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# 諸經要集 13.71

諸經要集 13.71

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [13.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.13.71)

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。拷掠搒笞五毒皆至。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。

> "The second is called stealing, forcibly robbing people's wealth. One may be struck down on the spot with knives and staves by the owner of the wealth, or seized and bound in prison by royal law, where under torture and flogging all five poisons are applied, and one is executed in the public marketplace, one's clan wiped out. Upon death one enters hell, holding fire in one's hands, with molten copper poured into the mouth; seeking death, it cannot be attained, and only when the sin is exhausted does one emerge. One shall become a hungry ghost; when wishing to drink water, the water turns to pus, and whatever food or drink one takes turns to charcoal. The body constantly bears heavy burdens, with manifold afflictions naturally accompanying it. Or one becomes an animal, meeting a new blade upon each death, offering one's flesh to humans to repay past debts. Having seen that those who steal incur such sins, I dare not steal again: this is my second teacher." The Buddha thereupon spoke in verse:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.13.71) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.70.27) — 道世, Classical Chinese
- [佛說八師經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.other.astaguruutra*zh-zhi-qian.1.13) — Classical Chinese

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