《「拴馬索」——念珠之功德與作用之四 - 二 》
　
最早我會使用青金石，也是受一位老和尚影響所及，因為這位老和尚本身就是修持藥師法門。據他所說，他是在年輕的時候在五台山受到一位中國唐密的阿闍黎傳授，因此他就持誦至今，從未停輟過，主要是因為他一生中受到藥師佛的感召極多，因此他深信不疑。他來台灣之後，自己也曾開壇傳授唐密的諸多法門，例如準提觀音菩薩、千手千眼觀世音、大隨求觀音、穢跡金剛……等，據老和尚所說，過去在中國所常住的那間廟是傳承自唐代惠果阿闍黎的傳承。惠果是真言宗極重要的祖師，惠果極小的時候就受學於不空大師的傳承，而得到阿闍黎的位階。
　
講到真言宗的傳承，可以源自於印度的善無畏大師以及金剛智大師，在中國之所以會普傳開來，也是由於這幾位印度的高僧，原本是奉中國皇帝指示翻譯經典，進而遭逢到旱災或有流行性的諸疫時，他們一登壇立刻滂沱大雨如注般傾瀉不已。當朝皇帝也因為這幾位高僧所顯現的神蹟，令他們信服而祈求為其灌頂也是時而有之，可見唐密在當時是連皇帝都極為重視的信仰。尤其不空大師更是受人矚目的唐密大師，唐朝的三位君王幾乎都皈命於他座下，尤其唐玄宗對於不空大師更是推崇有加，原因是玄宗當政的時候，幾乎國家在有難時，不空只要一設壇，無不感應道交，尤其幾乎只要不空主壇，皆是求風得風，求雨得雨，為此唐玄宗還特地幫不空訂製了一套紫色袈裟。中國歷代以來，都用紫做為最高規格的敬意，因此在幾次求雨的儀式中，隨修隨下的功力讓唐玄宗不覺愈發尊敬，因此乃御賜紫色袈裟一套，象徵身分的顯貴，從此之後，不空的身分自然也隨即遷喬出谷，赫奕逾常，唐玄宗還特別給予「智藏」的尊稱。由於唐密的高僧幾乎都是由皇室所供養，因此一般平民百姓無法承襲法脈，所以在唐朝的時候唐密是只限於皇親貴冑所能修學的法門。
　
唐密究竟有多厲害，根據早期傳授我穢跡金剛的老和尚所言，過去的穢跡金剛真言曾經被隱藏十二個字。因為唐代時候有許多修持此咒的神異事蹟，最後連當朝的皇帝也親聞此事，因此心想如果這麼厲害是否會影響到江山王位，所以便召請了一位專修穢跡金剛有成的僧人，沒想這一和尚一持咒，整個宮殿完全化空，只剩下皇帝和這位出家人，這皇帝心中乍驚之下做了決定，命人把原本四十幾個咒字刪去部分再傳世……不管事實如何，早先我受持穢跡金剛咒時，原本已經先持滿準提咒不知凡幾，過往在老和尚派系傳承下，凡授持此咒者起碼準提咒要先持滿五百萬遍做為加行，並且要受過菩薩戒者方可傳授，但手印不可妄傳。我所知道過去認識過一位還俗的阿闍黎，據他所說，清末在鼓山寺廟中的後山各有不同洞穴及關房，關房中所修僧眾皆是雜密行者，有的專修尊勝佛母，有的專修準提法，也有的專持大悲咒，亦有以藥師行門為主之行者，如前面所言，我所認識的專修藥師法門的老和尚便是如此。
　
老和尚手上的那串專修藥師法門的青金石乍看之下極為吸睛，整串念珠用深藍色的線穿過，每一顆青藍色的念珠上點綴著如星辰般黃金斑點，既神秘又耀眼，這是我初次對青金石的印象。由於受法於這位老和尚的緣故，之後便不斷地尋找有無類似的青金石念珠，但當時那個年代台灣修藥師法門的並不多，即便少數幾位知道藥師法門的修行人也大都只知拜拜藥師懺，唸唸《藥師經》，或者持誦藥師琉璃光如來聖號，更遑論顧及所持念珠。
　
老和尚當時說根據所修本尊不同，所持的念珠也有所講究，藥師佛既屬於東方淨土，東方又屬於金剛部，所修的主尊身體皆屬藍色，因此，若要圓滿能有一條藍色念珠會更殊勝，後來，皇天不負苦心人，終於在林森北路當時有整條街都在賣珊瑚的店中找到了青金石，青金石其實價錢也不貴，當時挑了串一百零八顆九公厘青金石當作念珠，老闆也很幫忙，從箱中打開了一整箱成串的青金石，從上百串原珠中我挑選了最藍色的念珠，這種蔚藍色為底點綴著金光閃閃的石頭，在古代是波斯帝國極為寶貴的寶石，據說蘊藏著一股神秘又無法探測的能量，那種藍就如同透悟報身佛本身的湛藍，開顯明朗中給人一種身、口、意寧靜的感覺，有時握在手中冥想時又恍如置身於浩瀚無垠深藍色的星河中……青金石念珠也曾經伴隨過我一段波瀾不驚、海晏平靜的生活，並且也感受到藥師佛不可思議的加持佛力，印象極為深刻，七〇年代在我主持的一處講堂，由於大樓他戶夜晚受祝融之災，一剎那間整棟大樓皆受波及，但奇妙的是唯獨講堂絲毫不受牽擾，不但毫髮未損更無珠破玉碎之相，當日有值班佛堂數位同修親眼所見，只看樓下火舌直往上一層樓闖進，而佛堂只有火燒過後之煙霧，人員全皆平安，這全皆仰仗佛堂所供藥師佛之威神力庇蔭之故……。（未完待續）
　
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野放台灣五十餘年，貪狼獨坐，三方四正殺破狼格局，少年多舛，白手起家，隨展覽雲遊四海，如閒雲野鶴常持各類底片機流連廢墟、山川、宮廟忘返，遂設幻影堂自詡堂主，一日三省「凡所有相皆是虛妄」，常宅於暗房沖片放大通宵、鍾情黑白世界之單純，彩色照片俗世繽紛花俏做作甜美甚至比現實更現實故少拍也。知天命之年有餘，了悟人生一瞬、眨眼即逝，雖非仙人，亦無道骨，初聞離垢地生清淨心，但離華嚴「不動地」尚遠，待修持也。
2017年盛暑拍畢《巨神連線》，心律不整差點心肌梗塞向閻羅王報到，意識死神隨伺在側，人生苦短，如何了生脫死、盡斷煩惱、無所罣礙、遠離顛倒……總不得解，蒙釋迦摩尼佛開示飆淚三晝夜，聞佛法數載始知自我渺如塵埃，甚感慚愧。閒暇乃參訪名寺古剎，禮敬焚香佛陀菩薩羅漢諸神天仙王爺媽娘，台灣宮廟千奇百怪、宗派錯綜複雜（佛教、道教、一貫道、天主教、基督教、齋教、回教＆大同教、儒教鑾堂、天帝教＆天德教、慈惠堂＆勝安宮、軒轅教、道院、理教、萬國道德會、會靈山……）、神棍橫行（依人不依法、偶像崇拜、斂財、邪淫），因歷史變遷、社會動盪、政治鬥爭、意識形態等因素導致佛道混雜，但地獄造景稀少，後專注拍攝各殿閻王、判官、陰司、獄卒、七爺、八爺乃至一切罪人，各寺造景巧妙、耐人尋味，意境乖張溢於言表，造型扭曲非常人所能塑也，然匠心獨運、自成一格，專研西方藝術數十載方知真誠樸拙最美，絲毫不輸喬托（Giotto di Bondone，1267～1337）乃至米開朗基羅（Michelangelo Di lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 1475 ~ 1564）矣。

