[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) › 7.19 # 法苑珠林 7.19 法苑珠林 7.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.7.19) 又起世經云。佛告諸比丘。阿毘至大地獄中。亦有十六諸小地獄。而為眷屬。以自圍繞。各廣五百由旬。所有眾生有生者出者住者。惡業果故。自然出生諸守獄卒。各以兩手執彼地獄諸眾生身。撲置熾然熱鐵地上。火焰直上。一向猛盛面覆於地。便持利刀從脚踝上。破出其筋手捉挽之。乃至頂筋皆相連引。貫徹心髓痛苦難論。如是挽已令駕鐵車馳奔而走。其車甚熱光焰熾然。所行之處純是洞然。熱鐵險道去已復去。隨獄卒意無暫時停。欲向何方稱意即去。隨所去處獄卒挽之。未曾捨離。隨所經歷銷鑠罪人。身諸肉血無復遺餘。往昔人非人時所作業者一切悉受。以不善報故從於東方有大火聚。忽爾出生。熾然赤色極大猛焰一向焰赫。南西北方四維上下。各各如是。諸大火聚之所圍繞。漸漸逼近受諸苦痛。從於東壁出大火焰。直射西壁到已而住。從於西壁出大光焰。直射北壁。從於北壁出大光焰。直射南壁。從下於上自上於下。縱橫相接上下交射。熱光赫奕騰焰相衝。爾時獄卒以諸罪人。擲置六種大火聚內。乃至受於極嚴切苦。命亦未終。彼不善業未畢未盡。於其中間具足而受。此阿毘至大地獄中諸眾生等。以諸不善業果報故。經無量時長遠道中。受諸苦已地獄四門還復更開。於門開時諸眾生等聞聲見開。向門而走作如是念。我等今者必應得脫彼人如是大馳走時。其身轉復熾燃猛烈。譬如壯夫執乾草炬逆風而走。彼炬既然轉復熾盛。彼諸眾生走已復走。彼人身分轉更熾然。欲舉足時肉血俱散。欲下足時肉血還生。及到獄門其門還閉。既不得出其心悶亂。覆面倒地遍燒身皮。次燒其肉復燒其骨。乃至徹髓烟焰洞然。其烟蓬㶿其焰炎赫。煙焰相雜熱惱復倍。彼人於中受極嚴苦。惡業未滅一切悉受。此阿毘至。大地獄中。於一切時無有須臾暫受安樂如彈指頃。如是次第具受此苦。世尊告諸比丘。作如是言。汝應當知。彼世中間別有十地獄。何等為十。一頞浮陀地獄。二泥羅浮陀地獄。三阿呼地獄。四呼呼婆地獄。五阿吒吒地獄。六搔揵提迦地獄。七憂鉢羅地獄。八波頭摩地獄。九奔荼梨地獄。十拘牟陀地獄何因何緣名頞浮陀地獄耶。此諸眾生所有身形猶如泡沫。是故名為頞浮陀地獄。復何因緣名泥羅浮陀地獄。此諸眾生所有身形譬如肉段。是故名為泥。羅浮陀地獄。復何因緣名阿呼地獄。此諸眾生受嚴切苦逼迫之時。叫喚而言阿呼阿呼。甚大苦也。是名為阿呼地獄。 > Furthermore, the Qishi jing states: The Buddha told the bhikṣus: “In the great Avīci hell, there are also sixteen minor hells as attendants surrounding it, each five hundred yojanas wide. As for all the sentient beings who are born there, emerge, or dwell there, due to the fruit of their evil karma, hell wardens are naturally produced. Each grasps the bodies of those sentient beings in that hell with both hands and flings them down upon the blazing, hot iron ground. The flames shoot straight up, exclusively fierce and raging, with \[the beings'\] faces pressed against the ground. \[The wardens\] then take sharp knives, and from above the ankles, cut out their sinews and pull them with their hands, drawing them out continuously all the way to the sinews of the crown of the head, piercing through to their heart and marrow with agony difficult to describe. Having pulled them in this way, they hitch them to iron carts and make them gallop and run. Those carts are exceedingly hot, their radiant flames blazing fiercely. The paths on which they run are purely blazing, perilous roads of hot iron, where they go on and on, never pausing for an instant according to the hell wardens' intent. Whichever direction \[the wardens\] wish to go, they immediately go as they please. Wherever they go, the hell wardens drag them along, never releasing them. Wherever they pass, the sinners are melted down, with no flesh or blood remaining on their bodies. Whatever actions they performed in the past when they were humans or non-humans, they must experience it all. Due to the retribution for unwholesome deeds, a great mass of fire suddenly arises from the eastern direction, blazing red with extremely fierce flames, intensely radiant in every part. The southern, western, and northern directions, the four intermediate directions, above, and below are each likewise surrounded by great masses of fire, which gradually press close, inflicting all manner of bitter agony. From the eastern wall, a great flame shoots straight toward the western wall, stopping when it reaches it. From the western wall, a great radiant flame shoots straight toward the northern wall. From the northern wall, a great radiant flame shoots straight toward the southern wall. From below to above, and from above to