10.
The Discourse on Kokālika
Thus have I heard - On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's park. Then the monk Kokālika approached the Blessed One; having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and sat down to one side. Seated to one side, the monk Kokālika said this to the Blessed One - "Sāriputta and Moggallāna have evil desires, venerable sir, they have come under the control of evil desires."
When this was said, the Blessed One said this to the monk Kokālika - "Do not say so, Kokālika, do not say so, Kokālika! Have confidence, Kokālika, in Sāriputta and Moggallāna. Sāriputta and Moggallāna are well-behaved."
For the second time, etc. For the third time the monk Kokālika said this to the Blessed One - "Although, venerable sir, the Blessed One is trustworthy and reliable to me, yet Sāriputta and Moggallāna have evil desires, they have come under the control of evil desires." For the third time the Blessed One said this to the monk Kokālika - "Do not say so, Kokālika, do not say so, Kokālika! Have confidence, Kokālika, in Sāriputta and Moggallāna. Sāriputta and Moggallāna are well-behaved."
Then the monk Kokālika rose from his seat, paid respect to the Blessed One, circumambulated him keeping him on his right, and departed. Not long after the monk Kokālika had departed, his whole body was covered with boils the size of mustard seeds; having been the size of mustard seeds, they became the size of mung beans; having been the size of mung beans, they became the size of chickpeas; having been the size of chickpeas, they became the size of jujube stones; having been the size of jujube stones, they became the size of jujube fruits; having been the size of jujube fruits, they became the size of myrobalans; having been the size of myrobalans, they became the size of unripe wood-apples; having been the size of unripe wood-apples, they became the size of billa fruits; having been the size of billa fruits, they burst open; pus and blood oozed out. Then the monk Kokālika died from that very illness. Having died, the monk Kokālika was reborn in the Paduma hell, having harboured ill-will in his mind towards Sāriputta and Moggallāna.
Then Brahmā Sahampati, when the night was far advanced, with surpassing beauty, having illuminated almost the entire Jeta's Grove, approached the Blessed One; having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and stood to one side. Standing to one side, Brahmā Sahampati said this to the Blessed One - "Kokālika, venerable sir, the monk is deceased; and having deceased, venerable sir, the monk Kokālika has been reborn in the Paduma hell, having harboured hostility in his mind towards Sāriputta and Moggallāna." This Brahmā Sahampati said; having said this, having paid respect to the Blessed One, having circumambulated him keeping him on his right, he disappeared right there.
Then the Blessed One, after that night had passed, addressed the monks - "This night, monks, Brahmā Sahampati, when the night was far advanced, etc. This, monks, Brahmā Sahampati said, and having said this, having circumambulated me keeping me on his right, he disappeared right there."
When this was said, a certain monk said this to the Blessed One - "How long, venerable sir, is the life-span in the Paduma hell?" "Long indeed, monk, is the life-span in the Paduma hell; it is not easy to reckon as so many years, or so many hundreds of years, or so many thousands of years, or so many hundreds of thousands of years." "But is it possible, venerable sir, to make a simile?" "It is possible, monk" - the Blessed One said -
"Just as, monk, a Kosalan cartload of sesame seeds measuring twenty khāris; from that a man might remove one sesame seed at the end of every hundred years. More quickly, monk, would that Kosalan cartload of sesame seeds measuring twenty khāris come to utter elimination and exhaustion by this method, but not one Abbuda hell. Just as, monk, twenty Abbuda hells, so is one Nirabbuda hell. Just as, monk, twenty Nirabbuda hells, so is one Ababa hell. Just as, monk, twenty Ababa hells, so is one Ahaha hell. Just as, monk, twenty Ahaha hells, so is one Aṭaṭa hell. Just as, monk, twenty Aṭaṭa hells, so is one Kumuda hell. Just as, monk, twenty Kumuda hells, so is one Sogandhika hell. Just as, monk, twenty Sogandhika hells, so is one Uppala hell. Just as, monk, twenty Uppala hells, so is one Puṇḍarīka hell. Just as, monk, twenty Puṇḍarīka hells, so is one Paduma hell. In the Paduma hell, monk, the monk Kokālika has been reborn, having harboured hostility in his mind towards Sāriputta and Moggallāna." This is what the Blessed One said. Having said this, the Fortunate One, the Teacher, said further:
663.
With which the fool cuts himself, speaking ill-spoken words.
664.
He gathers misfortune with his mouth, by that misfortune he finds no happiness.
665.
Together with all, together with oneself, this is the greater misfortune;
He who corrupts his mind towards the Fortunate Ones.
666.
He who blames the noble ones goes to hell, having directed speech and mind to evil.
667.
Both of them, after death, become equal, human beings of low action in the hereafter.
668.
The evil returns to that very fool, like subtle dust thrown against the wind.
669.
Faithless, miserly, ungenerous, stingy, devoted to slander.
670.
Lowest of men, unlucky, lowborn, do not speak much here, you are doomed to hell.
671.
Having practised many kinds of misconduct, you go indeed to the precipice for a long time.
672.
The fool, the wrongdoer, sees suffering in himself in the world beyond.
673.
Then there is food resembling a glowing iron ball, likewise befitting.
674.
They lie on spread embers, they enter fire ablaze all around.
675.
They go to the blind darkness, for that is spread out like frost.
676.
For they are cooked in those for a long time, like fire, bobbing up and down.
677.
Whatever direction he lies upon, there he is defiled when touching it.
678.
For there is no shore to go to, for the pans are level all around.
679.
Having seized the tongue with a hook, they strike it again and again.
680.
There the fools fall, evildoers having done evil deeds.
681.
Dogs, jackals, greedy vultures, hawks, and crows peck at them.
682.
Therefore, in the remainder of life here, a man should be a doer of duties and should not be negligent.
683.
Indeed there are five myriads of ten millions, and another twelve hundred ten millions.
684.
Therefore, towards those of pure, well-behaved, and good qualities, one should constantly guard one's speech and mind."
The Discourse on Kokālika is concluded as tenth.