創立於1986年的石門金剛宮風景優美可眺望北濱，雖主祀四面佛，儒釋道眾神尊也不含糊，可過七星橋解厄、繞行五百黝黑羅漢敲鑼印心、跪拜亞洲最大臥佛涅槃像，安太歲自不在話下，甲子太歲爺雙眼長出手掌印象甚深，1994年經閻羅王指示廟公建造一條肚內設極樂世界及陰曹地府之神龍，行走暗黑通道觸動感應機關，只見面容猙獰受刑者呼天搶地喊冤、身邊盡是血肉糢糊殘肢敗屍腦漿塗地，十殿閻羅各司其職、威儀攝人。新北市林口區青嶺湖北文紫祥宮包公廟則以壁面彩塑地獄浮雕獨步全台，粉嫩色彩搭配卡漫風格，尤為造型簡直恐怖到可愛透頂，該廟主祀森羅殿閻羅天子包拯（包青天），陽世冤屈者可至此參拜祭解，求破懸案者眾，逢中元普渡皆以紙紮船渡亡魂至彼岸，全台唯一閻羅天子巨像籌備中，四周環繞墓地，適合修不淨觀也。台灣首尊彰化八卦山大佛旁南天宮（1971）地府則是首座電動地府，規模精小但驚嚇度破表，略顯破敗但五光十色仍蠻凶悍，出自已故台南大道長金登富之作，而電動神明起始可追溯至1960年代北港朝天宮。倒是嘉義水上鄉白人牙膏觀光工廠「戴相府」、「將軍府」設置十殿地府出乎意料之外，乾淨亮麗、ㄧ殿ㄧ間、簡單樸實。由高雄蓮潭龍虎塔龍口入內可見全臺唯一交趾陶地獄牆面，尊尊栩栩如生，續入龍身乃進聞聲救苦白衣觀音大士三十三化身浮雕隧道，造型設色甚為古錐。高雄大岡山超峰寺入口處「西方三聖蓮池海會」（阿彌陀佛、觀世音菩薩、大勢至菩薩巨像）旁設靜態十殿閻羅（1970年代初），雖略為陳舊然韻味猶存，續往上行可抵「證菩提道－釋迦如來應化事迹」雕塑園區，一攬世尊畢生精華。如來年邁時，琉璃國王為報長期被釋迦族輕蔑之傲慢心，世尊雖三次單獨伽跌坐 阻擋大軍進攻之路，但因緣果報無法逆轉，昔日婢女所生王子瞋恨無以復加，還是滅了祖國。自持神通第一目犍連不忍無辜百姓慘遭屠殺，遂以缽盛救度五百族人，最終卻化為血水，佛言神通廣大仍不敵千百劫業力，因緣果報屢試不爽。其母死後墜入餓鬼道飢餓難耐，目犍連遂展神通救渡，但所食尚未入口皆化為赤火，佛陀囑咐農曆七月十五日僧眾解安居自恣日，於盆中設甘露美食供養十方僧眾，因此超度亡母。後世「盂蘭盆法會」乃至「水懺法會」、「瑜珈焰口法會 」皆為消業障、斷塵垢之超渡儀軌，既渡亡魂也自懺悔。

