大正藏 No.80《佛为首迦长者说业报差别经》隋洋川郡守瞿昙法智 译

佛告首迦：“有十种业，能令众生得短命报。一者、自行杀生。二者、劝他令杀。三者、赞叹杀法。四者、见杀随喜。五者、于恶憎所，欲令丧灭。六者、见怨灭已，心生欢喜。七者、坏他胎藏（堕自胎或帮她堕胎）。八者、教人毁坏（教人堕胎）。九者、建立天寺，屠杀众生。十者、教人战斗，互相残害。以是十业，得短命报。”

The Buddha Taught The Elder Different Karmas Sutra

Translation Summary: According to the Buddha:

“There are ten types of karma that will cause the sentient beings to have short life as retribution.

First, personally kill the sentient beings (including animals, insects).

Second, persuade others to kill. Third, praise killing. Fourth, rejoice in others’ killing.

Fifth, desire to destroy those sentient beings (insects) and their (living) places that one loathes.

Sixth, rejoice when one's foe perishes.

Seventh, harm the foetus by abortion (be it oneself 's pregnancy or others' pregnancy).

Eighth, teach or instruct others to destroy (or undergo abortion).

Ninth, build temple to worship the Heavens and massacre the sentient beings (mass slaughter of animals as offering).

Tenth, teach or instruct others to fight, so as to harm or even kill each other."  

大正藏 No.1476《佛说优婆塞五戒相经》宋元嘉年求那跋摩 译 

佛言：“若为杀胎故，作堕胎法。若胎死者，犯不可悔。若胎不死者，是中罪可悔。若母死者，是中罪可悔。俱死者，是犯不可悔。是名堕胎杀法。”

The Buddha Defines Upasaka's Five Precepts Sutra

Translation Summary: According to the Buddha:

“If one does an abortion with the intention to kill the foetus (be it oneself 's pregnancy or others’ pregnancy); if the foetus dies, then one will commit a grave sin that cannot be atoned by repentance. If the foetus does not die despite one’s abortion attempt, then it is a medium sin that can be atoned by repentance. If the pregnant mother dies instead due to such abortion, then it is also a medium sin that can be atoned by repentance. But if both mother and foetus die as a result, then such abortion is a grave sin that cannot be atoned by repentance. All these are known as killing by abortion dharma.”

 

《佛说轮转五道罪福报应经》亦名《佛说罪福报应经》

刘宋三藏法师求那跋陀罗 译

(佛言)“为人短命，胞胎伤堕，生世未几，而早命终，堕在三涂，数千万劫。”
佛言：“此辈前世为人，好喜射猎、焚烧山泽、探巢破卵、施捕鱼网。杀一切众生，贪其皮肉，以自食啖；多短命报，世世累劫无有出期。慎之！慎之！痛不可言！”

The Buddha Declares Retribution for Sins and Merits Sutra

Translation Summary: According to the Buddha:

“When as humans, their lives are very short; as foetus who died during miscarriage/abortion or as babies who died soon after they were born. (Upon their premature death as humans) They will then plunge into the three wretched realms (animals, hungry ghosts, hell) for thousands or millions of kalpas. Such people, in their past lives as humans, like to hunt or shoot (animals/birds); or like to burn mountain’s forest; or like to break eggs in nests; or like to cast fishing nets. Those who kill all types of animals or sentient beings due to greed for their skin/fur or greed for their flesh to be eaten by themselves; usually suffer short-life retribution (as humans, then fall into the three wretched realms) life after life for a great number of kalpas, without any release date. Caution! Caution! Such pain is beyond words! ”

大正藏 No.99《杂阿含经》（五一二）第19卷  宋天竺三藏求那跋陀罗 译

如是我闻。一时佛住王舍城，乃至路中见一大身众生(鬼)，举体无皮，形如肉段，乘虚而行。乃至佛告诸比丘：“此众生者，过去世时，于此王舍城，自堕其胎，缘斯罪故，堕地狱中已百千岁，受无量苦。以余罪故，今得此身，续受斯苦。诸比丘，如大目犍连所见，真实无异，当受持之。”

Samyuktagama-sutra   (miscellaneous discourses)

Translation Summary: According to the Buddha:

After seeing at the road a huge skinless-body sentient being (ghost) that looks like a huge lump of flesh, the Buddha told all bhiksus: “This sentient being in her past life here in Rajagrha had aborted her foetus herself. As a consequence of her self-abortion sin, she had fallen into the Hell and had undergone unlimited sufferings for hundreds or thousands of years. By having such (ghost) body now, her suffering continues, caused by the remainder of her (self-abortion) sin.

