中部第 130 经（Sujato 英译）第 2 阅读页 · Messengers of the Gods · 2/2

Now in the Great Hell, flames surge out of the walls and crash into the opposite wall: from east to west, from west to east, from north to south, from south to north, from bottom to top, from top to bottom.Now in the Great Hell, flames surge out of the walls and crash into the opposite wall: from east to west, from west to east, from north to south, from south to north, from bottom to top, from top to bottom.And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.There comes a time when, after a very long period has passed, the eastern gate of the Great Hell is opened.There comes a time when, after a very long period has passed, the eastern gate of the Great Hell is opened.

So they run there as fast as they can.So they run there as fast as they can.And as they run, their outer skin, inner skin, flesh, and sinews burn and even their bones smoke. Such is their escape;And as they run, their outer skin, inner skin, flesh, and sinews burn and even their bones smoke. Such is their escape;but when they’ve managed to make it most of the way, the gate is slammed shut.but when they’ve managed to make it most of the way, the gate is slammed shut.

And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.There comes a time when, after a very long period has passed, the western gate …There comes a time when, after a very long period has passed, the western gate …northern gate …northern gate …

southern gate of the Great Hell is opened.southern gate of the Great Hell is opened.So they run there as fast as they can.So they run there as fast as they can.And as they run, their outer skin, inner skin, flesh, and sinews burn and even their bones smoke. Such is their escape;And as they run, their outer skin, inner skin, flesh, and sinews burn and even their bones smoke. Such is their escape;

but when they’ve managed to make it most of the way, the gate is slammed shut.but when they’ve managed to make it most of the way, the gate is slammed shut.And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.There comes a time when, after a very long period has passed, the eastern gate of the Great Hell is opened.There comes a time when, after a very long period has passed, the eastern gate of the Great Hell is opened.

So they run there as fast as they can.So they run there as fast as they can.And as they run, their outer skin, inner skin, flesh, and sinews burn and even their bones smoke. Such is their escape;And as they run, their outer skin, inner skin, flesh, and sinews burn and even their bones smoke. Such is their escape;and they make it out that door.and they make it out that door.

Immediately adjacent to the Great Hell is the vast Dung Hell.Immediately adjacent to the Great Hell is the vast Dung Hell.And that’s where they fall.And that’s where they fall.In that Dung Hell there are needle-mouthed creatures that bore through the outer skin, the inner skin, the flesh, sinews, and bones, until they reach the marrow and devour it.In that Dung Hell there are needle-mouthed creatures that bore through the outer skin, the inner skin, the flesh, sinews, and bones, until they reach the marrow and devour it.

And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.Immediately adjacent to the Dung Hell is the vast Hell of Burning Chaff.Immediately adjacent to the Dung Hell is the vast Hell of Burning Chaff.And that’s where they fall.And that’s where they fall.

And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.Immediately adjacent to the Hell of Burning Chaff is the vast Red Silk-Cotton Forest. It’s a league high, full of sixteen-inch thorns, burning, blazing, and glowing.Immediately adjacent to the Hell of Burning Chaff is the vast Red Silk-Cotton Forest. It’s a league high, full of sixteen-inch thorns, burning, blazing, and glowing.And there they make them climb up and down.And there they make them climb up and down.

And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.Immediately adjacent to the Red Silk-Cotton Forest is the vast Sword-Leaf Forest.Immediately adjacent to the Red Silk-Cotton Forest is the vast Sword-Leaf Forest.They enter that.They enter that.

There the fallen leaves blown by the wind cut their hands, feet, both hands and feet; they cut their ears, nose, both ears and nose.There the fallen leaves blown by the wind cut their hands, feet, both hands and feet; they cut their ears, nose, both ears and nose.And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.Immediately adjacent to the Sword-Leaf Forest is the vast Acid River.Immediately adjacent to the Sword-Leaf Forest is the vast Acid River.

And that’s where they fall.And that’s where they fall.There they are swept upstream, swept downstream, and swept both up and down stream.There they are swept upstream, swept downstream, and swept both up and down stream.And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.And there they suffer painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.

The wardens of hell pull them out with a hook and place them on solid ground, and say,The wardens of hell pull them out with a hook and place them on solid ground, and say,‘My man, what do you want?’‘My man, what do you want?’They say,They say,

‘I’m hungry, sir.’‘I’m hungry, sir.’The wardens of hell force open their mouth with a hot iron spike—burning, blazing, and glowing—and shove in a red-hot copper ball, burning, blazing, and glowing.The wardens of hell force open their mouth with a hot iron spike—burning, blazing, and glowing—and shove in a red-hot copper ball, burning, blazing, and glowing.It burns their lips, mouth, tongue, throat, and stomach before coming out below dragging their entrails.It burns their lips, mouth, tongue, throat, and stomach before coming out below dragging their entrails.

And there they feel painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.And there they feel painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.The wardens of hell say,The wardens of hell say,‘My man, what do you want?’‘My man, what do you want?’

They say,They say,‘I’m thirsty, sir.’‘I’m thirsty, sir.’The wardens of hell force open their mouth with a hot iron spike—burning, blazing, and glowing—and pour in molten copper, burning, blazing, and glowing.The wardens of hell force open their mouth with a hot iron spike—burning, blazing, and glowing—and pour in molten copper, burning, blazing, and glowing.

It burns their lips, mouth, tongue, throat, and stomach before coming out below dragging their entrails.It burns their lips, mouth, tongue, throat, and stomach before coming out below dragging their entrails.And there they feel painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.And there they feel painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.The wardens of hell toss them back in the Great Hell.The wardens of hell toss them back in the Great Hell.

Once upon a time, King Yama thought:Once upon a time, King Yama thought:‘Those who do such bad deeds in the world receive these many different punishments.‘Those who do such bad deeds in the world receive these many different punishments.Oh, I hope I may be reborn as a human being! And that a Realized One—a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha—arises in the world! And that I may pay homage to the Buddha!Oh, I hope I may be reborn as a human being! And that a Realized One—a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha—arises in the world! And that I may pay homage to the Buddha!

Let that Buddha teach me Dhamma, so that I may understand his teaching!’Let that Buddha teach me Dhamma, so that I may understand his teaching!’Now, I don’t say this because I’ve heard it from some other ascetic or brahmin. I only say it because I’ve known, seen, and realized it for myself.”Now, I don’t say this because I’ve heard it from some other ascetic or brahmin. I only say it because I’ve known, seen, and realized it for myself.”That is what the Buddha said.That is what the Buddha said.

Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:“When warned by the gods’ messengers,“When warned by the gods’ messengers,those sons of Manu who are negligentthose sons of Manu who are negligent

sorrow for a long timesorrow for a long timewhen they go to that wretched place.when they go to that wretched place.When warned by the gods’ messengers,When warned by the gods’ messengers,

the good and true persons herethe good and true persons herenever neglectnever neglectthe teaching of the Noble One.the teaching of the Noble One.

Seeing the danger in grasping,Seeing the danger in grasping,the origin of birth and death,the origin of birth and death,the unattached are freedthe unattached are freed

with the ending of birth and death.with the ending of birth and death.Happy, they’ve come to a safe place,Happy, they’ve come to a safe place,quenched in this very life.quenched in this very life.

They’ve gone beyond all enmities and fears,They’ve gone beyond all enmities and fears,and risen above all suffering.”and risen above all suffering.”