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| − | At that time, [[Universal Worthy]] [[Bodhisattva]] [[Mahasattva]] said to [[Earth]] Store [[Bodhisattva]], “Humane One, for the sake of gods and [[Dragons]], those in the Fourfold Assembly, and all other beings of the present and future, please tell us the names of the hells where beings in the Saha [[World]] on the continent of [[Jambudvipa]] must suffer retributions for offenses they commit. Please also describe what happens during retributions undergone for [[Evil]] deeds, so that beings in the future [[Dharma]] Ending Age will know what those retributions are.”
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| | + | * [[The Earth Store Sutra: Chapter V: The Names of the Hells]] |
| | + | * [[The Sutra of the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva with Commentary by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua#Chapter 5: The Names of the Hells]] |
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| − | [[Earth]] Store [[Bodhisattva]] replied, “Humane One, based on the awesome [[Spiritual]] [[Power]] of [[The Buddha]] and relying on your strength, great [[Bodhisattva]], I will give a general list of the names of the hells and describe some of what happens during retributions undergone for offenses and [[Evil]] deeds.
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| − | “Humane One, in eastern [[Jambudvipa]] there is a mountain range called Iron Ring. That mountain range is pitch black because the [[Light]] of the sun and moon does not shine on it. A great [[Hell]] named Ultimately Relentless is located there. Another [[Hell]] is called Great [[Avici]]. There is also a [[Hell]] called Four Horns, a [[Hell]] called Flying Knives, a [[Hell]] called Fiery Arrows, a [[Hell]] called Squeezing Mountains, a [[Hell]] called Piercing Spears, a [[Hell]] called Iron Carts, a [[Hell]] called Iron Beds, a [[Hell]] called Iron Oxen, a [[Hell]] called Iron Clothing, a [[Hell]] called Thousand Blades, a [[Hell]] called Iron Asses, a [[Hell]] called Molten Copper, a [[Hell]] called Embracing Pillar, a [[Hell]] called Flowing [[Fire]], a [[Hell]] called Plowing Tongues, a [[Hell]] called Hacking Heads, a [[Hell]] called Burning Feet, a [[Hell]] called Pecking [[Eyes]], a [[Hell]] called Iron Pellets, a [[Hell]] called Quarreling, a [[Hell]] called Iron Ax, and a [[Hell]] called Massive Hatred.”
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| − | [[Earth]] Store [[Bodhisattva]] said, “Humane One, within the Iron Ring are endless hells like that. There is also the [[Hell]] of Crying Out, the [[Hell]] of Pulling Tongues, the [[Hell]] of Dung and Urine, the [[Hell]] of Copper Locks, the [[Hell]] of [[Fire]] [[Elephants]], the [[Hell]] of [[Fire]] Dogs, the [[Hell]] of [[Fire]] Horses, the [[Hell]] of [[Fire]] Oxen, the [[Hell]] of [[Fire]] Mountains, the [[Hell]] of [[Fire]] Rocks, the [[Hell]] of [[Fire]] Beds, the [[Hell]] of [[Fire]] Beams, the [[Hell]] of [[Fire]] Eagles, the [[Hell]] of Sawing Teeth, the [[Hell]] of Flaying Skin, the [[Hell]] of Drinking Blood, the [[Hell]] of Burning Hands, the [[Hell]] of Burning Feet, the [[Hell]] of Hanging Hooks, the [[Hell]] of [[Fire]] Rooms, the [[Hell]] of Iron Cells, and the [[Hell]] of [[Fire]] Wolves.
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| − | “Each of those hells contains lesser hells numbering from one, two, three, four, to hundreds of thousands. Each of those lesser hells has its own name.”
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| − | [[Earth]] Store [[Bodhisattva]] told [[Universal Worthy]] [[Bodhisattva]], “Humane One, such are the karmic responses of beings in [[Jambudvipa]] who commit [[Evil]] deeds. The [[Power]] of [[Karma]] is extremely great. It rivals Mount [[Sumeru]] in its heights. It surpasses the great oceans in its depths. It obstructs the [[Path]] leading to sagehood. For that reason, beings should never think that minor bad deeds are unimportant or assume that they do not count as offenses. After [[Death]], there will be retributions to undergo that reflect all those details. Fathers and sons have the closest relationship, but their roads diverge and each must go his own way. Even if they met, neither would consent to undergo [[Suffering]] in the other’s place. Now, based on the awesome [[Spiritual]] [[Power]] of [[The Buddha]], I will describe some of the retributions for offenses that take place in the hells. Please, Humane One, listen for a moment to what I am going to say.”
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| − | [[Universal Worthy]] replied, “I have long known of the retributions that come about in the Three [[Evil]] Paths. My hope in asking the Humane One to describe them is that when beings in the future [[Dharma]]-Ending Age who are committing [[Evil]] deeds hear the Humane One’s descriptions, they will be moved to take [[Refuge]] with [[The Buddha]].”
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| − | [[Earth]] Store said, “Humane One, this is what happens during retributions in the hells. Offenders may go to a [[Hell]] in which their tongues are stretched out and plowed through by cattle; or to a [[Hell]] in which their hearts are pulled out and eaten by yakshas; or to a [[Hell]] in which their bodies are cooked in cauldrons of boiling oil; or to a [[Hell]] in which they are forced to embrace red-hot copper pillars; or to a [[Hell]] in which they are burned by a [[Fire]] that constantly pursues them; or to a [[Hell]] in which cold and ice are all-pervasive; or to a [[Hell]] in which excrement and urine are endless; or to a [[Hell]] in which flying maces are unavoidable; or to a [[Hell]] in which fiery spears stab them repeatedly; or to a [[Hell]] in which they are constantly beaten on the chests and backs; or to a [[Hell]] in which their hands and feet are burned; or to a [[Hell]] in which they are bound by iron snakes that coil around them; or to a [[Hell]] in which they are pursued by racing iron dogs; or to a [[Hell]] in which their bodies are stretched by iron mules.
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| − | “Humane One, to inflict these retributions in each [[Hell]], hundreds of thousands of instruments made of copper, iron, stone, or [[Fire]] arise from karmic forces. Those four materials come into being in response to the kinds of [[Karma]] that offenders create. If I were to explain in detail what happens during retributions in the hells, then I would need to tell of the hundreds of thousands of sufferings that must be undergone in each specific [[Hell]]. How much more would that be the case for the sufferings in all the many hells! Now, having based myself upon the awesome [[Spiritual]] [[Power]] of [[The Buddha]], I have given a general answer to the Humane One’s question, for if I were to speak in detail, it would take eons.”
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