法苑珠林 66.26

66.26

何謂死苦。人死之時四百四病同時俱作。四大欲散魂神不安。欲死之時刀風解形。無處不痛。白汗流出兩手摸空。室家內外在其左右。憂悲洟泣痛徹骨髓。不能自勝。死者去之。風游氣絕。火滅身冷。風先火次。魂靈去矣。身體侹直無所復知。旬月之間肉壞血流。膖脹爛臭甚不可近。棄之曠野眾鳥噉食。肉盡骨乾髑髏異處。此是苦不。答言。實是大苦。

"What is the suffering of death? When a person dies, four hundred and four diseases arise simultaneously; the four great elements are about to disperse, and the soul and spirit are unsettled. When about to die, the knife-winds dismember the form, with nowhere free from pain; white sweat flows forth and both hands clutch at the empty air. Family members within and without stand to his left and right, grieving and weeping with pain penetrating to the marrow of their bones, unable to contain themselves. The dying person departs; the wind wanders and breath is severed; the fire is extinguished and the body grows cold. Wind first, fire second, the spirit departs! The body lies stiff and straight, knowing nothing more. Within ten days to a month, the flesh rots and blood flows, swelling, putrefying, and stinking, utterly unapproachable; cast into the wilderness, flocks of birds feed on it; the flesh exhausted, the bones dry, skulls scattered in different places. Is this suffering or not?" They answered, "It is truly great suffering."