諸經要集 15.105

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又中阿含經云。佛告比丘。若凡愚人。作身惡行口惡行意惡行。命終之後。生於惡趣泥犁之中。受極苦痛一向無樂。如有人犯盜。付王治其盜罪。王即遣人。於晨朝時。以一百戟而以刺之。彼命故存。至於日中。王復勅以二百戟刺。彼命故存。至於晡時。王復勅以三百戟刺。彼人身分皆悉破盡。其命故存。佛告比丘。於意云何。此人被戟為苦不耶。比丘答佛。一戟刺時猶尚苦痛。況三百戟。佛即以手取小沙石如豆等許。告諸比丘。我手中石。比雪山石。何者為多。比丘答佛。雪山石多。不可為喻。佛告比丘。三百戟苦。比泥梨苦如小沙石。泥犁之苦如雪山石。百千萬倍不可為喻。泥犁中苦其事云何。若有眾生墮泥犁中。獄卒以斧燒令極然。斫身八楞。及以四方。經百千歲極令苦痛。而不命終。要令惡盡。復坐鐵床。以鐵鉗口吞熱鐵丸。經百千歲。復坐鐵床。洋銅灌口。經百千歲。復臥鐵地。以熱鐵釘釘其身首。經百千歲。復出其舌使舐鐵地。以釘釘之如張牛皮。經百千歲。復挽項筋縛著車上。經百千歲。復燒鐵地令在上行。經百千歲。復燒火山令下足著上。血肉即消。舉足還生。經百千歲。復鑊煮之。經百千歲極令苦痛。而不命終。要令罪盡乃得出耳。是為泥犁地獄中苦。地獄罪畢。生於種種畜生之中。常處暗冥共相噉食。受苦無量不可具說。畜生罪畢或生人中。若從畜生為人甚難。猶如盲龜遇浮木孔。設生人中貧窮下賤。為他役使形貌醜陋。或根殘缺或復短命。若作惡業身死還生。在泥犁中輪轉無窮。不可具說。佛告比丘。凡夫愚人。作身口意三惡行者。獲罪如是。佛告比丘。若智慧人。作身善行口善行意善行。命終生於善處天上一向受樂。如轉輪王與七寶俱人間四妙。佛告比丘。於意云何。此為樂不。比丘答佛。一寶一妙。猶為極樂。何況七寶四妙居也。佛還以手取小沙石如豆等許。告諸比丘。我手中石比雪山石。何者為多。比丘答佛。雪山石多不可為喻。佛告比丘。轉輪王樂。比天上樂如小沙石。天上之樂如雪山石。百千萬倍不可為喻。天上之樂其事云何。若生天上。所受六塵無不隨意。受極快樂不可具說。若從天上來生人間。生帝王家或生大姓。大富大貴饒財多寶。名稱遠聞。端正殊妙眾人所愛。佛告比丘。若智慧人。作身口意三善行者。獲福如是。佛告比丘。此是世間有漏之樂。若修善根迴向菩提。於生死中所受果報。乃至涅槃終無有盡。

Furthermore, the Madhyama Āgama says: The Buddha addressed the bhikṣus: 'If an ordinary, foolish person commits evil deeds of body, evil deeds of speech, and evil deeds of mind, after life ends, they are born in the evil destinies within Niraya (hell), suffering extreme pain and anguish, completely without joy. It is like a man who commits theft and is delivered to the king to be punished for his crime of theft. The king then sends a man in the morning to pierce him with one hundred spears. Yet his life still remains. When midday arrives, the king again orders him to be pierced with two hundred spears. Yet his life still remains. When late afternoon arrives, the king again orders him to be pierced with three hundred spears. The man's body parts are entirely broken and destroyed, yet his life still remains.' The Buddha addressed the bhikṣus: 'What do you think? Was this man's being pierced by spears painful or not?' The bhikṣus answered the Buddha: 'When pierced by a single spear, it is already painful and agonizing; how much more so three hundred spears!' The Buddha then took up with his hand a small pebble the size of a bean or the like, and addressed the bhikṣus: 'Between the stone in my hand and the rocks of the Snowy Mountains (Himālaya), which is greater?' The bhikṣus answered the Buddha: 'The rocks of the Snowy Mountains are greater, beyond all comparison.' The Buddha addressed the bhikṣus: 'The suffering of the three hundred spears, compared to the suffering of Niraya, is like the small pebble, while the suffering of Niraya is like the rocks of the Snowy Mountains—hundreds of thousands of ten-thousands of times greater, beyond all comparison. As for the suffering in Niraya, what is it like? If there are sentient beings who fall into Niraya, the hell wardens heat axes until they are blazing fiercely, and hack their bodies into eight facets and into four quarters. For hundreds of thousands of years they are subjected to extreme suffering, yet they do not die, for their evil must be exhausted. Again, they are seated on iron beds, and with iron tongs their mouths are forced open to swallow hot iron pellets for hundreds of thousands of years. Again, they are seated on iron beds, and molten copper is poured into their mouths for hundreds of thousands of years. Again, they lie upon the iron ground, and with hot iron nails their bodies and heads are impaled for hundreds of thousands of years. Again, their tongues are pulled out and made to lick the iron ground, and pegged down with nails like a stretched