台南麻豆代天府規模宏大、造型豔麗，不但可遊十八層地獄尚可逛天堂（1979年興建，1983年開放)，燈光絢爛、聲響駭人，獨自漫步宛如觀落陰、地獄走一回。先過「心頭山」、入「清心池」、進「陰陽界」、抵「交簿廳」、達「鬼門關」、遊「補經所」、探「枉死城」、行「奈何橋」，至ㄧ殿泰廣王照「孽鏡台」現造惡原形，睹抱柱、火床等小地獄。二殿楚江王開「陰查簿 」判案定奪，觀糞尿泥、餓鬼、舞池、寒冰、膿血、鞭韃、舌犁、劍葉、戟腹拋接、砧截……等小地獄。三殿宋帝王刑罰為倒吊、銅鐵刮臉、挖眼、搗樁、倒烤、吸血、穿肋、抽筋、蛆蛀等小地獄……兼遊「四生（胎、卵、濕、化）回魂府」。四殿五官王掌管腰斬、拔舌、沸湯、刺嘴、剝皮、箭樹、車崩、射眼……等十六小地獄。隨五殿森羅王豋「望鄉臺」回眸親人最終眼後觀擊膝、誅心、刀山、飛刀火石……小地獄。六殿卞城王別稱「大叫喚大地獄」，轄火牛、虎啖、噬腎、鉗嘴含鍼、釘喉、磨摧、砍頭……等小地獄。七殿泰山王為「熱惱大地獄」，窺烙手指、抽腸、頂石蹲身、油釜滾烹、割舌穿腮……等十六小地獄。八殿都市王掌管「大熱惱大地獄」兼火狗、鐵汁、鐵蛇、鋸劈斷肢、釘板、灸脊、鐵丸、磅秤……等小地獄。九殿平等王直轄十八層「阿鼻大地獄」，直透地心、內中陰森、不見五指、滿溢地漿，皆為極犯，另轄紫赤毒蛇鑽孔、夾頂、鐵鴉、針雨、蜂蠍……等小地獄。至十殿輪轉王上「觀生臺」、「轉劫所八司」（查驗司 、稽善司 、考過司 、恩怨司 、壽命司 、支配司、掌劫司 、授生司）後至「孟婆亭」飲「醧忘湯」忘盡前塵往事，依前世功德過金、銀、玉、石、木、竹六種橋樑至「轉輪臺（紫河車）」入六道輪迴轉生投胎。據《十八泥犁經》記載，人過世後七七四十九天為「中陰生」，經閻羅王審判善惡業力判定去留或懲罰百千萬劫，犯五逆重罪則墮入「無間地獄（阿鼻地獄）」永劫不復。地藏王乃幽冥教主，統轄十殿閻羅，逢三曹普渡便在各殿設「講道所」超度尚存善根之鬼魂。

人類居於五趣（阿修羅、人、傍生、餓鬼、地獄）雜居地五濁惡世之堪忍世界，犯十惡業（殺生、偷盜、邪淫、妄語、兩舌、惡口、綺語、貪慾、嗔恚、愚痴）者必墮三趣惡道。如何出「三界」（欲界、色界、無色界）二十八天？凡人無此意識，別說能破「十二因緣」（無明、行、識、名色、六入、觸、受、愛、取、有、生、老死）還滅門，更別想斷除「四聖諦」（苦、集、滅、道）集地八十一品見惑與八十八使思惑（五利使-身見、邊見、邪見、見取見、戒禁取見、五鈍使-貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑），了悟「五蘊」（色、受、想、行、識）本空、「十二入」（眼、耳、鼻、舌、意、色、聲、香、味、觸、法）空、「十八界」空，破俱生我執與分別我執、法執甚至空執，生十一處「善心所」（信、精進、慚、愧、無貪、無瞋、無痴、輕安、不放逸、行捨、不害），降二十六處「惡心所」（貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑、惡見、忿、恨、覆、惱、嫉、慳、誑、諂、害、憍、無慚、無愧、掉舉、惛沉、不信、懈怠、放逸、失念、散亂、不正知），須知善根斷盡則陷永劫輪迴、無垠轉世之苦。

地獄可能空滅嗎？若地獄空乏人間多鬼怪，地獄淨空世間何嘗非淨土？若能證空性何處現地獄？

地獄曠古來便廣泛流傳各部族間，老死生滅為自然運行之基礎、宇宙意識之核心，然今文明昌盛如咱城邦並非慾望消弭之所，惡性所及實無可根除，礙於憲法國家法律社會軍隊企業公司學校家庭團體之層層束縛不亞於十八層，乃遁於壓抑、束己情懷，暗埋心底、日久貪嗔痴慢疑怨噌會疊穢。而六塵未熄，心多妄念，妖魔鬼怪魑魅魍魎孤魂閃靈出沒於荒郊乃至人間，會靈於曠野密林以增性靈乃出世高人修煉之舉，我等凡人擅闖宛如迪士尼般之人造地獄，三魂七魄尚不足以出竅，驚邪恐怖淒厲猙獰倒滿足了自以為是的慚愧，豈不謬哉？

病毒肆虐年半有餘，全球確診者逼近一億八千萬，枉死者近四百萬，堪比戰爭規模，望眾生發慈悲心、令往生者安息、善待其他物種、平等有情眾生。地獄本空，唯妄念生起一切羨慕嫉妒恨而地獄現前。盡以此書作為世界新冷戰獨裁者、超限戰者、暗網駭客、陰險狡猾冷嘲熱諷落井下石者之良知備忘錄矣。

姚瑞中寫於2021年端午節

Postscript

I have been living recklessly in Taiwan for more than fifty years. According to Zi Wei Dou Shu (Purple Star Astrology), Tan Lang is the sole star in my house of Self. This star, which represents xxx, forms an equilateral triangle with that star Qi Sha and Po Jun on the square chart and constitutes a Sha Po Lang pattern. The pattern indicates a kind of turbulence and change, a life of wandering with ups and downs and it tells a lot about my life. After my ill-fated youth, I started from scratch and traveled around the world with exhibitions that I participated. Like a flaneur, I wandered around ruins, nature, and temples with every type of film camera obliviously. Thus, I founded the Hall of Illusion and claimed to be the master of the hall. Several times a day, I pondered a quote from the Diamond Sutra, “Everything with form is unreal.” In addition, I usually stayed in the darkroom developing film and enlarging those negatives overnight. However, I treasured the simplicity of the black and white world. The earthly, gaudy, garish, phony and pleasing qualities within colored photos make the images even more realistic than the real world. It is not my cup of tea, so I seldom took colored photos. In Confucian thought, the age of fifty marks the stage knowing the mandate of Heaven. I am now at my fifties and realize how ephemeral human life is. However, I am not an immortal, nor having sagelike characteristics. I just learned that the stage of stainless (the second bhūmi) and develop a pure mind that is free from doubt and defilement. However, I’m still far from the immovable state and need to practice.

