法苑珠林 92.58

92.58

爾時世尊復告僧護。汝始初見須曼那柱。實非是柱。是地獄人。迦葉佛時。是出家人。當佛剎人四輩檀越須曼那華散供養佛。華既乾已比丘掃取。賣之將為己用。故入地獄。作須曼那柱。火燒受苦。至今不息。

At that time, the World-Honoured One again addressed Saṃgharakṣita: 'The sumana pillar you saw at the very beginning was not truly a pillar; it is a denizen of hell. In the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, he was a monastic. When dānapatis of the four classes at the stūpa offered sumana flowers by scattering them before the Buddha, after the flowers dried, the monk swept them up and sold them, using [the proceeds] for himself. Therefore, he entered hell, where he became a sumana pillar burned by fire, suffering pain without respite even to this day.