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English version: The Iron Cave Hell, the Eighteen Iron Ball Hells, the Eighteen Flint Hells, the Eighteen Molten Copper Drinking Hells, and so on, are numerous hells. The Buddha said: 'The Avīci (阿鼻地狱，Avīci hell) Hell is eighty thousand yojanas (由旬，Yojana, ancient Indian unit of distance) in length and breadth. It has seven layers of iron walls and seven layers of iron nets. Below, there are eighteen levels of partitions, surrounded by seven layers, all of which are forests of knives. Within the seven layers of walls, there are also forests of swords. The eighteen levels of partitions below have eighty-four thousand layers. In the four corners of the hell, there are large copper dogs, whose bodies are forty yojanas in length and breadth. Their eyes are like lightning, their teeth are like sword trees, their fangs are like mountains of knives, and their tongues are like iron thorns. All the hairs on their bodies emit fierce flames, and the smoke is so foul and disgusting that there is nothing in the world to compare it to. There are eighteen hell wardens, with heads like those of Rākṣasas (罗刹，Rākṣasa, demons) and mouths like those of Yakṣas (夜叉，Yakṣa, a type of spirit). They have sixty-four eyes, from which iron balls are ejected like ten-li (里，Chinese unit of distance) carts. Hook-like fangs protrude upwards, four yojanas high, with flames flowing from the tips of the fangs, burning the iron carts in front. Each rim of the iron carts transforms into one hundred million fire-knives, blades, swords, and halberds, all emerging from the flames. Such flowing fire burns the Avīci Hell, making it as red as molten copper. The hell wardens have eight bull heads on their heads, each bull head having eighteen horns. Each horn emits a cluster of fire, which transforms into eighteen rims. The fire rims then transform into fire-knife wheels, as large as cartwheels, connected one after another in the flames, filling the Avīci Hell. The copper dogs open their mouths, and their tongues extend on the ground, like iron thorns. When the tongues extend, they transform into countless tongues, filling the Avīci Hell. Within the seven layers of walls, there are four iron pillars, with flames flowing from the tops of the pillars like boiling springs. The flowing iron spurts out, filling the Avīci Hell. At the four gates of the Avīci Hell, on the thresholds, there are eighty cauldrons, from which boiling copper gushes out, overflowing from the thresholds and filling the Avīci Hell. In each partition, there are eighty-four thousand iron pythons, spitting poison and fire, their bodies filling the hell. The roars of these snakes are like thunder in the sky, raining fire and iron balls, filling the Avīci Hell. There are eighty trillion and one thousand kinds of suffering in this hell, and the most intense suffering is concentrated in this hell. There are five hundred billion insects, each with eighty-four thousand mouths, from which flames flow like rain, falling and filling the Avīci Hell. When these insects fall, the fierce fire of the Avīci Hell burns even more intensely, with a blazing red light.