佛說佛名經 11.15

11.15

「弟子等！自從無始已來至于今日所有報障，然其重者第一唯有阿鼻地獄，如經所明，今當略說其相。此獄周匝有七重鐵城，復有七重鐵網羅覆其上，下有七重刀林無量猛火，縱廣八萬四千由旬。罪人之身遍滿其中，罪業因緣不相妨礙，上火徹下下火徹上，東西南北通徹交過，如魚在熬脂膏皆盡，此中罪苦亦復如是。

"Disciples! Regarding all the retributive hindrances from anādikāla until today, the heaviest is foremost none other than the Avīci Hell. As clarified in the sūtras, we shall now briefly describe its characteristics: Around this hell there are seven layers of iron walls, and there are further seven layers of iron nets covering it from above; below there are seven layers of blade forests and boundless fierce fires, extending eighty-four thousand yojanas in length and breadth. The bodies of the sinners completely fill its interior, yet due to the causes and conditions of sinful karma, they do not obstruct one another; the upper fire penetrates below and the lower fire penetrates above, running through and crossing from east, west, south, and north, like fish in a pan with their fat and oil completely melted away; the sinful suffering within it is also like this.