諸經要集 18.53

18.53

第十一復有眾生。常在刀山劍樹之上。若有所捉即便割傷。枝節斷壞。何罪所致。佛言。以前世時。坐屠殺為業。烹害眾生屠割剝裂。骨肉分離頭脚星散。懸於高格稱量而賣。或復生懸眾生苦痛難處。故受斯罪。

"Eleventh, there are sentient beings who are constantly on hills of knives and trees of swords. Whatever they grasp immediately cuts and wounds them, severing their limbs and joints. What sin brought this about?" The Buddha said: "In their past lives, it was due to having slaughtering as their occupation, cooking and harming sentient beings, butchering, carving, flaying, and tearing them, separating flesh from bone, scattering their heads and limbs, hanging them on high racks to weigh and sell them, or hanging sentient beings up alive in terrible agony. Therefore they suffered this sinful retribution."