In the summer of 2017, after filming the work Incarnation, I experienced a severe heart rhythm problem which almost triggered myocardial infarction and could have killed me. Consequently, I realized that death was waiting for me and the life is too short to figure out how I can liberate myself from the cycle of Birth and Death. I couldn’t comprehend how to be free from all afflictions and worries and how to avoid delusive ideas. I wept for three days and nights after being enlightened by Shakyamuni Buddha. Up to the moment, I felt ashamed that I failed to realize that the self is as insignificant as dust after these years learning and practicing Buddhism. Since then, I have visited famous temples and monasteries in my spare time, worshiping Buddha, Bodhisattvas, arhats, and all the deities and immortals. Taiwan’s temples are myriad with a enormous number of sects, including Buddhism, Taoism, Yiguandao, Catholicism, Christianity, Chinese religions of fasting, Islam& Baháʼí Faith, Confucianism, Tiandiism& Tian-De Teachings, Xiwangmu cult, Yellow Emperor Sect, Precosmic Salvationism, Liism, World Wide Ethical Society, séance cult, etc. Some people even claim that they can mediate communication between the deities or spirits of the dead with human beings, having their believer rely on themselves instead of the orthodox dharma or dogma and pay excessive respect and admiration for the mediums or objects, accumulating wealth through such an unfair means or even harassing their believer sexually. Due to Taiwan’s historical changes, social turbulence, political struggles, and ideological issues, Buddhism and Taoism are somehow mixed. However, there are few emphases on the concept of the hell. As I took photographs of Yama of each court, judges, wardens of the underworld, jailers, General Fan and Hsieh (the ghost escorts) and all sinners, I found few temples cleverly created hellish scenes that are intriguing, exaggerating, and extraordinary. However, the creations are unparalleled unique. I have been studying Western arts for decades and then I came to realize that simplicity makes the most beautiful works of art. These hellish scenes can even compete with works of Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) and Michelangelo Di lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564).

Jingang Temple Shimen District, founded in 1986, overlooks the beautiful North shore. Although the temple is mainly dedicated to Phra Phrom (the Thai representation of Mahabrahma), spirits of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism can also be founded in the temple. The worshipper can go cross the Seven Star bridge to relieve bad luck, walk along the five hundred arhat statues and knock on the gong to affirm one’s Buddha nature. Furthermore, the worshipper can also prostrate themself before Asia’s largest statue of Buddha in Nirvana (the Reclining Buddha statue) and pacify the Taoist Tai Sui deity of the year. I was impressed by the Jia-Zi Tai Sui General that a pair of palms grow out of his eyes. In 1994, the biō-kong (the person taking charge of the temporal affairs of a temple) received a divine inspiration from Yama (the King of Hell) that he had to build a sacred hall in the shape of a divine dragon, with the interior designed according to the World of Ultimate Bliss and the Underworld. When the visitor walks in the dark hallway, they will see the tortured people (dioramas, of course) scrunching their faces and crying bitterly and loudly in excessive grief as the visitor triggers the mechanism. One will even find them in the midst of flesh, body liquid and blood, mutilated limbs, and rotten corpses. While each of the ten Yamas are focusing on their own duties, showing their sacred dignity that collect visitors’ attention. The Baogong Temple in Linkou District, New Taipei City exclusively features colorful depiction of hellish scenes in relief in Taiwan. With its pastel shades and cartoon-like style, the relief is both grotesque and adorable at the same time. This temple is dedicated to Bao Zhen (also known as Justice Bao) representing the incarnation of Yama. Living people who have been treated unjustly can come worshipping Bao Gong and receive exorcism. Therefore, many people come here for seeking to solve unsolved cases. In Zhongyuan Festival (the ghost festival), the temple will burn the Zhizha (paper craft) boat to ferry the ghosts to the other shore, which is the shore of enlightenment. The only giant statue of Yama in Taiwan is still in the making. The temple is surrounded by a cemetery, suitable for meditating on the loathsomeness and impurity. Nantian Temple (1971), located next to the Eight Trigram Mountains Buddha in Changhua, features the first animatronic underworld. Despite the small size, the animatronic underworld is intensely shocking. Though it’s slightly worn, the colorful dioramas are still brutally ferocious. The creator was the late venerable Dao Zhang (Taoist priest) Jing Deng-fu while the origin of animatronic deities can be traced back to the 1960s Beigang Chaotian Temple. On the contrary, the Whiteman Toothpaste Tourism Factory in Shuishang Township, Chiayi, features ten Yamas with individual booth. The place is unexpectedly clean and polished yet keeps a simple and modest tone. Then, the Dragon Pagoda of the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas at Lotus Lake in Zuoying, Kaohsiung, holds the only relief of hellish scenes made of Kochin ceramic. All the figures are vivid and life-like. If one goes further into the pagoda, they will see a relief tunnel of the thirty-three incarnations of the white-robed form of Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara) on a white lotus, with a lovely and interesting design. Another Hall of Yama is built in the 1970s next to the entrance of Dagangshan Chaofeng Temple, located in the Alian District of Kaohsiung. Visitors will also see three statues of the Three Holy Ones of the Western Pureland (Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta) which assemble at a lotus pond. Although the hellish scene looks somewhat antiquated, you may still find its previous charm. If one goes further, they will reach the sculptural garden of “Attaining the Bodhi Way: the Incarnation of Sakyamuni Buddha,” where the visitor can see the essence of Bhagavato’s (meaning the Blessed one, one of the common epithets for Buddha) life. When Tathāgata (another epithet for Buddha) was old, the king of Kosala wanted to avenge the arrogance of the tribe of Shakyas who had long despised him, regarding him as a son of a maiden. Although Buddha has sat in lotus position alone three times to stop the army from attacking his tribe. However, one can never reverse the cause and following karma. The prince born of a maiden was so furious that he eventually destroyed his homeland. Maudgalyāyana (one of the Buddha’s closest disciples), who is said to have had supernatural abilities that surpassed the other disciples, could not bear to see the slaughter of innocent people. Thus, he saved five hundred people of his tribe with a pātra (an eating utensil of Buddhist monks). Unfortunately, everything he did was in vain, those who were saved eventually turned into a puddle of blood. The Buddha said that the supernatural abilities cannot surpass the power of karma. The cause and effect work all the time. When Maudgalyāyana’s mother fell into the path of hungry ghost, he used his supernatural abilities to save his mother from hunger. However, all the food turned into fire before being fed to his mother. Later, the Buddha commanded the monks to put nectar and dishes in a basin on the 15th day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar for the monks from all directions to free his mother from reincarnation. In later times, the Ullambana Dharma Service, the Compassionate Samadhi Water Repentance, and the Yoga Collection for Feeding the Searing Mouths Dharma Service are rituals to eliminate karmic hindrance and to cease to worldly delusions. Through such practices, one can free the dead as well as confess their repentance.

