[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [慈悲道場懺法](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1909) › 4.2 # 慈悲道場懺法 4.2 慈悲道場懺法 4.2 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1909.4.2) 今日道場同業大眾！重加至誠一心諦聽。佛在王舍城迦蘭陀竹園。爾時目連從禪定起，遊恒水邊，見諸餓鬼受罪不同。時諸餓鬼各起敬心，來問目連往昔因緣。一鬼問言：「我一生來恒抱飢渴，欲至廁上取糞噉之。廁上大力鬼以杖打我，初不得近。何罪所致？」目連答言：「汝為人時作佛圖主，有客比丘來寺乞食，而汝慳惜不與客食，待客去後乃行舊住。緣汝無道慳惜眾物，以是因緣故獲斯罪。汝今華報，果在地獄。」 > Today, assembly sharing this karmic endeavor in the bodhimaṇḍa, renew your utmost sincerity, and with single-minded devotion listen attentively! The Buddha was in the Karanda Bamboo Grove at Rājagṛha. At that time, Maudgalyāyana arose from dhyāna and wandered by the banks of the Gaṅgā River, where he saw various hungry ghosts suffering different retributions. Thereupon, the hungry ghosts each gave rise to a respectful mind and came to ask Maudgalyāyana about their past causes and conditions. One ghost asked, saying: “Throughout my life I have always been tormented by hunger and thirst, and wished to go to the latrine to take excrement and eat it. But a powerful ghost at the latrine struck me with a staff, so I could never get near it. What sin caused this?” > Maudgalyāyana answered, saying: “When you were a human, you were the director of a Buddhist monastery. A guest monk came to the monastery to beg for food, but you were stingy and begrudged giving food to the guest, waiting until the guest had departed before serving the resident monks. Because you lacked virtue and begrudged the saṅgha's property, you incurred this retribution due to these causes and conditions. This is your flower retribution; your fruit will be in hell.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1909.4.1) - [Next: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1909.4.3) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1909.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1909~en-mt.4.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1909.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1909.4.2) · Pramāṇa