below, intersecting horizontally and vertically, crossing and shooting upward and downward, the blazing radiant light is dazzling, with surging flames colliding with one another. At that time, the hell wardens take the sinners and hurl them into the six kinds of great masses of fire, until they undergo extreme, severe suffering, yet their lives do not end. Their unwholesome karma not yet finished and not yet exhausted, they endure it in full throughout that time. The sentient beings in this great Avīci hell, due to the karmic retribution of their unwholesome actions, after undergoing all manner of suffering for an immeasurable time on this long road, the four gates of the hell open again. When the gates open, the sentient beings, hearing the sound and seeing them open, run toward the gates, thinking: ‘We must surely escape now!’ When those people run swiftly like this, their bodies blaze even more fiercely, just as when a strong man holds a dry grass torch and runs against the wind: the torch, already alight, blazes even more vigorously. As those sentient beings run on and on, their bodies blaze even more intensely. When they wish to raise a foot, their flesh and blood scatter; when they wish to set down a foot, their flesh and blood regenerate. When they reach the hell gates, the gates close again. Unable to get out, their minds are bewildered and distracted. Falling face down on the ground, the skin of their bodies is completely burned; next, their flesh is burned; again, their bones are burned, piercing through to the marrow, with smoke and flames blazing through. The smoke billows and the flames blaze intensely; smoke and fire mingle, and the tormenting heat is redoubled. Those people undergo extreme, severe suffering therein; their evil karma not yet extinguished, they experience it all. In this great Avīci hell, at all times, there is not even a finger-snap of brief peace and happiness. In this manner, in succession, they fully endure this suffering.” The World-Honoured One told the bhikṣus, saying: “You should know that between those worlds there are separately ten hells. What are the ten? First, the Arbuda hell; second, the Nirarbuda hell; third, the Ahaha hell; fourth, the Hahava hell; fifth, the Aṭaṭa hell; sixth, the Saugandhika hell; seventh, the Utpala hell; eighth, the Padma hell; ninth, the Puṇḍarīka hell; tenth, the Kumuda hell. For what cause and reason is it called the Arbuda hell? The physical forms of these sentient beings are like foam bubbles; therefore, it is called the Arbuda hell. Furthermore, for what cause and reason is it called the Nirarbuda hell? The physical forms of these sentient beings are like lumps of flesh; therefore, it is called the Nirarbuda hell. Furthermore, for what cause and reason is it called the Ahaha hell? When these sentient beings are pressed by severe and acute suffering, they wail and say: ‘Ahaha, ahaha, such great suffering!’ This is called the Ahaha hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.7.18) - [Next: 7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.7.20) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.7.19) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [起世因本經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.lokaprajnaptisutra*zh-dharmagupta.4.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.7.19) · Pramāṇa