法苑珠林 67.33

67.33

第十一復有眾生。常在刀山劍樹之上。若有所捉即便割傷肢節斷壞。何罪所致。佛言。以前世時坐屠殺為業。烹害眾生。屠割剝裂。骨肉分離。頭脚星散。懸於高格。稱量而賣。或復生懸眾生。苦痛難處。故獲斯罪。

Eleventh, there are also sentient beings who are constantly upon mountains of knives and trees of swords. Whenever they grasp anything, their limbs and joints are cut, injured, severed, and destroyed. What transgression caused this? The Buddha said: In their past lives, they made slaughter their livelihood, butchering and harming sentient beings, dismembering, flaying, and tearing them apart so that bones and flesh separated and heads and feet were scattered about, hanging them on high racks to weigh and sell them, or hanging sentient beings alive in agonizing suffering. Therefore, they incurred this retribution.