[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) › 5.28 # 佛說觀佛三昧海經 5.28 佛說觀佛三昧海經 5.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.5.28) 佛告阿難：「云何名鐵網地獄？鐵網地獄者：八十九重諸鐵羅網，一一網間百億鐵針；一一鐵針施五關\[撼-咸+巳\]。世間自有虛妄眾生，邪心諂曲妖媚惑人，心懷讒賊晝夜惡念，剎那剎那頃成就惡念。此人罪報臨命終時，身體搔痒，即作此念：『得一束針鑱刺疥蟲不亦樂乎！』作是念時，獄卒羅剎化為良醫，手執利針唱言：『治病』。罪人心喜，氣絕命終生鐵網間，𢫫身下過眾\[撼-咸+巳\]皆動，無量諸針射入毛孔。如是婉轉諸鐵網間，剎那頃死剎那頃生，罪畢乃出生於邊地無佛法處，亦不聞說世間善語，何況正法？雖生人中三惡道攝，過算數劫遇善知識，雖得聞法心不解了。」 > The Buddha said to Ānanda: "What is called the Iron Net Hell? As for the Iron Net Hell: there are eighty-nine layers of iron nets. Within each net are ten billion iron needles; on each iron needle are placed five trigger-mechanisms. In the world there are false and deceitful sentient beings who, with deviant and flattering minds, bewitch and confuse people; harbouring slander and malice in their minds, they think evil thoughts day and night, bringing evil thoughts to completion moment by moment. When such a person's retribution for their sins arrives and their life is about to end, their body becomes intensely itchy, and they immediately form this thought: 'If only I could get a bundle of needles to pierce and prick the itch-mites, would that not be delightful!' While they are having this thought, the hell-warden rākṣasas transform into a good physician who, holding sharp needles in hand, proclaims: 'I shall treat your illness!' The sinner's heart is gladdened. Their breath ceases, their life ends, and they are born within the iron nets. Crawling with their body underneath, all the triggers move, and immeasurable needles shoot into their pores. Tossing and turning amidst the iron nets in this way, they die in a kṣaṇa and are reborn in a kṣaṇa. When their retribution is complete, they are born in a borderland, a place devoid of the Buddha's Dharma, where they do not even hear worldly good words spoken, much less the true Dharma. Although born among humans, they are subsumed under the three evil destinies; after innumerable kalpas have passed, they meet a kalyāṇamitra, yet although they get to hear the Dharma, their mind does not understand it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.5.27) - [Next: 5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.5.29) - [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.5.28) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.50.21) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.643.5.28) · Pramāṇa