諸經要集 13.49

13.49

又雜寶藏經云。時有一鬼。白目連言。我常兩肩有眼胸有口鼻。常無有頭。何因緣故。目連答言。汝前世時。恒作魁膾弟子。若殺人時。汝常有歡喜心。以繩著髻挽之。以是因緣故。受如此罪。此是惡行花報。地獄苦果。方在後也。復有一鬼。白目連言。我身常如塊肉。無有手脚眼耳鼻等。恒為蟲鳥所食。罪苦難堪。何因緣故爾。答言。汝前世時。常與他藥。墮他兒胎。是故受如此罪。此是花報。地獄苦果。方在後身。又緣其殺生。貪害滋多。以滋多故。便無義讓而行劫盜。今身偷盜不與而取。死即當墮鐵窟地獄。於遐劫中受諸苦惱。受苦既畢墮畜生中。身常負重。驅蹴捶打。無有餘息。所食之味唯以水草。處此之中無量生死。以本因緣。若遇微善。劣復人身。恒為僕隷。驅策走使不得自在。償債未畢。不得聞法。緣此受苦輪迴無窮。當知此苦皆緣偷盜。今身隱蔽光明。不以光明供養三寶。反取三寶光明。以用自照。死即當墮黑耳黑繩黑暗地獄。於遐劫中受諸苦惱。受苦既畢。墮蟣虱中不耐光明。在此之中無量生死。以本因緣。若遇微善。劣復人身。形容黶黑。垢膩不淨。臭處穢惡。人所厭遠。雙眼盲瞎不覩天地。當知隱蔽光明。亦緣偷盜故。

Furthermore, the Zabaozang jing states: At that time, a ghost said to Maudgalyāyana: "I constantly have eyes on my two shoulders, a mouth and nose on my chest, and never have a head. For what cause and condition is this?" Maudgalyāyana replied, saying: "In your previous life, you were always the disciple of an executioner. Whenever a person was killed, you were always filled with joy, fastening a rope to their topknot and pulling it. By this cause and condition, you receive such punishment. This is the flower retribution of your evil deeds; the bitter fruit of the hells is yet to come." Again, a ghost said to Maudgalyāyana: "My body is constantly like a lump of flesh, without hands, feet, eyes, ears, nose, and the like; it is constantly eaten by worms and birds, a painful punishment difficult to endure. For what cause and condition is it so?" He replied, saying: "In your previous life, you constantly gave medicine to others to abort their fetuses. Therefore, you receive such punishment. This is the flower retribution; the bitter fruit of the hells is yet to come in a future rebirth." Furthermore, because of killing, greed and cruelty multiply. Because they multiply, one acts without righteousness or deference and commits robbery. If in this life one steals and takes what is not given, upon death one will immediately fall into the Iron Cave Hell, undergoing myriad sufferings and distresses for distant kalpas. When the suffering is finished, one falls among animals, constantly bearing heavy burdens, driven, kicked, whipped, and beaten without respite, eating and drinking nothing but water and grass, undergoing immeasurable births and deaths therein. By virtue of one's fundamental causes and conditions, if one encounters slight good, one may feebly regain a human body, but will constantly be a slave or bondservant, driven and ordered about without freedom; before one's debts are repaid, one cannot hear the Dharma. Tormented by this suffering, one transmigrates without end. One should know that such suffering all stems from stealing. If in this life one conceals light and does not use light to make offerings to the Triratna, but instead takes the light belonging to the Triratna to illuminate oneself, upon death one will immediately fall into the Black Ear, Black Rope, and Deep Darkness Hells, undergoing myriad sufferings and distresses for distant kalpas. When the suffering is finished, one falls among nits and lice, unable to bear the light, undergoing immeasurable births and deaths therein. By virtue of one's fundamental causes and conditions, if one encounters slight good, one may feebly regain a human body, but one's appearance will be dark and swarthy, grimy and unclean, dwelling in foul and wretched places, abhorred and shunned by people, with both eyes blind, unable to see heaven and earth. One should know that concealing light also stems from stealing.