The Long Āgama Sūtra 15.18

15.18

「梵志！時，善宿聞此語已，即往塚間，欲至未至，時，彼死屍竝動膝脚，忽爾而蹲，時彼善宿故前到死屍所，語言：『究羅帝！汝命終耶？』死屍答言：『我已命終。』問曰：『汝以何患命終？』死屍答言：『瞿曇記我，七日後腹脹命終，我如其言，至滿七日，腹脹命終。』善宿復問：『汝生何處？』屍即報言：『彼瞿曇所記，當生起屍餓鬼中，我今日生起屍餓鬼中。』善宿問曰：『汝命終時，云何殯送？』屍答曰：『瞿曇所記，以葦索繫抴於塚間，實如彼言，以葦索繫抴於塚間。』時，死屍語善宿曰：『汝雖出家，不得善利。瞿曇沙門說如此事，汝常不信。』作是語已，死屍還臥。

“Wanderer, when he learned that, Sunakṣatra went to the cemetery. Before he reached it, that corpse moved its legs at the knee and suddenly squatted. Sunakṣatra then approached the corpse and said, ‘Khoradattika, has your life ended?’

“The corpse said, ‘My life has ended.’

“He asked, ‘What trouble caused your life to end?’

“The corpse answered, ‘Gautama predicted that in seven days my belly would swell up, and my life would end. It was as he said. When the seventh day arrived, my belly swelled up, and my life ended.’

“Sunakṣatra also asked, ‘Where were you born?’

“The corpse replied, ‘Just as Gautama predicted that I would be born among corporeal hungry ghosts, I was born today as a corporeal hungry ghost.’

“Sunakṣatra asked, ‘When your life ended, how was your body moved?’

“The corpse answered, ‘Just as Gautama predicted, it was dragged to the cemetery with a reed cord. It really was as he said. I was dragged to the cemetery with a reed cord.’

“The corpse said to Sunakṣatra, ‘Even though you left home, you’ve gotten no good benefit from it. The ascetic Gautama predicted these events, but you constantly disbelieve him.’ After saying that, the corpse laid back down.