The History of Buddhist Thought c17.40

c17.40

Yama then questions him about the second messenger, the sight of a sick man, and about the third, the sight of a corpse. “ Then the guardians of hell take the fivefold bonds, they put a hot iron stake through one hand and one through the other, one through each foot, and another through his breast. Thus he suffers pain, sharp, keen, piercing torture, nor does he die until his evil karma comes to an end.” 2