Madou Daitian Temple is a magnificent and colorful temple in Tainan. Not only can the worshippers visit the eighteen levels of Hell but also the Heaven (it was built in 1979 and inaugurated in 1983) here. The lighting and sound effects are stunning and frightening. When walking alone in the space, one may feel like taking a Guan Luo Yin trip (a Taoist necromancy which leads people’s spirits to hell and communicate with the dead ones) to visit the underworld prison. Before arriving the first court of the underworld, the visitor will walk through the Mountain of Heart Summit, the Pure Heart Pond, the Frontier between the Living and the Dead Realms, the Soul Registry Hall, the Portico of Demons, the Center for Complementary Teaching of Canonical Books, the Citadel of Premature Death, and the Bridge of Vanity. When one arrives at the first court, they will see King Chin-guang, who is in charge of the court, using the Mirror of Retribution to show the earthly form of evil creatures and also witness the sub-hell of Pillar-Holding and Fire Bed, etc. At the second court, King Chu-jiang collates the register of sins the souls of the dead have committed to impose the punishments. Here, you will see the sub-hell of Excrement and Urine, Hungry Ghost, Burning Dance Floor, Ice, Pus and Blood, Whipping, Tongue-Raking, Sword Blade, Stomach-Piercing, Chopping, etc. Next, the dead at the third court, ruled by King Song-di, will receive the punishments including inversion tortures, face-skinning with steel and copper knife, eye-wrenching, pounding, blood-sucking, rib-piercing, roasting, tendon-taking, being eaten by maggots. The visitor can pay a visit to the Palace of Soul-Resuscitation for the Four Forms of Creatures (birth from an egg, birth from a womb, birth from moisture, and birth by transformation). King Wu-guan is in charge of the fourth court. There are sixteen sub-hells at the fourth court including Waist Chop, Tongue Removal, Boiling Pond, Mouth-stabbing, Skin-peeling, Sword Tree, Burning Wheels and Cart, Eye-shooting, etc. Next, at the fifth court, sinful souls are allowed to ascend the Tower of Hometown-Viewing to take a final look of their family. The visitor will witness sub-hells of Knee-striking, Heart-slicing, Blade Mountain, Flying Swords and Burning Stones, etc. The King of Bian City takes charge of the sixth court, which is also known as the “Great Hell of Screaming,” with sub-hells including Fire Cattle, Tiger-Biting, Kidney-Eating, Mouth-Poking, Throat-Nailing, Iron Mill, Decapitation, etc. The King of Tai-shan is in charge of the seventh court, the “Great Hell of Heat and Fire.” The sixteen sub-hells at this court include Finger-Searing, Bowel-Hauling, Stone-Bearing, Boiling Oil, Tongue-Removal and Cheek-Piercing, etc. Next, the King Du-shi is in charge of the eighth court, the “Great Hell of Intense Fire and Heat,” and the sub-hells including Fire Dogs, Molten Iron, Iron Snakes, Dismemberment, Steel Spikes, Burning-Marrow, Iron Ball, Scale, etc. The ninth court is ruled by the King Ping-deng. It is known as the biggest court, Avici Hell (the Hell of Incessant Suffering), which if the lowest level of the hell realm and the interior is gloomily and terrifyingly dark. Those who committed the most serious evil deed will be sent to the Avici Hell. Sub-hells such as Poisonous Snake, Brain-Removal, Crow-Gnawing, Raining Needles, Wasps and Scorpions are included at this court. After arriving the tenth court, ruled by the Great King of the Reincarnation Palace, one can visit the “Observatory of Life on earth” and the “eight bureaus of the Reincarnation Palace” (including the Bureau of Judicial Control, the Bureau of Good-Actions, the Bureau of Bad-Actions, the Bureau of Debts, Gratitude, and Vengeance, the Bureau of Longevity and Destiny, the Bureau of Familial Ties, the Bureau of the Reincarnated, and the Bureau of Birth). The sinful one will be sent to the Pavilion of Mengpo and made to drink the Soup of Forgetfulness to forget all past affairs. According to the sinful one’s merits of previous life, they will go across one of the six bridges (gold, silver, jade, stone, wood, bamboo) to the “Reincarnation-Wheel (Wheel on the Crimson River).” Finally, one is able to reborn in the six realms. According to the Aṣṭadaśa nāraka sutra ( the Eighteen Hells Sutra), after one passes away, they will enter an intermediate and transitional state between death and rebirth, known as antarābhava in Sanskrit, for forty-nine days. The being will be evaluated by Yama, who will decide if one should get reborn or get punished at the hell. Those who committed the Five Grave Offenses (killing one’s father, killing one’s mother, killing an Arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, and creating a schism within the community of Buddhist monks and nun who practice for attaining enlightenment.) will be sent to the Avici Hell and stay there eternally. Kṣitigarbha is the Lord of the Nether World, ruling the ten court of Hell. The lord will set up the “Hall of Teaching” at each court to salvage those sinful ones who still obtain few merits at the offering rituals.

