ལས་བརྒྱ་ཐམ་པ་པ 13.1

13.1

generated the seeds for unexcelled, completely perfect awakening. Most among that retinue were established in devotion to the Buddha, entering into the Dharma, and taking refuge in the Saṅgha. / The Hundred Deeds, viśrāma thirteen. / Regarding that called "The Black One": The nidāna was in Śrāvastī. The venerable Maudgalyāyana was accustomed from time to time to roam among the denizens of the hells, among the pretas, among animals, among humans, and among gods. Having returned, he would describe to people the sufferings of the hell beings, such as being cut, chopped, beaten, and boiled. Having returned, he would describe to people the sufferings of the pretas, such as hunger, thirst, burning, blazing, and boiling; the sufferings of animals arising from eating one another; the sufferings of humans from the weariness of seeking; and the sufferings of the gods from transmigration, falling, dispersal, and destruction. When people heard this, they would feel weariness with saṃsāra, and having become weary, they would attain higher distinctions. Then on a later occasion, the venerable Mahāmaudgalyāyana set out to roam among the pretas, disappeared from Śrāvastī, and arrived at the shore of the ocean.