諸經要集 18.17

18.17

Sixth is the Searing Heat Hell. It also has sixteen minor hells surrounding it (their sizes are as before). Why is it called Searing Heat? The sinners are taken and placed inside an iron city. That city burns with fire, glowing red both inside and out, searing the sinners. They are also put atop iron towers; the towers burn with fire, glowing red both inside and out. They are also cast into large iron kilns; the kilns burn with fire, glowing red both inside and out, searing the sinners so that their skin and flesh are scorched and rotten. Ten thousand agonies arrive all at once. Because their remaining transgressions are not yet exhausted, it makes them not die; thus it is called Searing Heat. After enduring suffering for a long time, they exit the Searing Heat Hell and proceed all the way to the Freezing Ice Hell, and after that their life comes to an end. Because they seared and roasted sentient beings, they fall into the Searing Heat Hell, enduring the agonies of this searing heat throughout the long night.