wheel hells, eighteen fire-cart hells, eighteen boiling excrement hells, eighteen boiling cauldron hells, eighteen ash river hells, five hundred billion sword forest hells, five hundred billion thorn forest hells, five hundred billion copper pillar hells, five hundred billion iron machine hells, five hundred billion iron wheel-rim hells, eighteen iron cavern hells, eighteen iron pellet hells, eighteen sharp stone hells, and eighteen drinking molten copper hells—so many hells of this kind. Dying in the Avīci Hell, one is born in the cold ice; dying in the cold ice hell, one is born in a place of darkness, where for eighty million years the eyes see nothing, taking the body of a great worm, crawling on one's belly and writhing, with all faculties blocked and benighted, to be eaten by foxes and wolves. Later, one is born among animals, taking the forms of birds and beasts for fifty million lifetimes. Returning to birth among humans, one's six sense faculties are incomplete, and one is impoverished and base. After passing through five hundred lifetimes, one is born as a hungry ghost. Afterwards, one meets a good friend (kalyāṇamitra) and generates the bodhicitta.