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# 法苑珠林 34.33

法苑珠林 34.33

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [34.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.34.33)

又譬喻經云。昔有人不信敬。婦甚事佛。婦白婿曰。人命無常可修福德。婿無心懶墮。婦恐將來入地獄中。即復白婿。欲懸一鈴安著戶上。君出入時𢴤鈴作聲。稱南無佛。婿曰甚善。如是經久。其婿命終。獄卒叉之擲鑊湯中。叉𢴤鑊作聲。謂是鈴聲。稱南無佛。獄官聞之。此人奉佛放令出去。得生人中。

> Furthermore, the Piyu jing says: In ancient times, there was a man who did not believe or revere the Dharma, but his wife served the Buddha devoutly. The wife said to her husband: "Human life is impermanent; you should cultivate merit and virtue." Her husband was indifferent and indolent. Fearing that he would fall into hell in the future, the wife said to her husband: "I wish to hang a bell above the doorway; whenever you go in or out, shake the bell to make a sound and recite 'Namo Buddha'." Her husband said: "Very well." After a long time, the husband died. The hell wardens speared him to cast him into the cauldron of boiling water; the spear struck the cauldron and made a sound, which he took to be the bell, and he recited "Namo Buddha". When the hell magistrate heard this, he said: "This man reveres the Buddha," and ordered him released, allowing him to be reborn among humans.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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