Human beings live the Sahā world (sahāloka in Sanskrit, meaning “endurance of suffering,” a concept of mundane world in Mahāyāna Buddhism) where they share with other reincarnations (including beings of the hells, of the preta, and of malevolent nature spirits) with five turbidities (the Kalpa turbidity, the view turbidity, the affliction turbidity, the living beings turbidity, and the life turbidity). Those who commit the ten evil deeds (killing, stealing, adultery, lying, using immoral language, slandering, equivocating, coveting, anger, and false views) must fall into the three evil paths (animals, preta, and hell). However, how can one escape from the three realms/ twenty-eight heavens (including the six heavens of the desire realm, the eighteen heavens of the form realm, and the four heavens of the formless realm)? Worldly people who don’t have such an awareness cannot leave the cycle of the twelve nidanas (meaning causes or motivations), let alone eliminate the eighty-one afflictions (that have been produced due to misunderstanding regarding reality) and the eighty-eight illusions (including five afflictions of advanced practitioners, also known as five views: view of self, extreme view, evil view, view of attachment to views, and view of morality; and five unintelligent temptations: desire, anger, stupidity, arrogance, and doubt) of thought within the three realms and four Arya satyas (noble truths, including suffering, arising, ending, and path). They cannot realize that the essence of the five skandhas (referring to aggregates of clinging, including the matter of form, sensation, recognition, mental formation, and consciousness) , the twelve ayatana (meaning sense base, including six internal bases: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind and six external bases: visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects), and the eighteen dhātavah (meaning compositional elements of human existence, including six consciousness, six faculties, and their objects) are the emptiness and the void. Furthermore, they cannot dispel the two reasons for clinging to the idea of the self and the attachment to elemental constructs and even believe in the two (false) tenets that that karma and nirvana are not real and that the ego and phenomena are real. As a consequence, they fail to develop the eleven wholesome mental factors (faith, energy, conscience, being ashamed, non-attachment, non-aggression, non-delusion, calmness, equanimity, conscientiousness, and non-injuriousness) and cease the sixteen unwholesome mental factors (desire, greed, anger, delusion, arrogance, doubt, wrong view, wrath, enmity, hypocrisy, vexation, jealousy, parsimony, deceit, flattery, harming, ambitiousness, stupidity, lacking of faith, idleness, being unrestrained, forgetting, distraction, non-discernment, ). One must bear in mind that once all our virtuous roots are discontinued, they will be trapped in the never-ending reincarnation and the suffering of infinite continuity.
Is it possible that the hell will be empty one day? If the beings in hell will become extinct while evil spirits inhabit the mundane world, the world could be considered as a pure land. If we could witness the nature of the void, then hell will exist no more.
Since ancient times, the concept of hell has been widely spread among all tribes. Aging, death, beginning, and end are the basis of nature and the core of cosmic consciousness. However, the prosperous civilization as our island is not a place where desire can be eliminated. It’s impossible to eradicate evil nature. Since fetters brought by the constitution, the state, the law, society, the military, corporations, schools, families, and groups are not less than the eighteen levels of hell, the mortals repress themselves, bury their feelings. Day after day, greed, anger, stupidity, arrogance, doubt, and resentment are stacking. However, since the six dust (visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects) has not yet been extinguished, people in the mundane world are still full of delusions. The demons, devils, evil spirits, and the wondering dead exist in the wilderness, while only advanced practitioners with transcendent would attempt to make contact with the dead in the wasteland and forest. Worldly people like us trespass in Disneyland-like man-made hell. It is absurd and ridiculous that the hellish scenes cannot stop us from perpetrating evil deeds, but the horrific and cruel scenes yet satisfy our self-righteous shame.

The pandemic has been boiling over for more than a year and a half. The number of infected patients worldwide is nearly a hundred and eighty million, and the death toll has risen to four million, which is equivalent to a war crisis. I hope that we can all be compassionate, give peace to the dead, treat all sentient beings well and equally. The hell is innately empty; however, deluded and misleading thoughts would give rise to all jealousy and hatred and then manifest the hell before us. This book merely serves as a memorandum of conscience for dictators of the world’s new cold war, supporters of unrestrained warfare, dark web hackers, and those who are cunning and contemptuous and maltreat others when knowing they have problems.

