諸經要集 13.71

13.71

"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: