法苑珠林 92.24

92.24

爾時僧護比丘與諸弟子。共詣祇桓精舍。到於佛所。頭面禮足。却住一面。爾時世尊慰勞諸比丘。汝等行路不疲苦耶。乞食易得不。爾時僧護白佛言。我等行路不大疲苦。乞食易得不生勞苦。得見世尊。爾時世尊為大眾說法。僧護比丘在大眾中。高聲唱說已先所見地獄因緣。佛告僧護。汝先所見比丘浴室。此非浴室。是地獄人。此諸罪人迦葉佛時。是出家比丘不依戒律。順己愚情。以僧浴具及諸器物。隨意而用。持律比丘常教軌則。不順其教。從迦葉佛涅槃已來。受地獄苦。至今不息。佛告僧護。汝初見寺者。非是僧寺。亦非比丘。是地獄人。迦葉佛時。是出家人。五德不成。四方僧物不打揵稚眾共默用。以是因緣受火床苦。至今不息。

At that time, the monk Saṅgharakṣita and his disciples went together to the Jetavana vihāra. Arriving at the Buddha's place, they bowed their heads in homage at his feet and withdrew to stand to one side. At that time, the World-Honoured One consoled the monks: "Were you not fatigued and distressed on the road? Was it easy to obtain almsfood?" At that time, Saṅgharakṣita addressed the Buddha: "We were not greatly fatigued or distressed on the road; it was easy to obtain almsfood without hardship, and we were able to see the World-Honoured One." At that time, the World-Honoured One preached the Dharma for the great assembly. The monk Saṅgharakṣita, amid the great assembly, proclaimed aloud the hell causes and conditions he had previously witnessed. The Buddha told Saṅgharakṣita: "The bathhouse of monks that you previously saw was not a bathhouse; they were hell beings. In the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, these sinful people were ordained monks who did not rely on the monastic precepts but indulged their own foolish desires, using the bathing utensils and vessels of the saṅgha as they pleased. Vinaya-holding monks constantly taught them the rules, yet they did not obey those instructions. Ever since the nirvāṇa of Kāśyapa Buddha, they have been enduring the torments of hell down to the present without cessation." The Buddha told Saṅgharakṣita: "The first monastery you saw was not a saṅgha monastery, nor were they monks; they were hell beings. In the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, they were renunciants who failed to accomplish the five virtues, and silently used the property of the saṅgha of the four directions together without sounding the gaṇḍī. Due to these causes and conditions, they have been suffering on flaming beds down to the present without cessation."