[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛說觀佛三昧海經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643) › 5.25 # 佛說觀佛三昧海經 5.25 佛說觀佛三昧海經 5.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.5.25) 佛告阿難：「云何名劍林地獄？劍林地獄者：八千由旬滿中劍樹，有熱鐵丸以為其果，如此劍樹高二十四由旬。自有眾生，不孝父母不敬師長，作惡口業，無慈愛心刀杖加人。此人罪報臨命終時，心如胡膠處處生著，即作此念：『我心縛著觸事不捨，耽酒嗜色，身雖遇患心猶不息，得一利刀割截此愛。』獄卒羅剎應聲即至，化為侍者，執明鏡示語罪人言：『汝心多著可觀此鏡。』觀此鏡時，見於鏡中有利劍像，即作是念：『我今體羸不堪欲事，得此利劍割斷我心不亦快乎！』作此念時氣絕命終，受餓鬼身，諸劍樹間忽然化生，生已鐵丸從頂上入從口而出，腸胃燋爛躄地。獄卒復以鐵叉打撲驅令上樹，上一樹已鐵嘴蟲噉，以恐怖故踊身上樹。如是展轉悉經劍林，一日一夜八萬生八萬死，罪畢之後生飢饉世及疾疫劫，為人卑賤口氣恒臭人所惡見，過算數劫遇善知識發菩提心。」 > The Buddha said to Ānanda: "What is meant by the Sword-Forest hell? As for the Sword-Forest hell, it spans eight thousand yojanas, filled with sword-trees that bear red-hot iron pellets as fruit; these sword-trees are twenty-four yojanas high. There are sentient beings who are unfilial toward their parents, disrespectful toward their teachers and elders, who commit bad vocal karma, lack compassionate love, and inflict swords and staves upon others. When the sinful retribution of such a person is about to bring about death, his mind, like glue, attaches to everything, and he at once has this thought: 'My mind is bound and attached, relinquishing nothing. Addicted to alcohol and fond of lust, even though my body suffers afflictions, my mind still does not cease; if only I could obtain a sharp knife to sever this love!' In response to his voice, the rākṣasa hell-wardens immediately arrive, transformed into attendants, holding up a bright mirror to show him, and saying to the sinner: 'Your mind has many attachments; you may look into this mirror.' When he looks into the mirror, he sees in it the image of a sharp sword, and at once has this thought: 'My body is now frail and cannot bear lustful deeds; if only I could obtain this sharp sword to cut off my mind, would that not be pleasant?' As he has this thought, his breath is cut off and his life ends. Receiving the body of a hungry ghost, he is suddenly born by transformation amidst the sword-trees. Once born, iron pellets enter through the crown of his head and exit through his mouth; his intestines and stomach are scorched and charred, and he collapses to the ground. The hell-wardens then beat and drive him with iron forks, forcing him to climb the trees. Having climbed one tree, iron-beaked insects devour him; terrified, he leaps onto another tree. In this manner, driven from one to the next, he passes through all the sword-forests, undergoing eighty thousand births and eighty thousand deaths in a single day and night. After his sins are ended, he is born into eras of famine and kalpas of pestilence; as a human, he is lowly and base, his breath is constantly foul, and he is loathed by people. After countless kalpas, he encounters a kalyāṇamitra and generates bodhicitta." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.5.24) - [Next: 5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.5.26) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643~en-mt.5.25) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.50.17) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.5.25) · Pramāṇa