The Siege Citadel.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.

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Once the Buddha was in Xa Vi, Ky Hoan An Nan Ban to An Lam. Then the Buddha told the monks:

–I use my eyes to see people in the world, at birth, at death, or beautiful, or ugly, and respectful people. There are people who die when being born on the good road, some people have the bad way. People in the world, the body does evil, the mouth speaks evil, the evil thoughts, often likes to cook and kill living beings to sacrifice to the demons, so when the body dies, it must go to hell. Also relatives often do good, often say good-mouth, often think of good things, after death was born to heaven.

Buddha taught:

- Humans are like bubbles of rain in the sky, rain falling from the sky, one breaks and the other becomes. People in the world at birth, at death as fragile as bubbles.

The Buddha used his eyes to see people in the world, when people die, they go to heaven, some people go to hell, some poor people, some rich people, some people come, some cowardly people do good things. or do evil.

Buddha said: "All these things we all know." Like at night, there are torches on both sides of the city gates, and there are several thousand thousands out there who come in and out.

Buddha taught:

-A use of natural eyes to see people in the world, when people die, they go to heaven, some people go to hell. It is like a person who comes from the darkness seeing a fire coming in and out. Like the one who climbed upstairs and looked down, there were a few thousand houses, he all saw them.

Buddha taught:

- I see people in the world, when people die in heaven, some people go to hell, like people from upstairs looking at the houses below.

Buddha taught:

–Like rowers on clear water, they see fish and rocks in the water. The Buddha used his eyes to see people in the world, when someone died in heaven, some people went to hell like who looked into the water and saw fish and rocks in it.

There is a Minh Nguyet pearl, using five colors of silk to string. People looking at the pearl see five-color string strung across the pearl.

Buddha taught:

- I know people from all over the world, from where they came, they were all created by good and evil. Like a person who looks at a gem.

Buddha taught:

- I see people in the world, filial piety with their parents, no worship of monastic life, no religion, no respect for the elders, no fear of the district's commandments, fear of life after life, no experience, no fear, such people, when they die, they fall to hell. They both debuted with King Yanchang, and immediately abandoned good and evil. There is a good prison named Bàng. Immediately led him to King Diem La. Good prison Bang-tau: “This man was in the world, filial with his parents, not worshiped as a monk, not a monk, not an elder, not giving alms, not afraid of this life after life, not afraid of the district officials. Please Yanchan crimes against this person ".

Yanchang immediately called him and said,

- When being a human in the world, you cannot remember to thank your parents for raising and avoiding the hot place and in the cool place, thanks to sucking and growing up. Why are you filial to your parents?

He said to Yama:

–I am truly a foolish and arrogant person.

Yancheng said:

–Your crimes are not due to parents, not by heaven, not by kings, not by sa subjects, Taoism, human body created, must take. That was the first question.

Ask a second time:

–Do you see, when he is ill, miserable, weak, and weak, and cannot move his arms and legs?

He answered:

- Indeed I do.

Yan said:

–Why don't you repent yourself to do good deeds?

He answered:

–It is true that I am a foolish and proud fool

Pluto said:

- This sin is not caused by heaven, not by a parent, not by a king, not by a monk, by a Taoist man, by the body of man who created it, take it.

Yancha asked a third time:

–Do you see men and women in the world when they are old, their eyes cannot see, their ears cannot hear, they must walk with sticks, since the black hair has become as white as the youth?

He answered:

–I really see old people walking with sticks.

Yancheng asked:

–At that moment, why don't you repent to do good deeds?

He answered:

–It is true that I am a foolish and proud fool

Yan said:

–This crime is not caused by a parent, not by heaven, by a lord, not by a monk, by a Taoist man, by his own body, you must take it.

Yancha asked a fourth time:

–When in the world, did you see the man and woman who died one day, two days to seven days, with corrupted bodies, corrupted appearance, eaten by ants, and terrified by everyone. You see that, why don't you repent to do good deeds?

He answered:

–I have seen that, indeed, I am a foolish and arrogant fool.

Yan said:

–When you act, why are you not being respectful of the mind, being respectful of your mouth, not being respectful of your behavior? This crime is not caused by parents, by heaven, kings, by sa subjects, taoism, the body of the person who did it, you must take it.

Pluto asked the fifth time:

–When you become a human in the world, do you see a mandarin when you catch a thief, a murderer, a bandit, tied to a prison to beat you for treatment and interrogation? Or take them out of the city in the middle of the road to kill? Or pecking at alive. So do you see this?

He answered:

- Indeed I did see that.

Pluto said:

–Why didn't you give alms to do good? When being a human, why don't you do the righteous actions, say the righteous thoughts and keep the true mind?

He answered:

–I am truly a proud fool.

Pluto said:

–This crime is also not made by parents, by heaven, by the king, by the monk, the Taoist, the human body has created, so take the retribution.

