佛說觀佛三昧海經 5.27

5.27

佛告阿難：「云何名五百億銅柱地獄？銅柱地獄者：有一銅柱狀如大山，高六百由旬，下有猛火，火上鐵床上有刀輪，諸刀輪間有鐵嘴蟲，鐵烏在傍。世間自有愚癡眾生，貪惑滋多染愛不淨，犯邪婬行，非處非時行不淨業。設有比丘、比丘尼、婆羅門等諸梵行者，若於非時、非處犯不淨法，乃至一切犯邪行者，作不淨業。如此罪人臨命終時，舉身反強振掉不定，猶如弓弩不自勝持，即作此念：『得一堅大銅鐵柱者，縛此身體令不動搖。』獄卒羅剎應時即至，化作僮僕手執鐵杖，至罪人所，白言：『長者！汝今身強餘物皆弱，可捉此杖。』心即歡喜氣絕命終。如弄杖頃生銅柱頭，猛火焰熾焚燒其身，驚怖下視，見鐵床上有端正女，若是女人見端正男心生愛著，從銅柱上欲投于地，銅柱貫身鐵鋼絡頸，鐵嘴諸蟲唼食其軀，落鐵床上，男女俱時六根火起，有鐵嘴蟲從眼而入，從男女根出。若污戒者，別有九億諸小蟲輩，如瘭疽蟲有十二嘴，嘴頭出火唼食其體。此邪婬報，一日一夜九百億生九百億死，罪畢乃出生鳩鴿中，受鳩鴿身經五百世；復生龍中經五百身，後生人中，無根、二根及不定根、黃門之身經五百世。設得為人，妻不貞良、子不慈孝、奴婢不順。過是已後，遇善知識發菩提心。」佛告阿難：「云何名五百億鐵機地獄？鐵機地獄者：有一鐵床縱廣正等四百由旬，上安諸[撼-咸+巳]，[撼-咸+巳]間皆有萬億鐵弩，鐵弩鏃頭百億鋒刃。世間自有愚癡眾生，為貪欲故，不孝父母，不敬師長，不順善教，殺害眾生，食諸姦人。此人罪報命欲終時，身體振動，身諸六竅汁自流出。如此罪人，見自己床如兜羅綿，即生是念：『何時得一堅冷之處，安身臥眠不亦快耶！』作是念時，獄卒羅剎以叉擎床，敷大榻㲪至罪人所，罪人見已心生歡喜，欲臥榻㲪，氣絕命終生鐵機上。萬億鐵[撼-咸+巳]關從下動，鐵[撼-咸+巳]低昂，無量鐵弩同時皆張，一一鐵箭射罪人心，一日一夜六百億生六百億死。如是罪人受罪畢已，生畜生中經五百世，還生人間，貧窮下賤為人所使，多墮刑獄恒受鞭撻。過是已後，遇善知識發菩提心。」

The Buddha said to Ānanda: "What is meant by the hell of fifty billion copper pillars? As for the Copper-Pillar hell, there is a copper pillar resembling a great mountain, six hundred yojanas high. Below it is a fierce fire; above the fire is an iron bed, and on it are knife-wheels. Between the knife-wheels are iron-beaked insects, with iron crows beside them. In this world there are foolish sentient beings who, with abundant greed and delusion, are defiled by impure attachments, commit sexual misconduct, and engage in impure acts in improper places and at improper times. If there are bhikṣus, bhikṣuṇīs, brāhmaṇas, or other celibates who transgress pure conduct at improper times and in improper places, up to anyone who commits sexual misconduct and performs impure deeds, when such sinners are about to die, their entire body arches stiffly and twitches uncontrollably, like a drawn bow unable to sustain itself, and they at once have this thought: 'If only I could obtain a solid, large pillar of copper or iron to bind this body so that it does not shake!' The rākṣasa hell-wardens immediately arrive, transformed into young servants holding an iron staff, and approaching the sinner, say: 'Elder! Your body is now stiff while all other things are weak; you should grasp this staff.' His heart rejoices, and with breath cut off his life ends. In the time it takes to brandish a staff, he is born atop the copper pillar. Fierce flames blaze and incinerate his body; terrified, he looks down and sees a beautiful woman on the iron bed—if a woman, she sees a handsome man—and love and lust arise. From atop the copper pillar they wish to throw themselves to the ground; the copper pillar pierces the body, iron ropes ensnare the neck, and iron-beaked insects peck and devour their flesh. Falling onto the iron bed, fire erupts simultaneously from the six sense organs of both men and women; iron-beaked insects enter through their eyes and exit through their genital organs. If one has defiled the precepts, there are separately nine hundred million smaller insects, like carbuncle worms with twelve mouths, flames shooting from their mouths as they bite and devour the body. As retribution for this sexual misconduct, in a single day and night they undergo nine hundred billion births and nine hundred billion deaths. When the punishment is ended, they are born among doves and pigeons, receiving the bodies of doves and pigeons for five hundred lifetimes; they are reborn among dragons for five hundred lifetimes, and later reborn among humans without sex organs, with two sex organs, or with indeterminate sex organs, or with the bodies of eunuchs for five hundred lifetimes. Even if they gain human form, their wives will not be chaste and virtuous, their children will not be filial or affectionate, and their male and female slaves will be disobedient. After this has passed, they encounter a kalyāṇamitra and generate bodhicitta." The Buddha said to Ānanda: "What is meant by the hell of fifty billion iron mechanisms? As for the Iron-Mechanism hell, there is an iron bed exactly four hundred yojanas in length and breadth, upon which are mounted trigger-latches; between the latches are ten trillion iron crossbows, and the arrowheads of the iron crossbows have ten billion sharp blades. In this world there are foolish sentient beings who, out of greed and desire, are unfilial toward their parents, disrespectful toward their teachers and elders, disobedient toward good teachings, who kill living beings, and who devour deceitful persons. When the sinful retribution of such a person is about to bring about death, his body trembles, and fluids spontaneously flow from all six orifices of his body. Such a sinner sees his own bed as tūla-cotton, and immediately has this thought: 'When will I get a firm, cool place to lie down and sleep? Would that not be pleasant!' When he has this thought, the rākṣasa hell-wardens raise up a bed with forks, spread a large woolen rug over it, and approach the sinner. Seeing it, the sinner is overjoyed and wishes to lie upon the rug; with breath cut off, his life ends, and he is born upon the iron mechanism. Ten trillion iron latch-triggers move from below, the iron latches rise and fall, and countless iron crossbows are all drawn at once, each iron arrow shooting through the sinner's heart, so that in a single day and night he undergoes six hundred billion births and six hundred billion deaths. When such a sinner has finished undergoing punishment, he is born among animals for five hundred lifetimes, and is reborn among humans, poor and base, driven and ordered about by others, frequently falling into penal confinement and constantly enduring beatings. After this has passed, he encounters a kalyāṇamitra and generates bodhicitta."