[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) › 4.4 # 慈悲道場懺法 4.4 慈悲道場懺法 4.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1909.4.4) 復有一鬼問目連言：「我一生來常吞熱鐵丸。何罪所致？」目連答言：「汝為人時作沙彌子，取清淨水作石蜜漿。石蜜堅大，汝起盜心打取少許，大眾未飲汝盜一口。以是因緣故獲斯罪。此是華報，果在地獄。」 > Furthermore, a ghost asked Maudgalyāyana: "Throughout my entire life, I have constantly swallowed red-hot iron pellets. What sin has caused this?" Maudgalyāyana answered: "When you were a human, you were a śrāmaṇera. You took pure water to make rock-sugar syrup. The rock sugar was hard and large; you gave rise to a mind of theft and chipped off a small piece, stealing a mouthful to drink before the monastic community had partaken of it. Through these causes and conditions, you have incurred this retribution. This is merely your preliminary blossom retribution; your full fruit will be in hell." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1909.4.3) - [Next: 4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1909.4.5) - [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.4.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1909.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1909.4.4) · Pramāṇa