On 20 November 2018, I received Guan Ping Bodhisattva’s instructions to visit the Tongue-Carving Hell and watch a trial at the Hall of the King of Hell.
My consciousness entered a deep slumber, and as I felt myself becoming light I found myself before a black and ancient-looking gate. One of the guards told me to follow him, and we entered this Hell.
问：20-11-2018，弟子接到关平菩萨旨意让弟子游割舌地狱及到阎王殿听审。不久意识陷入昏睡，魂体一轻来到一处古老黝黑的城门前，守门鬼差领着弟子进去地狱观看。
The Tongue-Carving Hell: Those who commit abusive speech, fabricated rumours and sowed discord, and those who have slandered and defamed practitioners (of any religion) will be punished here.
割舌地狱：惩戒在阳世造恶口，无中生有，挑拨离间，恶口诽谤修道人（任何宗教法门）
I walked down some stairs near the gate that led to the bottom of this Hell. The place was huge, and when I looked up, I saw that it was surrounded by walls about six storeys high, built from massive bricks. There were many offenders here, both male and female, and all of them were kneeling, wailing and crying. It was evident that many people had committed deeds of verbal misconduct in the Human Realm.
I paid my respect to the enforcement officers in charge of this Hell. Two female offenders’ mouths were being forcibly pried open so that the enforcement officers could violently grab and hold their tongues. Using a sharp knife, the officers carved line after line into the offenders’ tongues. Fresh blood flowed down their chins immediately. The offenders watched on with horror-filled eyes and tried desperately to step backward, but they were roughly pulled back in line by the officers. The officers showed no concern about the bleeding; they simply continued to carve lines into the offenders’ tongues. Once the tongues of the two female offenders had been carved with a dozen lines, they were escorted to see the King of Hell. The enforcement officers signalled for me to follow them into his Hall.
弟子从城门旁边的阶梯往下走，来到这个地狱的底部。这个地狱很大，上空都是高大的砖头墙围着（城墙砌得很高，大约六层楼的高度）。很多罪灵，男男女女，跪在地上哀嚎。可见阳世很多人造恶口业。弟子向负责这个地狱的执法鬼差微微行礼。前面两个女罪灵被鬼差硬把嘴掰开，粗暴的把舌头拉出来，拿了刀片一刀接一刀割在舌头上，鲜血立刻流满罪灵嘴巴。罪灵睁大双眼，恐惧、害怕，拼命想往后退，却被鬼差粗暴地抓回来，不顾罪灵鲜血直流，还是继续割罪灵舌头。被割了数十刀后，两个鬼差押着这两个女罪灵去见阎王，鬼差示意弟子跟着一起去阎王殿。
The landscape inside the Hell Realm is very complex. If I hadn’t been guided by an enforcement officer, I would have been hopelessly lost. After walking down a narrow and winding path in the Underworld for some time, we arrived at the Hall of the King of Hell.
The King of Hell ordered the offenders to kneel. I stood beside the King, watching the trial, as the King began to scold them: “Both of you were practitioners of Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door, and you understood that you must not commit deeds of verbal misconduct. Why did you think you could use sophistry and prejudiced views to criticise the Dharma Door before your relatives? I have checked your records - some months ago, you quit practising Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door. But when you encountered difficulties, you returned to this Buddhist practice for help, beseeching Guan Yin Bodhisattva’s succour. Despite having returned to the practice, you still don’t reform your ways. You should know that there are Dharma Protectors everywhere, and they will record every word and action said and done by Buddhists in the Human Realm.
在地府弯弯曲曲的走了一段时间，终于来到阎王殿。（地狱的地形真的很复杂，如果没有鬼差带领，弟子真的不懂阎王殿在那里）。阎王命令罪灵跪下，弟子站在阎王旁边听审。阎王怒喝：你们两个，都是修心灵法门的佛门子弟，平时也懂恶口不能说，为何为自己一点的偏见歪理在亲友间说法门不是？本王查你们记录，数月前退转不修，现在遇到困难又回来心灵法门求观世音菩萨救度，回来后还要不知悔改，可知天地都有护法，天龙鬼神记录你们在世佛弟子的一言一行，
“You have been blessed and protected by the Buddha, so you should be making more effort to observe the Buddhist precepts and understand the rules. Why do you arrogantly hold on to ignorance and bad habits? Regardless of your reasons and excuses, even if it is other practitioners at fault, you should never have spoken irresponsibly about Guan Yin Citta. If your fellow practitioner is truly in the wrong, the Dharma Protectors would naturally give them a lesson according to the law. Do you think that Heaven and the Underworld will tolerate them? But now, your negative karma has been created, and I have no choice but to punish you according to the law.
你们得佛护佑，更应该懂得遵守佛门戒律规矩，为何还要无名习气？不管什么理由，就算是与你们修习佛道的同门师兄有错，你们也不能到处恶口造心灵法门口业，你们的法门同修如果做得不对，自有心灵法门护法会依律惩戒，难道天地会纵容他们？可是你们恶果已造成，本王只能依法惩戒
“I’ll give an order for your souls to return to your bodies in the human world. But do not create any more negative karma - look out for yourselves. After the both of you return to the human world, your tongue will ache and hurt for several days. Serious offenders develop cold sores around their mouths.”
WhenBuddhistpractitionerscommit offences,the Dharma-protecting Bodhisattvas trigger their negative karma directly so that it becomes present-life karmic retribution.
现在命你们魂体归阳世，莫再造业，好自为之。回阳世后，你们两个的舌头会疼痛数日，严重者会生口腔疱疹。修习佛道的人如果犯错，护法菩萨是直接让我们现世报。
The King of Hell told me that, regardless of whether a person is dead or alive, their souls will be dragged to the Underworld for punishment if they commit offences. The soul of the culprit will be deemed an “offender”.
阎王告诉弟子，不管活人还是过世之灵体，如果犯错，魂体拉下来地府惩戒都被称作罪灵。
——卢台长开示解答来信疑惑（二百七十）2018-12-04
发表于 2022-8-18 14:33:39
