【Cultivating Ethical Behaviour】- Ajatasatru’s Repentance

【Qualm: [Upon their deaths] Ajatasatru and the killers of their mothers had developed other virtuous attitudes. Why then were they reborn in the Unrelenting Hell? Did they fail to eliminate their karma?

Reply: It was taught that they were reborn in such places as the Unrelenting Hell in order to develop conviction in their karma and its effects. It is not the case that they failed to completely eliminate their remaining karma. Like a silk ball that falls and bounces up, they were born in a hell and were then freed. They were also untouched by the fiery garlands of hell and so forth. 】

This was explained earlier, this is the story of Ajatasatru. He...you might ask since he had completely eradicated the karma, so why was he reborn in the Unrelenting Hell? No. He had done the karma. And so the form of the karma remained. This is what everyone needs to know. However, he repented and had indeed completely purified the karma through the repentence. Since he had purified and eradicated the karma through repentence, though he was reborn in hell, he was like a silk ball, like the patting of a ball, "Tong!" He all of a sudden went down and came right back up. He did go to the Unrelenting Hell. But if you ask him what is the Unrelenting Hell like? He wouldn't know. He was untouched by the fiery garlands of hell. That's the situation. As you think of this, wouldn't this mean that there was a complete removal? Ah, as you think of this, you would want to repent earnestly! It is the only thing for us to do. For the future non-virtuous effects [to be issued], we should repent. As we repent now, we will increase our merits. This is the principle.

SOURCE 来源 :

65A 04’26” Vol 9 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P5 LL2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P156

日常师父法语📡65A 04’26” 手抄稿第9册P5 LL2

业果 : 阿阇世王的忏悔

【设作是云，未生怨王及杀母等，若已生起所余善思，何故其业未得永尽，生无间耶。是为令于所有业果，发信解故，现示感生诸无间等，非是未能，无余永尽所有诸业。如击彩球，随击而跃，生彼即脱，虽那洛迦火焰等事，亦未能触。】

前面已经讲过了，就是这个阿阇世王那个公案。他—你说他永尽了，他为什么还要堕落呀？不，他造了这个业，这个业相还是有的，所以大家要了解。但是呢他忏悔了，的的确确完全忏悔干净了。他因为忏悔干净了，所以虽然堕落，所以像那个击彩球，像拍球一样，“通！”一下，下去，上来了。他到了无间地狱，问他无间地狱是什么？他不晓得。所以那洛迦的火焰他也没有碰到，那就是这个情况。你想到这里的话，岂不是从根本圆满了。啊，所以想到这里，要好好忏悔啊！现在我们唯一的事情。是将来的恶果，忏悔，现在忏悔了以后能够功德增上，就这个道理。