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# 佛說佛名經 17.86

佛說佛名經 17.86

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [17.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.441.17.86)

「若其生平之日，素所作眾罪心自失者，是其生時造惡之處，一切諸像皆現在前。各言：『汝昔在於我邊作如是罪，今何得諱？』是為作罪無藏隱處。於是閻魔羅王，切齒呵嘖將付地獄，歷劫窮年求出莫由。此事不遠不關他人，正是我身自作自受，雖父子至親，一旦對至無代受者，眾等相與及其形休體無眾疾，各自努力與性命競生大怖畏，死欲至時悔無所及。是故，弟子！至心歸命十方諸佛。

> "If during their lifetime they themselves forgot the numerous sins they habitually committed, at the places where they committed evil when alive, all the forms and appearances will appear before them. Each will say: 'In the past, you committed such a sin beside me; how can you conceal it now?' Thus for the committing of sins there is no place to hide. Thereupon, King Yama gnashes his teeth and rebukes them, handing them over to the hells, where through kalpas and exhaustive years they seek escape with no way out. This matter is not distant and does not concern others; it is precisely one's own body creating it and receiving it oneself. Even between fathers and sons who are closest of kin, once retribution arrives, none can undergo it on another's behalf. All of you together, while your bodies are at ease and free from diverse ailments, should each exert effort and race against your life-span, generating great dread; for when death is about to arrive, repentance will be of no avail. Therefore, we disciples with utmost sincerity pay namas to the Buddhas of the ten directions:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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