[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) › 70.27 # 法苑珠林 70.27 法苑珠林 70.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [70.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.27) 二謂盜竊。強劫人財。或為財主。刀杖加刑。應時瓦解。或為王法。收繫著獄。拷掠榜笞。五毒皆至戮之都市。門族灰滅。死入地獄。以手捧火。烊銅灌口。求死不得。罪竟乃出。當為餓鬼。意欲飲水。水化為膿。所飲食物。物化為炭。身常負重。眾惱自隨。或為畜生。死輒更刃。以肉供人。償其宿債。吾見盜者。其罪如此。不敢復盜。是吾二師。佛於是說偈言。 > Second is stealing and forcibly robbing others of their wealth. Such a person is either punished with knives and staves by the owner of the wealth, instantly broken apart, or arrested by the king's law and bound in prison, flogged, beaten with staves, subjected to the five poisons, and executed in the public marketplace, their clan reduced to ashes. Upon death, they enter hell, holding fire in their hands and having molten copper poured down their throats; they seek death but cannot die. Only when the offense is exhausted do they emerge. They become hungry ghosts: wishing to drink water, the water turns into pus; whatever food they eat turns into charcoal; their bodies constantly bear heavy burdens, pursued by manifold afflictions. Or they become animals, dying repeatedly under changing blades, offering their flesh to feed others to repay their former debts. I saw that the offenses of thieves are like this; not daring to steal again, this was my second teacher. The Buddha then spoke a gāthā, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 70.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.26) - [Next: 70.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.28) - [Up: 70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.70.27) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.13.71) — Classical Chinese - [佛說八師經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.astaguruutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.13) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.27) · Pramāṇa