The nature of one’s sins determines which of the Buddhist hells one falls into. Here we see a section of the Buddhist hell—a river of boiling excrement—reserved for monks who have indulged in drinking alcohol and eating meat, violoations of the precepts. The poor monks who have fallen into this horrific river cower in fear, tears of fire flowing from their eyes.
 
KITAZAWA NatsukiEnglish by Mary Lewine 
Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, p.337, no.161.