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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火炎照八万四千由旬。从阿鼻地狱上。冲大海沃燋山下。大海水渧如车轴许。成大铁炎。满阿鼻城。佛言。若有众生杀害三宝。偷劫三宝。污染三宝。欺诳三宝。谤毁三宝。破坏三宝。杀害父母。偷劫父母。污染父母。欺诳父母。谤毁父母。破坏父母。骂辱六亲。作如是等杀逆罪者。命终之时铜狗张口。化十八车状如金车。宝盖在上。一切火炎化为玉女。罪人遥见心生欢喜。我欲往中我欲住中。风刀解时寒急失声。宁得好火。在车上座。然火自爆。作是念已即便命终。挥霍之间已坐金车。顾瞻玉女皆捉铁斧斩截其身。身下火起如旋火轮。譬如壮士屈伸臂顷。直落阿鼻大地狱中。从于上隔如旋火轮。至下隔际身遍隔内。铜狗大吼。啮骨唼髓。狱卒罗刹捉大铁叉。叉颈令起遍体火炎。满阿鼻城。铁网雨刀从毛孔入。化阎罗王大声告敕。痴人狱种。汝在世时不孝父母。邪慢无道。汝今生处名阿鼻狱。汝不知恩。无有惭愧。受此苦恼。为乐不耶。作是语已即灭不现。尔时狱卒复驱罪人。从于下隔乃至上隔。经历八万四千隔中。𢫫身而过至铁网际。一日一夜当此阎浮提日月岁数六十小劫。如是寿命尽一大劫。五逆罪人无惭无愧。造作五逆罪故。临命终时。十八风刀如铁火车解截其身。以热逼故便作是言。得好色华清凉大树。于下 现代汉语译本 火焰照亮八万四千由旬（古印度长度单位）。从阿鼻地狱（梵语Avīci，八大地狱中最苦的一个）向上，直冲大海沃燋山下。大海中的水滴像车轴一样粗大，变成巨大的铁焰，充满阿鼻地狱。佛说，如果众生杀害三宝（佛、法、僧），偷盗三宝之物，玷污三宝，欺骗三宝，诽谤三宝，破坏三宝，杀害父母，偷盗父母之物，玷污父母，欺骗父母，诽谤父母，破坏父母，辱骂六亲，犯下如此杀逆之罪，命终之时，铜狗张开大口，化作十八辆车，形状像金车，上面有宝盖。一切火焰化为玉女。罪人远远看见，心中生起欢喜，心想：‘我想要到那里面去，我想要住在里面。’当风刀解体时，寒冷至极，失声叫喊，宁愿得到好火，在车上就座。然而火焰自身爆裂。刚产生这个念头，就立刻命终。转眼之间已经坐在金车上，回头看那些玉女，都拿着铁斧砍截他的身体。身下火焰升起，像旋转的火轮。譬如壮士屈伸手臂的瞬间，直接落入阿鼻大地狱中。从上面的隔层像旋转的火轮一样，到达下面的隔层边缘，身体遍布隔层之内。铜狗大声吼叫，啃咬骨头，吸食骨髓。狱卒罗刹拿着大铁叉，叉住罪人的脖子，令其起身，遍体都是火焰，充满阿鼻地狱。铁网雨下刀刃，从毛孔进入。化作阎罗王（Yama-rāja，掌管地狱的王）大声告诫：‘愚痴之人，地狱之种，你在世时不孝顺父母，邪恶傲慢，没有道义。你现在所生之处名为阿鼻地狱。你不知恩德，没有惭愧之心，承受这些苦恼，觉得快乐吗？’说完这些话，立刻消失不见。这时，狱卒又驱赶罪人，从下面的隔层到上面的隔层，经历八万四千个隔层，身体被挤压着通过，到达铁网边缘。在这里度过的一日一夜，相当于阎浮提（Jambudvīpa，我们所居住的这个世界）的日月岁数六十小劫。如此寿命尽一大劫。五逆罪人没有惭愧之心，因为造作五逆罪的缘故，临命终时，十八风刀像铁火车一样解截他的身体。因为热的逼迫，便会这样说：‘得到好颜色的花朵，清凉的大树。’在下面
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English version Flames illuminate eighty-four thousand yojanas (an ancient Indian unit of distance). From the Avīci Hell (the most painful of the eight great hells) upwards, rushing below the Great Sea Vokkoca Mountain. The water droplets in the Great Sea are as thick as cart axles, turning into huge iron flames, filling the Avīci city. The Buddha said, 'If sentient beings kill the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha), steal from the Three Jewels, defile the Three Jewels, deceive the Three Jewels, slander the Three Jewels, destroy the Three Jewels, kill their parents, steal from their parents, defile their parents, deceive their parents, slander their parents, destroy their parents, and insult their six kinds of relatives, committing such heinous crimes, at the time of death, copper dogs open their mouths, transforming into eighteen chariots, shaped like golden chariots, with jeweled canopies above. All the flames transform into jade maidens. The sinners see them from afar and feel joy in their hearts, thinking, 'I want to go there, I want to live there.' When the wind-knife dismembers them, the extreme cold causes them to cry out, 'I would rather have good fire and sit on the chariot.' However, the flames explode on their own. As soon as this thought arises, they immediately die. In an instant, they are already sitting on the golden chariot, looking back at the jade maidens, who are all holding iron axes, chopping and cutting their bodies. Flames rise from beneath their bodies, like rotating fire wheels. Just as a strong man bends and stretches his arm, they fall directly into the Avīci Great Hell. From the upper partition, like a rotating fire wheel, to the edge of the lower partition, their