造殺，盜，婬，妄，酒之五惡者，生時遭王法之逼害，死入於惡道，名為五痛，苦痛切身如火之燒，故喻之為五燒。無量壽經下曰：「我今於此世間作佛，處於五惡五痛五燒之中為最劇苦，教化群生令捨五惡，令去五痛，令離五燒。」又曰：「是為五大惡五痛五燒，勤苦如是，譬如大火焚燒人身。」
The five burnings, or 五痛 five pains, i. e. infraction of the first five commandments leads to state punishment in this life and the hells in the next.