June 2021,

Yao Jui-chung

疫情爆發以來，藝術家能做的事不多，平常就閉關在家其實挺習慣，但是總想為社會做些事、幫上忙，想了半天安撫人心也許還行吧！於是另一本「地獄空」將趕在中元普渡八月初出版上市，由典藏出版社社長發心首肯出版，設計名家黃子欽操刀，附贈很多符咒給大家趨吉避凶。諸惡莫作，眾善奉行，疫情消退，平安喜樂。附上後記給大家解封後參訪這些宮廟，觀照自己的心所。全文如下：

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＃龍柱＃北埔＃慈天宮

在從事台灣清朝龍柱相關研究時，最重要的就是透過實物觀察，發現某些廟宇的龍柱是採用台灣本地石材，並在現場雕刻而成。

最好的例子就是北埔慈天宮，以當時的經濟及交通條件，位在山區的廟宇是很難進口石材或龍柱，做為興修改建之用。而解決的辦法即是招聘匠師們來此居住生活，並利用當地的岩場找尋適當的石料，就近開鑿雕刻，來減少運送過程的耗損與費用。

這種採取現場雕刻的做法，對培植台灣本土相關石雕師傅具有一定的關鍵因素。匠師渡海而來，帶來的技術與工法，對當地民眾來說是最好學習觀摩的機會，也對石作事業有了更多的認識和了解，甚至匠師完工後留在台灣，例如日治時期的辛阿救家族及張火廣和張協成父子，對後學的養成及產業的發展，絕對有著正面的貢獻。

從現有資料來看，廣東潮州的粵派匠師是最早來台尋找機會，在兩百多年前的乾隆年間已經有用觀音石或砂岩雕刻的作品誕生，例如新莊廣福宮和嘉義水上苦竹寺等。咸豐年間前後福建惠安閩派匠師也前來，並在北港朝天宮及萬華祖師廟用觀音石材雕刻龍柱。

而在清朝最大規模粵派現場石藝雕刻並保存妥善的即是北埔慈天宮，同治年間共雕刻了八根紋飾柱，兩對龍柱和兩對人物柱，此外三川殿石獅及所有的牆堵也是用砂岩堆砌雕鑿而成。從雕刻的題材與內容來說，體現了客家鄉親的宗教觀與家庭觀，也為我們保存了相當珍貴的歷史文化資產。

北埔慈天宮的兩對龍柱，因為是現場雕刻，也產生了一些不見於其他廟宇類似作品的狀況，例如同對龍嘴牙齒的造型及排列為何會不同？兩對公龍中間的尾鰭為何被刻意敲斷，是基於何種理由而為之？改天有機會去北埔老街旅遊時，千萬別錯過，一定要去一探究竟呦！

【台灣龍柱】圖像拍攝過程經驗分享

2006年開始研究台灣龍柱，歷經四年的時間，過程中曾蒙國家文藝基金會美術類研究與調查補助，走訪台灣三百多間廟宇，拍攝超過兩萬多張的照片，最後撰寫了14萬餘字的「台灣寺廟龍柱造型之研究」，且於2010年由國立編譯館審訂，華香園出版社發行。

因為是龍柱圖像造型研究，所以現場拍攝是無法避免的工作，有時一天要跑四、五間廟宇，拍到手酸到不行，不過這樣的過程也是讓自己重新認識台灣文化的契機。

有時下午三點過後，就會發現陽光會透過天井，照耀正殿，此時的廟裡充滿了神光普照的視覺氛圍，也是最適合拍攝正殿龍柱的時間。

升龍柱例的龍首是最難拍攝的，除非用梯子，不然沒有辦法拍攝到完全正面的照片，也就無法精確的做圖像分析的研究工作，但是梯子並不容易攜帶，所以我是先把相機固定在腳架上，再用雙手提高到龍首差不多的高度，最後用無線遙控快門線來幫助按下快門，當然因為不穩，所以都是設定三連拍的模式處理。

拍了這麼多張照片，儲存是一個最大的問題，買了一個桌上硬碟好備份，但是到了後期，因過度使用，結果把硬碟搞壞，萬分懊惱，只好花錢請人把硬碟資料的圖片救回。

修圖也是一份苦差事，背景過於凌亂，就只能用修圖軟體慢慢的塗黑，不過也發現透過如此這般的改造，視覺感受竟然完全不同，那種純雕塑的美感自然散發。當然用鐵欄保護的龍柱就愛莫能助，也就盡量挑選看不出有欄杆的照片，加減使用。

有時候運氣不好，只能多跑幾趟，像北港朝天宮第一次去的時候正逢大修，整個觀音殿是全部拆解編號，龍柱也用氣泡布完全密封。到鹿港龍山寺也是適逢大修，整個廟宇都圍起來，只好拜託廟方人員破例讓我進去拍攝，可惜五門殿那對乾坤交泰的龍柱，四周都佈滿施工用的鷹架，很難拍攝到理想的照片。

清朝龍柱都是單龍盤柱的佈局，一柱一龍，背後偶有八仙四獸，整體造型簡練，氣勢非凡，其中最讓人驚訝的是位在金山老街的慈護宮正殿龍柱下竟然出現螃蟹等水族造像，象徵台灣本土意識的抬頭，具有極為重要的文物價值。