bodies are spread throughout the partition. The copper dogs roar loudly, gnawing at their bones and sucking their marrow. The hell wardens, the Rakshasas (a type of demon), hold large iron forks, forking the sinners' necks, causing them to rise, their bodies covered in flames, filling the Avīci city. Iron nets rain down blades, entering through their pores. Transforming into Yama-rāja (the King of Hell), he loudly proclaims, 'Foolish person, seed of hell, in your lifetime you were not filial to your parents, were wicked and arrogant, and had no morality. The place where you are now born is called Avīci Hell. You do not know gratitude, have no shame, and endure these sufferings. Do you find it pleasurable?' After saying these words, he immediately disappears. At this time, the hell wardens again drive the sinners, from the lower partition to the upper partition, passing through eighty-four thousand partitions, their bodies squeezed through, reaching the edge of the iron net. One day and one night spent here is equivalent to sixty small kalpas (an immense period of time) in Jambudvīpa (the world we live in). Such is the lifespan of one great kalpa. The perpetrators of the five rebellious acts have no shame, and because they committed the five rebellious acts, at the time of death, the eighteen wind-knives dismember their bodies like iron fire chariots. Because of the pressure of the heat, they will say, 'May I obtain beautiful colored flowers and a cool, large tree.' Below --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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游戏。不亦乐乎。作此念时。阿鼻地狱八万四千诸恶剑林化作宝树。华果茂盛行列在前。大热火炎化为莲华。在彼树下。罪人见已。我所愿者今已得果。作是语时疾于暴雨坐莲华上。坐已。须臾铁觜诸虫。从火华起。穿骨入髓彻心穿脑。攀树而上。一切剑枝削肉彻骨。无量刀林当上而下。火车炉炭十八苦事一时来迎。此相现时陷坠地下。从下隔上身如华敷。遍满下隔。从下隔起火炎猛炽至于上隔。至上隔已身满其中。热恼急故张眼吐舌。此人罪故。万亿融铜百千刀轮从空中下。头入足出。一切苦事过于上说。百千万倍。具五逆者其人受苦。足满五劫。 弟子道场众等。自从元身已来。乃至今身至于今日。于其中间放纵三业。作如是等罪。乐行多作无量无边。今闻佛说阿鼻地狱。心惊毛竖。怖惧无量惭愧无量。今对道场凡圣。发露忏悔愿。罪消灭永尽无余。忏悔已。至心归命礼阿弥陀佛。 下接高赞云。 忏悔已。至心归命礼阿弥陀佛。 高接下忏云。 弟子道场众等。自从旷劫已来。乃至今身至于今日。于其中间。放从身口意业。造一切罪。或破五戒八戒。十戒三归戒。四不坏信戒。三业戒十无尽戒。声闻戒大乘戒。及一切威仪戒。四重八戒等。虚食信施。诽谤邪见不识因果。断学波 现代汉语译本： 玩乐，不也很快乐吗？当产生这种想法时，阿鼻地狱（Avici Hell，八大地狱中最苦的一个）中八万四千种恶剑形成的森林，会化作宝树，开满鲜花，结满果实，排列在罪人面前。炽热的火焰会化为莲花，在宝树下。罪人看到后，心想：‘我所希望的，现在已经实现了。’当说出这句话时，比暴雨还快地坐到莲花上。坐上之后，瞬间，铁嘴虫从火莲花中出现，穿透骨头，进入骨髓，穿透心脏，穿透大脑，攀爬树木而上。所有的剑枝削割罪人的肉，穿透骨头。无数的刀林从上而下。火车、炉炭等十八种苦事一时之间全部来临。当这种景象出现时，罪人陷落到地下，从下往上身体像花一样绽放，遍布整个下层空间。从下层空间升起猛烈的火焰，直到上层空间。到达上层空间时，身体充满其中。因为极度的热恼，张开眼睛，吐出舌头。因为这个人的罪孽，万亿融化的铜汁和成百上千的刀轮从空中落下，从头进入，从脚出来。一切苦事比上面所说的还要痛苦百千万倍。犯有五逆罪（parricide, matricide, killing an Arhat, injuring a Buddha, and causing schism in the Sangha）的人，所受的痛苦要满五个劫（kalpa，极长的时间单位）。 弟子道场的所有人，自从最初的身体以来，直到现在的身体，直到今天，在这期间放纵身、口、意三业，造作了像上面所说的罪恶。喜欢做，经常做，无量无边。现在听闻佛陀所说的阿鼻地狱，内心惊恐，毛发竖立，恐惧无量，惭愧无量。现在面对道场中的凡人和圣人，发露忏悔，愿罪业消灭干净，永不残留。忏悔完毕，至心归命礼阿弥陀佛（Amitabha Buddha，西方极乐世界的教主）。 下面接高赞唱诵： 忏悔完毕，至心归命礼阿弥陀佛。 高赞唱诵后接下面的忏悔文： 弟子道场的所有人，自从久远的过去以来，直到现在的身体，直到今天，在这期间，放纵身、口、意三业，造作一切罪恶。或者破坏五戒（five precepts），八戒（eight precepts），十戒（ten precepts），三归戒（three refuges），四不坏信戒（four qualities of unwavering confidence），三业戒（three karmas precepts），十无尽戒（ten inexhaustible precepts），声闻戒（Śrāvakayāna precepts），大乘戒（Mahāyāna precepts），以及一切威仪戒，四重八戒等。虚耗信徒的供养，诽谤，邪见，不认识因果，断绝学习波罗蜜（pāramitā，到彼岸）。