諸經要集 18.36

18.36

Furthermore, as the *Lokotpatti-sūtra* says: In the place where the Padma Hell is situated, if sentient beings are one hundred yojanas away from that place, they are already reached by the flames of that hell. If they are fifty yojanas away, the sentient beings living there are smoked by that fire and all become blind without eyes. If they are twenty-five yojanas away, the flesh and blood of the bodies of the sentient beings living there are scorched, burst, and scattered. This is because toward renunciants of pure conduct they gave rise to defiled minds, harm-inflicting minds, venomous and evil minds, harmful minds, merciless minds, and impure minds, and so they personally suffer this calamity. For this reason, giving rise to benevolence toward all practitioners of pure conduct with bodily, verbal, and mental karmas, one always experiences peace and happiness.