偶爾來一趟台灣古廟之旅，看看那百年龍柱所散發的迷人魅力，也是不錯的文化旅遊新選擇呦！

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國立台北藝術大學美術創作研究所畢業。

曾任國立台南藝術大學藝術史系及東海大學美術學系講師。

個展12次，國內外聯展30餘次。

作品曾在香港蘇富比、羅芙奧及沐春堂拍賣成交。

著作「墨色的真相」與「台灣寺廟龍柱造型之研究」獲國立編譯館出版刊行。

現為羲之堂代理之專職水墨畫家。

水墨創作介紹：http://tom20030208.pixnet.net/blog/category/2797965

水墨材料介紹：http://tom20030208.pixnet.net/blog/category/2800158

藝術生活分享：http://tom20030208.pixnet.net/blog/category/2838915

台灣龍柱介紹：http://tom20030208.pixnet.net/blog/category/2797923

水墨藝術分享：http://tom20030208.pixnet.net/blog/category/2823594

台灣露營分享：http://tom20030208.pixnet.net/blog/category/2811651

國內旅遊分享：http://tom20030208.pixnet.net/blog/category/2798133

國外旅遊分享：http://tom20030208.pixnet.net/blog/category/2811654

空拍經驗分享：http://tom20030208.pixnet.net/blog/category/2798208

111009年代觀景變觀墳周董告建商廣告不實
影片網址→http://youtu.be/475ZFAwB9Ck

豪宅鄰墳場 周董怒告建商2011年 10月09日【綜合報導】藝人周杰倫（周董）擁有7億元房產，他的母親葉惠美3年前幫他在新北市淡水區「台北灣」添購一間96坪、要價2756萬元的景觀豪宅預售屋，不料今年3月她登上21樓新屋觀景，竟發現豪宅面臨亂葬崗，觀景變成「觀墳」，她認為建商隱瞞實情，要求解約退款，建商反要求付違約金，周媽媽和周董怒告對方「廣告不實」，要求退還已付的826萬元，並付100萬元懲罰性賠償金。......↓

全案前天開庭，周杰倫與母親都未出庭，委由律師林信和處理。林昨強調：「周家打官司是要討公道，並給建商必要教訓。」周杰倫目前人在新加坡，他所屬的杰威爾音樂昨說：「杰倫支持母親採取法律行動。」

在地面看不到墓
周杰倫買的「台北灣」位於淡海新市鎮，主打海景造鎮社區，已開發1.5萬坪，興建1693戶，當時面高爾夫球場第1排戶每坪開出18萬至26萬元當地新天價，吸引不少台北市置產族，今年4、5月開始交屋。

周家律師林信和昨表示，當初周媽媽去看預售屋時，工地與展示中心不在同一地方，看到的預售屋立體圖旁邊都是茂密的林木，且該建案廣告強調「球場第一排......由大屯山系、觀音山嵐、淡水河景，與球場譜成的如茵極美之境。」都在描述景觀之美，從沒提到會俯瞰到一旁的亂葬崗墳墓區。他說，周媽媽簽約現場是工地，亂葬崗被山坡前排樹木擋住，站在地面根本看不到亂葬崗，若知道有墓地，周媽媽一定不會買。

墳墓已陸續遷移
林信和說，周媽媽今年3月發現觀景變成觀墳後，認為建商隱瞞實情且廣告不實，立刻要求解約及退回已付款項826萬8千元，建商態度強硬表示若要解約，就得付購屋價2756萬元的15%當違約金，金額約413.4萬元。周媽媽不滿表示：「我又不是違約，是你騙我。」認為建商「寶路開發建設」形同詐欺，因此在7月提告建商違反《公平交易法》、《消費者保護法》，並向公平會檢舉。

「台北灣」專案經理陳慶龍昨說，當時寶路開發委託甲山林廣告銷售，已要求現場展示新北市墳墓遷移公文，會出現糾紛，可能是當時銷售人員說明不夠完整。他說，社區旁那塊有墓地的土地因為屬於森林保護區，地上不能有建物，已陸續遷移，近千坪土地由寶路開發負責綠化，該棟其他住戶都未退屋，葉惠美提告，讓他們感到「很悶」。

甲山林廣告昨則回應，承接建案前並不曉得旁邊有墓地，銷售一半才發現有，即向新北市政府提出申請遷移，沒有所謂「未告知」的疏失。

「移屍還是凶宅」
《蘋果》記者昨至現場勘查，發現墓地已遷移，現場已整地完畢。現場陰廟萬善堂廟方人員表示，原址確實都是墳墓。新北市民政局表示，墓地已遷移完畢。不過周家律師林信和強調：「這就像是凶宅，你把屍體移走了，還是凶宅啊！」

對於這起糾紛，行政院公平交易委員會發言人孫立群說，本案在到要交屋階段才發現社區旁有墓地，若建商當初以窗外綠帶景觀為廣告，違背有墳墓之實，就可能觸法。依《公平交易法》相關罰則，廣告虛偽不實最高可罰2500萬元。

下月傳喚周媽媽
新北市政府消保官張佑齊表示，預售屋定型化契約要求銷售人員有義務告知周邊環境瑕疵，如墓地、高壓電塔等嫌惡設施，依據《民法》92條「不作為詐欺」，也就是事實未告知或刻意隱瞞，消費者除可退戶，也能要求減少價金，或進入法律程序，由法院判決。

由於前天開庭時周家律師和建商各說各話，法官為釐清真相，定下月1日傳喚周媽媽葉惠美出庭說明。

周杰倫檔案及房產投資
◎職業：歌手、演員、導演
◎年齡：32歲
◎身高/體重：
175公分/63公斤
◎學歷：淡江中學畢
◎身家：估計40億元
◎酬勞：廣告：3000~4000萬元 電影：5000萬元
◎投資房產（共約7億元）：
元大欽品（北市牯嶺街）：1戶、12樓、76坪，市價4000萬元
元大一品苑（北市博愛特區）：2戶、各150坪及80坪，外加10個車位，市價3.8億元
荷蘭灣（新北市淡海新市鎮）：3戶、各100坪，市價共5400萬元
台北灣（新北市淡海新市鎮）：1戶、96坪、市價2756萬元
比佛利山莊（美國洛杉磯）：傳斥資2億元
資料來源：《蘋果》資料室

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