法苑珠林 92.26

92.26

爾時佛告僧護比丘。汝見第一地獄者。迦葉佛時。是出家人。眾僧田中為己私種。不酬僧直故受地獄。至今不息。第二地獄者。迦葉佛時。是白衣人。在僧田中種不酬僧直故受地獄。作大肉地受諸苦惱。至今不息。汝見第一肉瓨者。非是肉瓨。乃是罪人。迦葉佛時。是眾僧上座不能坐禪不解戒律。飽食熟睡。但能論說無益之語。精膳供養在先飲噉。以是因緣入地獄中作大肉瓨。火燒受苦。至今不息。第二瓨者。是出家人。為僧當厨。軟美供養。在先食噉。麁澁惡者。僧中而行。故作肉瓨。火燒受苦。至今不息。第三瓨者。是僧淨人作飲食時。美妙好者先自甞噉。或與婦兒。麁澁惡者方僧中行。以是因緣。在地獄中作大肉瓨。火燒受苦。至今不息。

Then the Buddha told the monk Saṃgharakṣita: 'The first hell that you saw—in the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, he was a renunciant who privately planted crops for himself in the fields of the Saṃgha without paying rent to the Saṃgha; therefore he suffers in hell without ceasing down to the present day. The second hell—in the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, he was a layman who planted crops in the fields of the Saṃgha without paying rent to the Saṃgha; therefore he suffers in hell, turned into a great expanse of flesh and enduring all kinds of afflictions without ceasing down to the present day. The first jar of flesh that you saw was not a jar of flesh, but a sinner. In the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, he was a senior elder among the Saṃgha who was unable to sit in meditation and did not understand the Vinaya. He ate to the full, slept soundly, and could only utter useless talk. When exquisite offerings of food arrived, he would drink and eat first. Because of these causes and conditions, he entered hell and became a great jar of flesh, burned by fire and enduring suffering without ceasing down to the present day. The second jar—he was a renunciant who managed the kitchen on behalf of the Saṃgha. When soft and delicious offerings arrived, he ate them first, while the coarse and foul ones he distributed among the Saṃgha. Therefore, he became a jar of flesh, burned by fire and enduring suffering without ceasing down to the present day. The third jar—he was a monastery attendant who, when preparing food and drink, first tasted the fine and good portions himself or gave them to his wife and children, and only distributed the coarse and foul portions among the Saṃgha. Because of these causes and conditions, he became a great jar of flesh in hell, burned by fire and enduring suffering without ceasing down to the present day.