When the questioning was completed, Ne Le Bang (Good Prison) led the sinner to an iron city. That is the first hell called the Bhikkhu. The city of hell had four gates, the circumference of four thousand miles, and inside was a large forty-mile copper pot. Ne Le Bang stabbed the criminal with a fork and put it into the copper pot. Such copper pots are countless, burning inside. Those who saw it from afar were all terrified. Those who entered there were thousands of thousands, and were locked in a good prison, day and night the door of the prison was closed, not opened, so they could not go out. The sinner stays in it for thousands of thousands of years, but the fire does not go out, nor do people die. A long time later, from far away, seeing the East door open on its own, the criminals all rushed out to get out, running to the door and closing the door. You want to go out, at the door together fighting to get out. A long time later, from far away, seeing the west door open, all the criminals came running, but the door was closed, the criminals in the door were fighting again. A long time later, the four city gates opened again, people got out, they claimed to have escaped.

They went into the second hell. The sinner who just set foot on the ground was burnt away, took off his feet and the meat became the same, some ran through the old East, some ran to the old West, some ran to the old South, some ran to the North, together. all hell around the fire, to several thousands of thousands of new years.

The people in it claim to have been freed from suffering, but they enter into the third hell Di Ly Ma Mac. This hell has a species called Quất trác, mines like iron, the legs are black. Seeing from afar, they all came running around, peeling off the flesh and bones of people. So after several thousands of thousands of new years.

They claim to have escaped and go back into the fourth Sodhada hell, including a knife-like rocky mountain, everyone who runs to the top of the mountain, and some who run down the mountain want to escape. , but they don't know which direction to run? Their feet were stripped of their skin, because the rocks were like sharp knives. Thus, after thousands of thousands of years, all people claim to have escaped.

They went into the Fifth Amitabha hell again. Inside there was hot wind, when I got in there I could not avoid it. The criminals in that pray for death also not, pray for life is not finished. Thus, it took a long time for thousands of thousands of years to be freed, the sinners in it claim to have been freed.

They went into the sixth hell of A Du Apples Ba Hang. There are many trees in this hell, they are very thorny. There are demons among those trees. The sinner came in there, on the head of the demon spit fire, in the mouth spitting fire, there were sixteen thorns on the body, from afar he could see him very furiously, the fire spewed out from these sixteen thorns, they pierced. through the human body makes it torn to eat meat. The criminals all want to escape, while running around they often encounter this demon. Thus, after several thousands of thousands of years, it will be over and allowed to go out. They claim to have escaped.

They went into the seventh Table of hell hell again. Including species named Thuan. The sinner came in there, flew by this species, flew into his mouth, ate his body. The criminals ran very quickly, but they still ate still. The criminals run in all four directions, wanting to get out, but can't escape. So after several thousands of thousands of years to be released. They claim to have escaped.

They again entered the eighth hell of the Eighth Submarine. Including the flow of water, everyone was dropped inside, the two sides have sharp spines, and the water is hotter than boiling water in the human world. The boiling water made the sinner ripen. They want to run up on the shore, up there again there is a demon wielding a raven bar and stabbing the criminal's stomach, causing them to fall back into it, unable to escape, they are all washed down the end of the stream, another demon stops using the hook. but hooked, they asked:

–Where are you from?

If so, the others replied:

- We have no idea where we come from, nor do we know where to go; We just got hungry and wanted to eat and drink.

Devil replied:

–I will feed you. He then took out the hook of the upper and lower jaw, opened the sinner's mouth, and poured copper water into the mouth of the sinner, causing the liver to burn. Such sinners, pray for death cannot die, pray for life not to survive. Those people were born in the world, when people, by doing many cruel things, so pray that they will not escape. People in hell are out, they claim to have been released, but into the seventh hell. Devil asked back:

–Why did you go back? They went to the fifth hell, again to the fourth hell, from the fourth hell again to the third hell, again to the second hell, and then back to the first A ma hell? Arriving there, people from far away saw the iron city and they shouted with joy and shouted "Long live."

–What are those sounds?

Prison good response:

- It is the cry of the previous sinners who fall into prison.

Yan said:

–They are all filial piety with their parents, not afraid of heaven, not afraid of the king, no excess of religion, martyrs, no fear of banning the precepts.

Yanchang immediately told everyone to say first:

–If you do not blame Pluto's words, you are now free from hell, will be children again, have to be filial, to worship the elderly, to be afraid of the king's restrictions , must admit the disciple, Taoist, keep mindful of Chief Justice, mouth respectable, respectable. People living in the world at the time of committing a small and light crime, but dying in hell just got big. When meeting the monk, the Taoist, he should obey, obey the religion of those people, he will witness Arahantship, making the hell's roads filled.

Yancheng had said, all the people in hell were to escape, they all died in the land outside the city. Those who died, their previous lives, when being evil, but have a little good, so from hell can go out, are born in the good way. People who come out of hell keep their righteous thoughts, righteous mouths, righteous actions, so no more back in hell. Humans have felt misery, poison, and evil in hell, they all think for good deeds.

Buddha taught:

–The son who dies in hell, even if the king, the monk and the Taoist have an affinity with Yama. How many others just follow people to hell. Yancheng is the name of the king of hell.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THICH CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.21/7/2020.