[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) › [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036) › 1.191 # 佛祖歷代通載 1.191 佛祖歷代通載 1.191 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.1.191) 二餓鬼者。王舍城下過五百由旬有餓鬼城。名曰黃白。亦名慘淡。彼鬼王曰閻羅法王。共三十六眷屬等居。其類有四。一者外障。二者內障。三者飲食障。四者障飲食。一外障者。飲食音聲亦不得聞。二內障者。獲微飲食口若針竅不能得入。設能入口咽如馬尾無能得過。設若過咽腹若山廓不能飽滿。雖滿腹中脛如草莖無能舉動。受此大苦。三飲食障者。見飲食時。無量獄卒執諸器仗守禦無獲。四障飲食者。食飲食時。由業所感鐵丸銅汁瀉置口中從下流出。如是四種皆是餓鬼。彼壽量者。人間一月為一晝夜。如是算數壽五百歲。即當人間一萬五千歲。或居人間寒林等處。食血肉等皆餓鬼類。 > Second, hungry ghosts (pretas): Five hundred yojanas beneath Rājagṛha there is a city of hungry ghosts named Yellow-White, also named Pale and Dismal. The king of those ghosts is called Dharmarāja Yama, residing together with thirty-six kinds of retinues. Their classes are four: first, those with external obstacles; second, those with internal obstacles; third, those with obstacles to food and drink; fourth, those for whom food and drink are obstructed. As for the first, those with external obstacles, they cannot even hear the sounds of food and drink. As for the second, those with internal obstacles, when they obtain a tiny bit of food or drink, their mouths are like the eye of a needle and it cannot enter; even if it can enter the mouth, their throats are like horsehairs and nothing can pass through; even if it passes through the throat, their bellies are like vast mountain valleys and cannot be filled; and even if their bellies are filled, their shanks are like stalks of grass and they cannot move, thus undergoing such great suffering. As for the third, those with obstacles to food and drink, whenever they see food and drink, immeasurable hell-wardens wielding various weapons guard them, so that they obtain nothing. As for the fourth, those for whom food and drink are obstructed, whenever they eat food or drink, karmic retribution causes iron pellets and molten bronze to be poured into their mouths, flowing out from below. Such four kinds are all hungry ghosts. Regarding their lifespan: one month in the human world is one day and night for them; reckoned in this manner, their lifespan is five hundred years, which corresponds to fifteen thousand years in the human realm. Or they dwell in the human realm in charnel grounds and similar places, eating blood, flesh, and the like; these are all kinds of hungry ghosts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.1.190) - [Next: 1.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.1.192) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.1.191) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [彰所知論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1645.1.12.2) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.1.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.1.191) · Pramāṇa