ox hide for hundreds of thousands of years. Again, the sinews of their necks are pulled out and tied to carts for hundreds of thousands of years. Again, the iron ground is heated and they are made to walk upon it for hundreds of thousands of years. Again, mountains of fire are heated, and when they set their feet down upon them, their flesh and blood immediately melt away, but as they lift their feet, it grows back again, for hundreds of thousands of years. Again, they are boiled in cauldrons for hundreds of thousands of years, subjected to extreme suffering, yet they do not die; only when their offenses are exhausted can they emerge. Such is the suffering in the Niraya hells. When the offenses of hell are finished, they are born among various animals, constantly dwelling in darkness, devouring one another, and enduring measureless suffering that cannot be fully described. When the offenses of animals are finished, they may be born among humans. But from the animal realm to become human is extremely difficult, like a blind turtle encountering the hole in a floating log. Even if born among humans, they are impoverished, lowly, and base, enslaved by others, ugly in appearance, with defective sense organs, or short-lived. If they commit evil karma, after dying in the body they are born again into Niraya, revolving endlessly, which cannot be fully described.' The Buddha addressed the bhikṣus: 'When an ordinary, foolish person commits the three evil deeds of body, speech, and mind, such are the retributions of sin they obtain.' The Buddha addressed the bhikṣus: 'If a wise person performs good deeds of body, good deeds of speech, and good deeds of mind, after life ends they are born in a good destiny in heaven, solely experiencing joy. It is like a wheel-turning king possessed of the seven treasures and the four wonders among humans.' The Buddha addressed the bhikṣus: 'What do you think? Is this joyful or not?' The bhikṣus answered the Buddha: 'Even a single treasure and a single wonder are already supreme joy; how much more so possessing the seven treasures and dwelling in the four wonders!' The Buddha again took up with his hand a small pebble the size of a bean or the like, and addressed the bhikṣus: 'Between the stone in my hand and the rocks of the Snowy Mountains, which is greater?' The bhikṣus answered the Buddha: 'The rocks of the Snowy Mountains are greater, beyond all comparison.' The Buddha addressed the bhikṣus: 'The joy of a wheel-turning king, compared to the joy of heaven, is like the small pebble, while the joy of heaven is like the rocks of the Snowy Mountains—hundreds of thousands of ten-thousands of times greater, beyond all comparison. As for the joy of heaven, what is it like? If born in heaven, whatever of the six sense objects one receives is according to one's wish; one enjoys extreme happiness that cannot be fully described. If coming from heaven to be born among humans, one is born into an imperial or royal family, or into a great clan, enormously wealthy and noble, abundant in property and treasures, with renown heard far and wide, upright and extraordinarily fine, beloved by the multitudes.' The Buddha addressed the bhikṣus: 'When a wise person performs the three good deeds of body, speech, and mind, such are the blessings they obtain.' The Buddha addressed the bhikṣus: 'This is the mundane, defiled joy. If one cultivates good roots and dedicates them to bodhi, the retribution received within saṃsāra, up to nirvāṇa, will never come to an end.'