[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 48.28 # 法苑珠林 48.28 法苑珠林 48.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [48.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.28) 如閻羅王五使經云。佛告諸比丘。人生世間。不孝父母。不敬沙門。不行仁義。不學經戒。不畏後世者。其人身死當墮地獄。主者持行白閻羅王言其過惡。此人不孝等種種諸過。無有福德。不恐畏死。唯王處罰。閻羅王常先安徐以忠正語。為現五使者而問言。第一汝不見。世人始為嬰兒。僵臥𡱁尿不能自護。口不知言不知好惡。汝見以不。人答已見。王言。汝自謂不如是。然人神從行終即有生。雖尚未見常當為善自端三業。柰何放心快志造過。人答。愚暗不知。王言。汝自愚癡縱意作惡。非是父母師長君天沙門道人等過也。罪自由汝。豈得不樂。今當受之。是為閻王現第一天使也。 > As the Sūtra on King Yama's Five Messengers states: The Buddha told the monks: When people living in the world are unfilial to parents, disrespectful to śramaṇas, do not practice benevolence and righteousness, do not study the scriptures and precepts, and do not fear the afterlife—when such persons die, they fall into hell. The wardens seize and bring them to King Yama, reporting their offenses: 'This person has committed various faults such as unfilial conduct, has no merit, and had no fear of death. May the king alone punish them.' King Yama always first speaks calmly with upright words, manifesting the five messengers, and questions them: 'First: did you not see that when a person in the world is an infant, lying flat in feces and urine, unable to protect themselves, their mouth unable to speak, knowing neither good nor bad? Did you see this or not?' The person answers, 'I saw it.' The king says, 'Did you think you alone were not like that? Yet when human consciousness follows its deeds, at the end of life there is rebirth. Though you had not yet seen it, you should have constantly practiced good and straightened your three modes of action. How could you let your mind loose, indulge your desires, and commit offenses?' The person answers, 'I was ignorant and blind, and did not know.' The king says, 'You yourself were foolish, indulging your mind to commit evil; it was not the fault of your parents, teachers, elders, sovereign, gods, śramaṇas, or practitioners of the Way. The offense originated solely with you. How could you not enjoy it \[before\]? Now you must receive \[its retribution\].' This is King Yama revealing the first divine messenger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 48.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.27) - [Next: 48.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.29) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.48.28) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.7.51) — Classical Chinese - [閻羅王五天使者經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.devadutasutra*zh-huijian.1.4) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.48.28) · Pramāṇa