All bhiksus, just as what Maha-Maudgalyayana (Maha-Moggallāna) had seen, it is true and the same. You should accept and uphold this teaching. ” 

大正藏 No.745《佛说杂藏经》 东晋平阳沙门法显 译

复有一鬼，白目连言：“我身常如块肉，无有手脚、眠耳鼻等；恒为虫鸟所食，罪苦难堪。何因缘故尔？”目连答言：“汝前世时，常与他药，堕他儿胎；是故受如此罪。此是华报，地狱苦果，方在后耳。”

The Buddha Expounds Miscellaneous Canon Sutra

Translation Summary:

A ghost asked  Maudgalyayana (Moggallāna): “My body is always like a lump of flesh, no arms, no legs, no eyes, no ears and no nose etc. Birds and insects are always eating my flesh; such suffering is unbearable. What sin causes this condition? ” Maudgalyayana replied: “In your past life, you had often provided medicine to (many) people to abort their foetus. This is just the initial outcome or ‘flower-retribution’ of your sin (inducing others’ abortion). Your subsequent Hell’s suffering will be your ‘real-fruit retribution’.” 
 

大正藏 No. 200《撰集百缘经》卷第五  吴月支优婆塞支谦 译

（四九）饿鬼自生还啖五百子缘

佛告那罗达多：“若欲知者，好至心听，吾当为汝分别解说。此贤劫中，波罗奈国有一长者，金银珍宝，奴婢仆使，象马牛羊，不可称计。唯一夫人，无有子息，祷祀神祇，求索有子，了不能得。时彼长者，即便更取族姓家女。未久之间，便觉有妊。其大夫人，见其有妊，便生嫉妒，密与毒药，令彼堕胎。姊妹眷属，即诣其所，与彼大妇，极共斗诤，遂相打棒，问其虚实。其大妇者，正欲道实，恐其交死，正欲不道，苦痛叵言，逼切得急，而作咒诅：“若我真实，堕汝胎者，令我舍身，生饿鬼中，一日一夜，生五百子，生已随啖，终不饱足。”作是誓已，寻即放去。

佛告那罗达多：“欲知彼时，其大妇者，生嫉妒心，堕他子故，妄语咒誓，堕饿鬼中，今受是报。”

时诸比丘，闻佛说是，嫉妒之心多诸过患，能令众生堕于恶趣。

Selected 100 Karmas Compilation Sutra

Hungry Ghost Eats Her 500 Babies -- Cause and Condition 

Translation Summary: According to the Buddha:

“During the Bhadra-kalpa, the present kalpa period; there was an extremely rich Elder. But his only wife remained childless, despite their prayers and worship to the deities, begging to have a son. Hence, that Elder married another woman who was from a big (Brahmin) family and not long after, she was pregnant. His first wife became jealous of his second wife’s pregnancy and secretly administered poison to induce her abortion. His second wife’s sisters and relatives then came to her home; together they accused, denounced and beat up the first wife. They demanded to know the truth. His first wife initially intended to reveal the truth, but was afraid of being put to death. Choosing not to tell the truth, she was painfully speechless and distressed. But when forced to a corner, she hastily swore this curse: ‘If I had really aborted her foetus, upon my death, let me reborn among the hungry ghosts, give birth to five hundreds babies every day and night; eat all my children upon their birth and yet I will not be full.’ After she had sworn (this self-curse), they released her. At that time, due to jealousy in her heart, the first wife had aborted another’s child; then lied, swore and even cursed herself. She had thus plunged among the hungry ghosts and is still feeling her retribution now."

At that time, all bhiksus had heard the Buddha’s words (warning) that a jealous mind not only has many faults and pitfalls leading to hardships; but will also cause the sentient beings to plunge into the evil realms.