諸經要集 14.85

14.85

又增一阿含經云。寧以利劍截割其舌。不以惡言麁語墮三惡道。又護口經云。過去迦葉如來出現於世。敷說法教。教化已周。於無餘泥洹界而般涅槃後。時有三藏比丘。名曰黃頭。眾僧告勅。一切雜使不令卿涉。但與諸後學者說諸妙法。時三藏比丘。內心輕蔑。不免僧命。便與後學。敷演經義。喚受義曰。速前象頭。次喚第二者曰馬頭。復喚駱駝頭。猪頭。羊頭。師子頭。虎頭。如是喚眾獸之類不可稱數。雖授經義不免其罪。身壞命終入地獄中。經歷數千萬劫。受苦無量。餘罪未畢。從地獄出生大海中。受水性形。一身百頭形體極大。異類見之皆悉馳走。

Also, the Ekottarika-āgama says: “Better to cut one's tongue with a sharp sword than fall into the three evil destinies with evil words and coarse speech.” Also, the Sūtra on Guarding the Mouth says: “In the past, Kāśyapa Tathāgata appeared in the world, expounding the teaching of the Dharma. When his conversion of beings was complete, he entered parinirvāṇa in the realm of nirvāṇa without remainder. Afterward, there was a Tripiṭaka bhikṣu named Yellow Head. The saṅgha gave an order: ‘We will not let you be involved in any miscellaneous chores; just expound the wonderful Dharma to the junior students.’ At that time, the Tripiṭaka bhikṣu felt contempt in his heart, yet unable to avoid the saṅgha's command, he expounded the meaning of the scriptures to the junior students. When calling on them to receive the teachings, he said: ‘Quickly come forward, Elephant Head!’ Next he called the second: ‘Horse Head!’ Then he called them: ‘Camel Head,’ ‘Pig Head,’ ‘Sheep Head,’ ‘Lion Head,’ and ‘Tiger Head.’ In this way he called them by names of all kinds of beasts beyond count. Though he transmitted the meaning of the scriptures, he could not avoid his offense. When his body broke up and life ended, he entered hell, passing through tens of millions of kalpas, enduring immeasurable suffering. When his remaining offenses were not yet exhausted, he emerged from hell and was born in the great ocean, receiving the form of an aquatic creature, with a single body and a hundred heads of immense size, so that creatures of different kinds all fled in haste upon seeing it.”